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70 -- PURCHASE OF HARDWARE MAINTENANCE SOL DMCUMA98MT98089/90 DUE 012798 POC Alyce A. Niklich 618-229-9561 The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), Computer Technology Division, Procurement Branch (DTS42) intends to issue a purchase order for the acquisition of hardware maintenance support for a HP Minicomputer Maintenance (24x7) for DMC Columbus. The successful contractor shall respond to covered hardware equipment outages 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week, with four (4) hour on-site response. Period of performance for the maintenance is 1 Feb 98 through 30 Sep 98 on first unit and 1 Mar 98 through 30 Sep 98 on second unit. This requirement is being processed on a full and open basis. Companies who can provide the above listed hardware maintenance must indicate their interest within 5 days of this announcement. Any party interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation shall provide written notice to the Contracting Office. Datafax requests to 618-229-9592 are acceptable. No contract award will be made on the basis of quotations/proposals received in response to this notice, since this synopsis cannot be considered a Request for Quotation/Proposal. The resultant contract will be firm, fixed price. All responses from responsible sources will be considered for evaluating the award of the contract. Oral communications are not acceptable. SIC CODE 7378. (0021)

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