Department of Transportation, Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC), Acquisition Services, SVC-180, 400 7th Street SW, Room 5106, Washington, DC 20590

D -- LEASED REMOTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES POC Cynthia Blackmon, 202-366-4968 The Department of Transportation/Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC) intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 with Operational Technologies Services, Inc. (OTSI) of 1950 Old Gallows Road, Vienna, VA 22182 to acquire Leased Remote Management Services. The planned action is for a unique and innovative family of remote maintenance monitoring messaging, browsing and system management services based on the contractor's proprietary hardware, engineering and software approach. The objective of leased remote management services is to provide a simple, economical and effective way for government agencies to monitor and control the operation of remote facilities from a limited number of control centers. This notice is not a request of offers from other sources. See Note 22. Posted 12/21/98 (W-SN282387). (0355)

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