United States Air Force, Air Combat Command, 55 CONS, Offutt AFB, 101 Washington Sq Bldg 40, Offutt AFB, NE, 68113-2107

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DIRECT CONVERSION UNDER SOL F25600-99-R5006 DUE 030199 POC Sheila Rollins, Contract Administrator, Phone 402-294-3613, Fax 402-232-6571, Email sheila.rollins@offutt.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://eps.arnet.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=F25600-99-R 5006&LocID=601. E-MAIL: Sheila Rollins, sheila.rollins@offutt.af.mil. Information Technology services, Direct Conversion under OMB Circular A-76 for United States Strategic Command Intelligence Directorate (USSTRATCOM/J2). Direct conversion of an in-house function is permitted when the function is currently being performed by military personnel. A formal cost comparison study will not be required. The estimated release date for the solicitation is 28 May 99, and the contract start date will be 1 Apr 2000. Major elements of this requirement are: (1) operational -- ensuring all Intelligence Data Handling System (IDHS) resources are available to users; installation, implementation, and maintenance of COTS/GOTS and locally-developed software; systems administration; technical assistance for future planning and acquisition of resources; 24 hour/day help desk, customer support, and network monitoring; maintenance and loading of cryptographic materials; circuit troubleshooting. (2) Maintaining and building scripts -- developing and maintaining systems administration scripts to facilitate access to system resources; routine monitoring of hardware and disks. (3) Performance tuning -- maintaining historical data on fatal errors via routers/concentrators, TimePlex engineering, and help desk; fault isolation; protocol analysis; network simulation to manage growth. (4) Baseline management -- administration of network infrastructure to identify, standardize, and document functional and physical characteristics, and in case of catastrophic failure, to restore the network to baseline configuration. All services will be performed in the LeMay Building, USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, NE, and the successful contractor's employees will be required to obtain Top Secret/SCI clearances. The successful contractor/employees must be familiar with the following products: Solaris, Sybase, Unix, Sun Microsystems, and Microsoft Windows NT. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 7371, and the applicable small business size standard is $18 million. At the present time, this solicitation is not set-aside; however, may be set-aside at a later date, based on responses to this notice. The response date shown is for prospective offerors to indicate interest in the solicitation. The government's preference is to use commercial practices, terms, and conditions to obtain services. At the present time, a determination has not been made whether this acquisition will be conducted using commercial practices. Information regarding this subject may be transmitted to the e-mail address shown. Posted 01/29/99 (D-SN292741). (0029)

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