Patent & Trademark Office, Information Technology Contracts Office, Box 14, Washington, DC 20231

J -- MAINTENANCE OF SONY HIGH DENSITY OPTICAL STORAGE DEVICES SOL 50-PAPT-5-00061 DUE 032998 POC James H. Murphy (703) 305-4176 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a continuing requirement to provide operational maintenance to Sony High Density Optical Storage Devices (HDDs) in support of patent examiners in their Patent Image retrieval endeavors. The USPTO intends to extend contract 50-PAPT-5-00061 with U.S. Computer Maintenance from April 1, 1999 through September 30, 1999 to provide HDD operational support. The HDDs will be in use as long as the examiners are retrieving through the use of the existing systems support for retrievals. It is anticipated that the HDDs will be needed for a period of six months until the IBM mainframe will be discontinued and deinstalled. At this point the HDDs will no longer be needed. In the event that less than six months of maintenance will be needed, a 30-day discontinuance of maintenance clause will be inserted in the contract extension. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority FAR6.302. At this time, U.S. Computer Maintenance is deemed the only responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements for the extension period for the continued support. Any award to any other source would result in a substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and would cause unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. Concerns which believe they have the ability to furnish the specified support are requested to give written notification within 30 calendar days from the date of this synopsis. This is NOT a formal solicitation; however, concerns that respond must furnish detailed information to: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Box 14, Washington, DC 20231, Attn: James H. Murphy, Contracting Officer. Questions may be directed to James H. Murphy at: 703-305-4176. See Note 22. Posted 02/11/99 (W-SN297632). (0042)

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