Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg WV 26101-5312

70 -- HIGH CAPACITY OPTICAL STORAGE SYSTEM SOL BPD-99-CI-0010 DUE 042699 POC Point of Contact, Jeff Stephenson, 304/480-6639, Contracting Officer, Wayne N. Jeffers, 304/480-6983 WEB: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt,, http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/oa/oaprocr.htm. E-MAIL: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt,, procurement@bpd.treas.gov. The Bureau of the Public Debt currently has a contract with TREEV Inc., 500 Huntmar Park Drive, Herndon, VA 20170, through September 30, 1999, for software, hardware and maintenance of the currently-installed Computer Output to Laser Disk (COLD) system. Due to the potential for Y2K problems, we have determined that we cannot at this time compete for acquisition of a replacement system which would be installed during the end of 1999 or beginning of 2000. Subject to final approval, Public Debt will award a twelve-month sole-source contract to TREEV Inc., to maintain the current system and acquire the upgrade items listed below, for the period through September 30, 2000. (Public Debt intends to issue a competitive solicitation next year for a replacement system.) For the current solicitation, the contractor will provide a replacement jukebox (Hewlett Packard) with the capability of storing a minimum of 1.2 TB of uncompressed data and with 6 read/write drives. The upgrade equipment shall attach to and be compatible with the existing server/controller without requiring software conversion. Other items to be acquired will be 1) optical platters, 2) options for additional storage capacity, 3) CACHE memory upgrades to the existing server/controller, 4) options for additional Hewlett Packard read/write drives, 4) options for additional platters. Delivery and installation shall be at Bureau of the Public Debt, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV. All affirmative responses must be in writing, must be accompanied by sufficient documentation to clearly show compatibility and compliance to all the above requirements, and must be received within 15 calendar days of this notice. No solicitation document is available. If no affirmative written response is received, within 15 days after publication of this notice, to the effect that comparable items/services which will maintain full compatibility with the current software are available, and that it is more advantageous to the Government than obtaining these items/services through the current contractor, we will award a sole-source contract to TREEV, Inc. Posted 04/12/99 (W-SN318215). (0102)

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