US Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center, Army Research Laboratory Contracting Division, Attn: AMSRL-CS-PR, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783-1197

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SOL DAAD17-99-R-9718 DUE 071599 POC Robin Stoltz, Contract Specialist, (301) 394-3381; Patricia Silsby, Contracting Officer, (301) 394-3438 The proposed contract is for the acquisition of remedial and preventive hardware maintenance for a variety of minicomputers, workstations, printers, and data communication systems provided by a variety of vendors to include, but not limited to, 3COM, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems Corporation, and Silicon Graphics Inc. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code for this acquisition is 7378. Required response time is 4 hours for critical systems and is 24 hours for non-critical systems. Specific requirements will include, but are not limited to the following: formally trained maintenance personnel; documented experience maintaining similar equipment; repair escalation procedures; extensive parts stockage constantly updated to the latest revision levels located within 25 miles of Adelphi, MD, 50 miles of Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 30 miles of Durham, NC, and a 75 mile radius of the perimeter of White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, NM; tracking and installation of Original Equipment Manufacturer's engineering change orders; and annual certification that systems are eligible for Original Equipment Manufacturer's maintenance. Primarily maintenance shall be performed at Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD; and White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, NM. However maintenance will also be provided for Army Research Office, Durham, NC, Gaithersburg, MD; College Park, MD; and Catonsville, MD. The anticipated contract type is Firm Fixed Price with Time and Material line items under which task orders may be issued. Maintenance personnel shall have a final TOP-SECRET personnel security clearance with a current Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) prior to contract initiation. The resultant contract will be for a period of five years including options. It is the Governments intention to issue only one contract award; however, the Government will retain the right to award three separate contracts, one for the work performedat the Maryland sites; one for the work performed at the New Mexico site; and one for the work performed at the North Carolina site. Small businesses are requested to submit qualification packages reflecting relevant experience and past performance to be submitted to ARL within 15 days of the CBD announcement, to ascertain the possibility of a small business set-aside. If adequate responses are not received from two or more qualified small businesses, ARL intends to proceed under full and open competition. Qualification packages must include the following information: 1) Describe how previous contracts for maintenance of ADP systems have been monitored for performance in the areas of response time, repair times, and customer satisfaction; 2) Describe specific experiences with maintaining a large mix of ADP systems; 3) Describe how the company's personnel are trained in supporting the maintenance of ADP equipment and distinguishing hardware problems from software faults; 4) Describe the company's spare parts stocking level and procedures for determining appropriate stocking levels; and 5) Describe any proactive management techniques used to reduce system downtime. FAR Part 39.106 Year 2000 compliance is applicable to this procurement. Posted 06/09/99 (W-SN340766). (0160)

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