Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 230000D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100

D -- HEWLETT-PACKARD SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SOL N68936-99-R-0150 DUE 081199 POC James McCormick, Contract Specialist, (760) 939-7953 The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) intends to enter into negotiations on an other-than-competitive basis with Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), Rockville, MD for maintenance of all HP software products installed at, or acquired for NAWCWD located at China Lake, CA and Point Mugu, CA. Period of performance will be for a period of three basic years, plus two option years. Solicitation and award will be conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 -- Acquisition of Commercial Items. Negotiations will be with HP on an other-than-full-and-open-competitive basis because HP has proprietary rights to the software products to be maintained. Responses to this intent to solicit, other than from HP, shall be submitted no later than thirty days from the date of this synopsis and shall address specific rights to, knowledge of, and experience with HP software. See Note(s): 22. Posted 06/23/99 (I-SN346382). (0174)

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