Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21207-5279

J -- BATTERY RACK INSTALLATION SOL Reference-Number-0869-00-7047 DUE 012500 POC Dorothy Wilson, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109658083, Fax 4109669310, Email dorothy.wilson@ssa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=Reference-Num ber-0869-00-7047&LocID=2422. E-MAIL: Dorothy Wilson, dorothy.wilson@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate a modification to contract number 0600-96-26960 on a sole-source basis with Powerware Corporation to remove (4) old battery racks on the existing Powerware Uninterruptible Power Source (UPS) and install new battery racks with an acid-absorbing matting system. Powerware is the current/incumbent contractor providing maintenance, repairs, testing and cleaning of this UPS equipment located at SSA's National Computer Center (NCC) in Baltimore, Maryland. Because of the critical and intrinsic nature of the work to be performed on this UPS system (e.g., transferring loads from one subsystem to another by use of the Hot-Tie system, deactivating the Data-Tracs for the subsystem being worked on, powering down subsystems modules, de-energizing and securing the output breaker modules for the sub-system, isolating the battery bank from the subsystem UPS, placing subsystem modules on equalize charge upon the completion of the contemplated installation), the Government has determined that only Powerware factory-certified technicians can perform this work. See note 22 except that interested parties must respond by not later than January 25, 2000. Posted 01/14/00 (D-SN416076). (0014)

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