USPS POS RETAIL DATA MART(RDM)DATA STORAGE The Postal Service intends to award on a sole source basis to EMC Corporation a contract to provide 5.8 TB of storage in support of the USPS Point of Service Retail Data Mart Program (RDM). The RDM Oracle database and application are currently operating in a SUN/NT clustered environment. The EMC Symmetrix system has been selected due to its fully certified and unique capability to perform I/O workload balancing, physical volume load balancing, and Oracle database monitoring all within a SUN clustered environment. This increased storage capacity is required on March 1, 2000 to support the imminent growth of this USPS datamart. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. A determination by the USPS not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the USPS. Information received as a result of this notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone inquiries will not be honored. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's email link, mhopkin2@email.usps.gov. Posted 02/07/00 (W-SN422532).

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