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D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO INCLUDE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLY SUPPORT SOL DAAB32-00-R-0002 POC Kim Wentrcek, Contract Specialist at (520)533-5269 or wentrcekk@hqisec.army.mil WEB: Acquisition Center's Business Opportunities Page (ABOP), http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click above address to contact the Contract Specialist,, wentrcekk@hqisec.army.mil. This is an amendment to CBD Notice No. 428323, submitted February 24, 2000. The following information is meant to clarify the requirements for this acquisition. The services to be provided under the Operations, Maintenance, and Supply-Europe (OPMAS-E) include operation, maintenance, and supply support for Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, Europe, covering information systems support throughout the 5th Signal Command area of responsibility which includes Central Europe, Italy, Belgium and the United Kingdom (UK). OPMAS-E includes the Area Maintenance, and Supply Facility -- Europe (AMSF-E), a Government-Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO) facility located at Sullivan Barracks, Mannheim, Germany, with outlying facilities throughout Europe. The OPMAS-E also consists of operations and logistics support to the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII), Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN), Video-Teleconferencing Centers (VTC), Data Processing Installations (DPI), maintenance of American Forces Television (AFTV), Air Traffic Systems (ATS), Antenna Maintenance Activity (AMA), and the operation of three supply accounts. The OPMAS-E also provides support to other U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Defense (DoD), and U.S. Government Agencies and installations in accordance with (IAW) Support Agreements (SAs). The contractor shall furnish all necessary labor to perform all requirements stated in the PWS. The Government will provide all equipment and facilities necessary for the contractor to perform the PWS requirements. The OPMAS-E also includes options for the Operation and Maintenance of Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Facilities: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers-Europe (SHAPE), Belgium Radio Relay (Unmanned Option), SHAPE, Belgium Bunker (Manned Option) and Chievres, Belgium (Partially Manned Option); Operation and Maintenance of Video Teleconferencing Network Centers (VTC-NOC): Nonsecure HUB Heidelberg, Germany and Two (2) Secure HUBS Grafenwoehr, Germany; Operation and Maintenance of Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN): SHAPE, Belgium; Operation and Maintenance of Defense Satellite Communication Systems (DSCS): Landstuhl, Germany (two terminals), Bad Aibling, Germany and Menwith Hill, UK (one terminal each); Operation of Data Processing Installations (DPI): Kaiserslautern, Germany and Continuity of Operation (COOP) Site Schwetzingen, Germany. This is advance notice for planning purposes only. A Request for Proposal (RFP) has not yet been issued. When the Draft Performance Work Statement and the RFP are issued they will be posted at the Acquisition Center's Business Opportunities Page (ABOP) which has a direct link of http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. It is our intent to conduct this acquisition paperless. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. All comments/communication with the Government should be submitted via email to Kim Wentrcek, Contract Specialist at wentrcekk@hqisec.army.mil. Solicitation documents will be available at the ABOP as they are released. Number Note 26 applies to this procurement. Posted 03/07/00 (W-SN431928). (0067)

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