U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office, P.O. Box 98518, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518

J -- PROVIDE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FOR HVAC AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM SOL DE-AF08-00NV13834 DUE 042500 POC Diane Rodriguez, Purchasing Agent, (702) 295-1080; Beverly Colbert, Contracting Officer, (702) 295-1466 E-MAIL: click her to contact the purchasing agent, rodriguez@nv.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV), intends to issue a sole source purchase order to Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., to provide monthly maintenance for the HVAC automatic control system located at the Nevada Support Facility. Siemens has the proprietary rights on the DOE/NV system software and platform environment, and only Siemens certified technicians are knowledgeable on the Siemens (Landis & Gyr) System 6000, the operating system, platform, compatibility, infrastructure and technology based tools. Even though a vendor could trouble shoot problems and eventually come up with corrective actions, it would not be cost effective or beneficial to DOE/NV daily operations. In addition, the proprietary rights require other vendors to purchase software updates from Siemens at a cost mark up which would be passed on to the government. The government also assumes the risk of the up-grade not being warranted by Siemens when installed by a non-factory certified technician and any failure in the upgrade or modification reside with the vendor and DOE/NV. Siemens provides on-line factory field support for the field technicians and engineers and both are factory trained and certified. Siemens will not consider the smoke control system UL listed if serviced by a non-factory certified technician. Award will be made on April 28, 2000. Posted 04/10/00 (W-SN443352). (0101)

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