70 -- USPTO TO PROCURE UNISYS EQUIPMENT

Notice Date

June 8, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, DC, 20231

ZIP Code

20231

Solicitation Number

50PAPT10000

Response Due

June 12, 2001

Point of Contact

Frank Rumph, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 306-4505, Fax (703) 305-8294, Email frank.rumph@uspto.gov -- Frank Rumph, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 306-4505, Fax (703) 305-8294, Email frank.rumph@uspto.gov

Description

General Information Document Type: Presolication Notice Solicitation Number: 52PAPT101020 Posted Date: June 6, 2001 Response Date: June 13, 2001 Archive Date: July 13, 2001 Classification Code: 33411 Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing Contracting Office Address Department of Commerce, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, DC 20231 Description The USPTO intends to acquire a Unisys NX6822 mainframe computer running the MCP/AS operating system, system software, and system programming support from Unisys Corporation on a sole-source basis in accordance with statutory authority 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1). The resulting contract will include hardware maintenance on existing Unisys peripherals and software support on furnished software and on software for existing Unisys CP2000 communications processors and Unisys B28/B38 workstations. The system to be acquired must be object-code-compatible with 2,374 existing USPTO COBOL74 programs currently running on a Unisys A16 mainframe computer. The contract award will include one (1) base year, and four (4) options years for training, software maintenance, and various other services. Unisys is the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of the NX6822 mainframe, therefore no other concern has the requisite knowledge of and familiarity with the NX6822 equipment to accomplish the work within scheduled time frames. Small businesses are encouraged to partner with Unisys for subcontracting opportunities in the areas of de-installation, installation, and training. Small businesses should contact Bruce Harvey at (703) 556-5528, or by email at R.Bruce.Harvey@Unisys.com.See Note 22. Point of Contact Frank L. Rumph, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 306-4505, Fax (703) 308-5484, Email Frank.Rumph@USPTO.Gov Email your questions to Frank L. Rumph at Frank.Rumph@USPTO.Gov

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Record

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