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D -- REQUEST FOR COMMENT -- WORLDWIDE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SOL 9TE-TR-98-0001 DUE 122397 POC thelma.riusaki@gsa.gov WEB: worldwide INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT (wITS), http://IT-Solutions.gsa.gov/wITS. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's e-mail address, thelma.riusaki@gsa.gov. worldwide INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT (wITS) REQUEST FOR COMMENTS SOL 9TE-TR-98-0001 DUE 122397 Sponsor: Contracting Officer's Business Mailing Address: GSA, FTS, Technical Services Division 1301 Clay Street, 280S, MB45, Oakland, CA 94612 worldwide INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT (wITS) REQUEST FOR COMMENTS SOL 9TE-TR-98-0001 POC Contracting Officer: Thelma Riusaki (e-mail address: thelma.riusaki@gsa.gov) This is not a solicitation notice. The following is a brief description of the Statement of Work. The Pacific Rim Region has a requirement to provide a variety of Information Technology (IT) support services such as requirements and design research, analysis and definition, system development, software maintenance, and facilities management support services for business, and scientific and engineering applications. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7379. The contract anticipated value of the requirement is estimated to be $835 million. The resultant contract will be used by Government agencies. This solicitation will provide for the award of a Multiple Award/Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (MA/IDIQ) contract known as worldwide Information Technology Support (wITS). This is a full and open competition, with at least one award made to a small business concern and at least one award made to an 8(a) firm. The contract will have a base period of two years and three one-year renewal options for a total of five contract years. Performance of this contract will be in the Pacific Rim Region consisting of California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, and the Pacific Rim countries and territories: Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, as well as other geographical areas as requirements arise. The RFC document will be made available on the worldwide Web (IT-Solutions.gsa.gov/wITS) on or about 11/14/97. Comments received as part of this review may be incorporated into the final specification and related information. No telephone requests for the RFC document will be accepted. The Government does not intend to pay for the information solicited. Any questions should be addressed on the Web or e-mail to thelma.riusaki@gsa.gov. Comments will be accepted for a period of 45-days. Thirty (30) days after issuance of the RFC, the RFC may be updated to reflect or address part or all of the comments received. Prospective offerors are encouraged to submit any questions via the worldwide web above. No comments will be accepted after the 45-day comment period. GSA will not make hardcopies of the solicitation available. (0308)

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