U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Rm 6875, 935 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20535-0001

D -- MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT DUE 061598 POC Susan J. Smith, Contracting Officer, (304) 625-2441 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wishes to identify potential sources who have the knowledge, skills, and capability of performing maintenance of all FBI equipment existing in its Data Center, most of which is located in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The current equipment consists of mainframes, CMOS mainframes, direct access storage devices (DASD), communications equipment, and client-server technology, and manufactured by organizations such as Amdahl, IBM, EMC Corporation, General Signal Networks, Printrak International, Storage Technology Corporation, Sun, Xerox, Digital Equipment, and others. The systems are both classified and unclassified-sensitive and are supported by various platforms. The FBI requires the ability to add equipment which is currently being developed as well as the right to choose to maintain some of the equipment itself. The maintenance level required is 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including holidays, with a mandatory two-hour response time. The necessary effective performance level shall be 99 percent up-time and penalties will be assessed for failure to meet the effective performance requirement or the response time. An ample supply of critical parts shall be kept on site, with other parts being available locally or accessible within four hours. All personnel to perform the required maintenance services shall have the proper security clearance. All test equipment and test software shall be supplied by the Contractor. Contractor Customer Engineers shall have at least three to five years working experience with IBM 9021 and Amdahl 5995 mainframe computers; communications equipment such as Amdahl 3745 and Data Switch Models 1200, 1800, 9095 and Monolith Plus; DASD such as IBM RAMAC, Storage Tek Solid State, and EMC Disk Array; peripheral equipment such as IBM 3203 Printers and Xerox 4135 Page Printers; IBM and Memorex tape drives and Storage Tek Silos; Automated Fingerprint Readers; and Printrak Matchers. Interested parties are requested to provide proof of their capabilities by submitting a white paper which indicates their ability to provide the maintenance, at least three years of experience in maintaining multiple vendors' equipment at multiple locations and in multiple regions, and indication of any components that there is a lack of knowledge or unfamiliarity with and which there is uncertainty in ability to maintain. This information shall include your company's terms and conditions for maintenance as well as the names, addresses, and points of contact for similar maintenance contracts you have performed or are performing. White papers shall be submitted by close of business June 15, 1998, to Susan J. Smith, Contracting Officer, at Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division Complex, Module D-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306-0111, telephone number (304) 625-2441, or facsimile number (304) 625-5391. NOTE: THIS SYNOPSIS IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. AFTER MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT QUALIFIED SOURCES EXIST, THE FBI WILL DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO PROCEED WITH AN ACQUISITION. SHOULD THIS RESULT IN AN ACQUISITION, THE REQUIREMENT WILL BE HANDLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION AND JUSTICE ACQUISITION REGULATION. (0132)

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