Remedial and Preventative Maintenance of HP/Compaq Proliant Servers

This notice is posted in accordance with FAR 5.101(a)(2). The Department of the Air Force intends to issue a sole source award to Hewlett Packard Company, 8000 Foothills Blvd., Roseville, CA 95747-6553 for the following services: Firm Fixed Price (FFP): NON PERSONAL SERVICES - Remedial and Preventative Maintenance of HP/Compaq Proliant Servers, Enterprise Storage Arrays, Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drivers and Software Services. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tool, parts, transportation and incidentals necessary to provide Preventative and Remedial Maintenance Support Services for 72 ABW/SCO HP/Compaq Proliant Servers in accordance with manufacturer's specifications. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within ten days after date of publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See note 22.