This serves as a - Notice of Intent to purchase Relativity Cobol Mining maintenance for existing software licenses . This Notice is SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FY 2007 FUNDS pursuant to FAR Clause 52.232-18. This notice does not obligate funds. The Government intends to purchase open market Hardware maintenance services under a GSA Schedule task order for mainframe hosting services: Hardware Maintenance -EGAN Control Center Srvr ES7510047-105 No 1 $ - L700E, 690 SLOT, TAPE LIBRARY CLU7000700-E70 No 1 $ 1,476.00 120V NEMA5-15 CORD CLU7009930-E70 No 1 $ - 200-240V HARMONIC NO PLUG CLU7009931-E70 No 1 $ - TAPE : Redundant Power supply CLU7001-RPS No 1 $ - TAPE : Second power distribution unit, Factory install CLU7001-PD2 No 1 $ - CABLE:10FT LVD SCSI VHD-HD CBL2210-OSM No 1 $ - Cable: FC 5m shortwave, LC-LC connectors, 50mircon CBL171-5 No 6 $ - LTO GEN 2 DRIVE FOR L180/700 STK2001000-LT2 No 6 $ 9,753.00 HP LTO FIBRE INTERFACE STK2001000-HPF No 6 $ - L700 HVD SCSI 690 Cart YSL700E 70-STK No 1 $ 5,868.48 17" COLOR MONITOR KIT STK4415000-CMN No 1 $ - SCSI DIFFERENTIAL INTERFACE STK4415000-201 No 1 $ - ACC:Fibre Ch IOP LC, Optical FCA1850-LC No 1 $ - ASCLS license UP TO 700 SLOTS STK9900007-QTY No 1 $ 925.08 Egan Subtotal $18,022.56 Total Egan: $ 95,087 Total SLC: $147,148.84 Grand total: $242,235.84 The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has the responsibility of providing the information technology required to support its business lines. For decades, a key component in the development of these systems has been based the Unisys ClearPath Enterprise Server platform. A redundant pair of these mainframe computers are located in Eagan, MN and Salt Lake City UT. Six of seven OMB-300 - majors run on the ClearPath computers, and the majority of all computing FAS undertakes is served by them. In February 2002 a competitive procurement under GSA Schedule 70 (in accordance with FAR 8.4) was awarded to Unisys under the GSA Blanket Purchase Agreement (entitled, - GSAS) for the purchase and installation of the ClearPath mainframe technology. Unisys was the one of the competitive solutions considered and recommended by the technical evaluation team. It was also considered the reasonable and acceptable solution based on price. The following peripheral equipment items are embedded within the current mainframe operating environment and are not available on GSA Schedule. The open market maintenance items listed below are embedded within the existing equipment infrastructure and are needed to successfully operate the mainframes: Hardware maintenance is a necessary requirement to maintain complex technology systems. The Government requires a turnkey, bundled hosting environment. The items are a essential components embedded within an overall mainframe environment that is purchased off GSA Schedule. The Government is not able to isolate these items and purchase them separately, as it would cause undue burden and risk of disruption of required 24x7 operations. Therefore it is in the Government's best interest to incorporate the cost of the maintenance services in the total order. All interested parties should request additional information, communicate concerns, or direct any questions concerning this acquisition to Holly Carr 703 605 5588, email: holly.carr@gsa.gov. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals, nor a solicitation for offers. RE: Note 22. This serves as a - Notice of Intent to purchase open market software maintenance for existing software licenses . This Notice is SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FY 2007 FUNDS pursuant to FAR Clause 52.232-18. This notice does not obligate funds. The Government intends to purchase open market Hardware maintenance services under a GSA Schedule task order for mainframe hosting services: The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has the responsibility of providing the information technology required to support its business lines. For decades, a key component in the development of these systems has been based the Unisys ClearPath Enterprise Server platform. A redundant pair of these mainframe computers are located in Eagan, MN and Salt Lake City UT. Six of seven OMB-300 - majors run on the ClearPath computers, and the majority of all computing FAS undertakes is served by them. In February 2002 a competitive procurement under GSA Schedule 70 (in accordance with FAR 8.4) was awarded to Unisys under the GSA Blanket Purchase Agreement (entitled, - GSAS) for the purchase and installation of the ClearPath mainframe technology. Unisys was the one of the competitive solutions considered and recommended by the technical evaluation team. It was also considered the reasonable and acceptable solution based on price. The following software maintenance subscriptions are part of an integrated configuration within the current mainframe operating environment and are not available on GSA Schedule. The open market maintenance items listed below are embedded within the existing application infrastructure and are needed to successfully operate the mainframes: EGAN Total Egan: $152,271.75 Total SLC: $109,113.62 $261,385.37 Software maintenance is a necessary requirement to maintain complex technology systems. The items are a essential components embedded within an overall mainframe environment that is purchased off GSA Schedule. The Government is not able to isolate these items and purchase them separately, as it would cause undue burden and risk of disruption of required 24x7 operations. Therefore it is in the Government's best interest to incorporate the cost of the maintenance services in the total order. All interested parties should request additional information, communicate concerns, or direct any questions concerning this acquisition to Holly Carr 703 605 5588, email: holly.carr@gsa.gov. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals, nor a solicitation for offers. RE: Note 22.