Depart. of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center, 1615 Woodward St., Austin, TX 78772

D -- MULTIPLE AWARD REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (MARC-ITS) SOL 200-12-96 DUE 091396 POC Gail Cotten, Contracting Officer (512) 326-7438; Internet PGC@MAIL.VA.GOV This is a re-announcement of the MARC-ITS acquisition which appeared in the May 21, 1996 CBD. MARC-ITS will provide the contract resources for Information Technology services needed to satisfy the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Austin Automation Center (AAC) customer requirements for a period not to exceed five years. The scope of MARC-ITS has been modified. The functional areas of service to now be included in the acquisition are: Application Design, Development and Maintenance, Independent Validation and Verification, Year 2000 Projects; Systems/Facilities Management and Maintenance Support; Information System Security Support Services (includes Disaster Recovery and Planning); Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange Support; Communications Systems Support (excludes telephone systems); Technical and Special Analyses, Strategic Planning, Program Assessments and Studies. MARC-ITS is a 30% small business set aside. Although MARC-ITS is not specifically set-aside for 8(a) participation, minority and other qualified 8(a) firms are encouraged to present offers. AAC also encourages the participation of both large and small businesses as MARC-ITS task orders will vary in scope and complexity. Offerors may propose on one functional area, all functional areas, or a combination of areas. MARC-ITS contracts will be requirements contracts, with the total value of task orders not to exceed $50,000,000. VA anticipates a minimum of three awards in each functional area (contractors may receive awards in more than one area). A vendor conference will be held at the Holiday Inn, 3401 S. IH-35, Austin, TX on August 14, 1996. Further information on the vendor conference will be in the solicitation documents. Solicitation documents will be available on the Internet at http:/www.aac.va.gov on or about July 26, 1996. No hard copy of the solicitation documents will be available. Vendors should not submit written requests for the RFP, as such requests shall not be honored. (0194)

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