SCSSB Bridge Contract Extension - Mainframe Maintenance & Integration

Contracting Office Address



Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (OS:A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 500, Oxon Hill, MD, 20745



Description



The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to extend a contract with Unisys Corporation in Reston, VA, the incumbent support provider. This Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Bridge contract will provide continued support while a competitive follow-on effort is acquired. The extension will start May 19, 2009 and end May 18, 2010, and may include options to extend it for up to two six month periods beyond 05/18/2010.



The existing contract provides hardware maintenance, software maintenance and licensing, system upgrades, and technical support services for IRSs tax processing mainframe computing systems at the Enterprise Computing Centers in Martinsburg, WV (ECC-MTB), Memphis, TN (ECC-MEM), and Detroit, MI (ECC-DET), as well as at the New Carrollton Federal Building in Lanham, MD (NCFB), and the IRS National Office in Washington, DC.



Hardware maintenance coverage includes a wide variety of Unisys, IBM and other Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), primarily Tier I-based, hardware components. Software license administration and software maintenance coverage includes Unisys software and a small number of z/OS/390-based software components from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). Support services provided include: Security and Communications System (SACS) HW/SW maintenance and support services; Service Center Replacement System (SCRS) HW/SW maintenance, licensing and lease; ICS/ACS/Print (IAP) HW/SW maintenance; NetEx/IP HW/SW maintenance; HW maintenance of an IBM z990 in Detroit, MI, and the purchase and integration of new HW and SW into the IRS Tier 1 inventory.



This synopsis is a notice of intent to issue an award under other than full and open competition and should not be considered a request for competitive proposals. The determination of the Government not to open subject requirement to full and open competition was made in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 and 10 USC 2302 (c) (1) and is solely at the discretion of the Government. Please contact Harry Haraseyko Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 283-6983, Fax (202) 283-6907, Email Harry.Haraseyko@irs.gov if you have any questions. Award is anticipated no later than 18 May 2009.