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70 -- WORKSTATIONS, ASSOCIATED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOL 40SBNB560051 DUE 031395 POC Barbara Camp (301) 975-6339, Ruth Maris The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to acquire from Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), Falcon Microsystems (dealer of Silicon Graphics), or any other SGI dealer, Workstations, associated hardware, and software. All items are on GSA Schedule #GS00K95AG55528. The contractor shall provide Indigo^2 high-performance graphics workstations running the IRIX operating system. SGI owns the copyright for the IRIX operating system and associated graphics libraries. The system shall run highly specialized, platform-specific CAD software owned by NIST. The software will only run on the SGI/IRIX platform. The items to procure are the following: 1.) SGI Indigo^2 Extreme Workstation, 150/75MHz (minimum) CPU, 64Mb (minimum) RAM, 2Gb System Disk, 20'' Color Monitor, Internal CD-ROM, Internal 20Mb Floptical Drive (2 ea.); 2.) Galileo Video Board for Indigo^2 (1 ea.); 3.) Network File System (NFS) Right-To-Use License for IRIX 5.x (2 ea.); 4.) IRIS Development Option (IDO) Right-To-Use License for IRIX 5.x (2 ea.); 5.) In Person Video Conference Software (1 ea.); 6.) Open Inventor Software (2 ea.); and 7.) SpaceBall and Application Drivers (1 ea.). All products shall be new and currently announced. Delivery is required within 30 days after date of contract award--FOB destination Gaithersburg, MD. As part of the response, firms interested in responding to this notice must submit a capabilities statement with convincing documentation that the requirements can be met. At a minimum, firms must also supply a complete listing of all items proposed, including prices, complete specifications of the items, and documentation supporting the capabilities in sufficient detail to permit technical evaluation of the offer. All of the aforementioned must be received for the Government to consider whether to open this requirement for competition. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all capability statements received within 45 days after date of preparation of this synopsis, will be considered by the Government. See Numbered Note 22. (0031)

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