NASA, Johnson Space Center, BI2, Houston, TX 77058

70 -- IBM-PC COMPATIBLE PENTIUM COMPUTER SYSTEM SOL 9-BI2-34-6-8P DUE 042696 POC Contract Specialist: Geraldine B. Mason, (713) 483-4714 Contract Officer: Jimmy W. Hyde, (713) 483-4163 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. A written solicitation will not be issued. Office of management and Budget small business size standard is 1,000 employees. JSC requires a quantity of 8 each IBM-PC Compatible Pentium Computer Systems in accordance with the following specifications: 166mhz Intel Pentium Processor (in Zero Insertion Force Socket) Motherboard using Intel's Triton (or later) chipset for Pentium systems; FLASHROM based BIOS; Minimum 16 MB of Extended Data Out (EDO) DRAM Memory (60ns access time), expandable to 64MB minimum (at least one memory bank free for expansion); Minimum 256KB of pipeline burst SRAM cache (expandable to 512KB); Minimum of 3 free and usable ISA bus slots; 3.5 inch 1.44MB diskette drive; 2GB fast SCSI 2 hard disk 10.5ms access speed or better, 10M/bs burst or greater, 5.5Mb/s sustained Data Transfer rate or greater; Adaptec 2940 PCI based SCSI controller; 6x-speed, CD-ROM drive; Motherboard integrated 16550-based serial, parallel, keyboard, and mouse ports; Motherboard integrated floppy controller and IDE controller; Matrox MGA Millennium PCI based graphics accelerator with MPEG video scaler and 2MB WRAM (upgradeable to 4MB WRAM); Microsoft Natural ergonomic keyboard; Microsoft mouse; 21 inch multisync monitor supporting minimum of 1600 x 1200 non-interlaced video (minimum 19.8 inch viewable screen area) meeting FCC Class B, DHHS and MPR II standards for low-frequency radiation shielding and EMI. Meets EPA Energy Star guidelines. Maximum dot-pitch (or equivalent) of 3.0 inch. Compatibility with VGA, XGA, Super VGA, extended VGA, and meets VESA ergonomic standards including 800 x 600 at 72 Hz, 1024 x 768 at 75 Hz, and 1280 x 1024 at 75 Hz; Microsoft Windows 95 operating system preinstalled (and on CD-ROM); Microsoft Office 95, Professional Edition, on CD-ROM; Minimum one year on-site agreement, three year parts; PCI based combo Ethernet LAN adapter with both RJ-45 (UTP) and BNC (thin-wire- coax) network connections; All hardware and BIOS must be Plug-n-Play compliant and Microsoft Windows 95 compatible; Mini tower or full size tower with minimum of 3 available half-height drive bays (minimum) of 2 external 5.25 inch bays) and a 180W power supply minimum. Items to be delivered shall be shipped FOB destination to: NASA LBJ Space Center, Attn.: Transportation Officer, Bldg. 420, Houston, TX 77058; Reissue to Michael Marston, Bldg. 44, Room 234. FAR Clause 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors--Commercial (OCT 1995), and the following addenda to this provision apply to this acquisition. The proposal shall be received by NASA Johnson Space Center, Attn.: BI2/Geraldine B. Mason, Houston, TX 77058, no later than the close of business of the fifteenth day from the date this announcement first appears in the CBD. The offeror is required to submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-- Commercial Items (OCT 1995), with its offer. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items (OCT 1995), applies to this acquisition. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues of Executive Orders--Commercial Items (JAN 1996), applies to this acquisition and the following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I (41 U.S.C.253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402); 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity (U.S.C.423); 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business concerns (15 U.S.C 637(d)(2) and (3); 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246); 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans (38 U.S.C) 4212); 52-222.36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C. 793); 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212; 52.225-3, Buy American Act --Supplies (41 U.S.C. 10); 201-39.5202-3, Procurement Authority (FIRMR). Interested parties may identify in writing to the Contracting Officer, their interest and ability to meet the Government's requirement. All responses will be considered by the Government. All inquiries regarding this announcement may be addressed to the attention of Geraldine B. Mason at the above address or at 713-483-4714. (0130)

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