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

70 -- SURROGATE ROBOT REAL-TIME COMPUTER SYSTEM CPUS SOL 9-BI2-34-6-9P DUE 043096 POC Contract Specialist: Geraldine B. Mason, (713) 483-4714 Contract Officer: Carrie L. Ash, (713) 483-4151 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 4 each of the following: The Surrogate Robot Real-Time Computer System requires four CPU boards with the following minimum specifications: 100 Mhz Power PC 604 CPU; 32 MB DRAM; 512K Cache; 512K Flash EPROM; Ethernet; SCSI; Two Serial Ports; Keyboard/Mouse Port; Parallel Port; Audio Port; Audio Port; At least two PCI Mezzanine Slots ; 6U VME Form Factor; Connectors/Cables for P2 Breakout; and VxWorks (version 5.3) Compatible Board Support Package. Items to be delivered shall be shipped FOB destination to: NASA LBJ Space Center, Attn.: Transportation Officer, Bldg. 420, Houston, TX 77058; FAR 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 of this announcement. 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). The referenced FAR clauses are available on the Internet. The World Wide Web (WWW) address, or URL, of the JSC Procurement home page is: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bd2/. 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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