NASA Langley Research Center, Bid Distribution Office, MS 126 Hampton VA 23681-0001

70 -- PENTIUM COMPUTER SYSTEMS SOL 1-151-DSK.1082 DUE 070996 POC Lynn Jenkins, Buyer (804) 864-3284. Category 70 -- Pentium Computer Systems -- SOL 1-151-DSK.1082 DUE 7-8-96. POC C. Lynn Jenkins 804-864-3284. 1) 1 Each Gateway 2000 #G6-200, or equal, with as follows: Application Software: MS Office 95, Professional Edition, CD-ROM: 4x SCSI CD-ROM drive, Cache: 256KB L2 secondary write back cache, Case: Tower case, Floppy: 3.5'' 1.44MB diskette drive, Graphics Accelerator: PCI local-bus, graphics accelerator with 4MB WRAM, Hard Drive: 2GB Seagate SCSI drive, Keyboard: 104 + keyboard, Memory: 64MB FPM DRAM, Monitor: Vivitron 21 color monitor (19.9'' viewable area), Mouse: Microsoft mouse & Gateway mouse pad, Multimedia Package: 16-bit sound card & Altec ACS-40 speakers w/ACS-250 subwoofer, Network Card: 3COM PCI 10/100 twisted pair Ethernet, Operating System: Windows NT Workstation 3.51 on CD, Processor: Intel 200MHz Pentium Pro processor, Service Program: Gateway Gold Service and Support. 2) 4 Each Gateway 2000 #P5-166XL, or equal, as follows with Application Software: MS Office 95 and Gateway Generations II Software Collection, CD-ROM: 8X CD-ROM, Cache: 512KB Pipeline Burst SRAM cache, Case: 12-bay Tower Case, Floppy Drive: 3.5'' 1.44MB diskett drive, Graphics Accelerator: PCI local-bus, graphics accelerator with 2MB WRAM, Hard Drive: 2GB Seagate SCSI hard drive, w/Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI adapter, Keyboard: 104 + Keyboard, Memory: 32MB EDO Performance DRAM, Modem: TelePath 28.8 fax/modem w/TAD, Monitor: Vivitron 21 color monitor (19.9'' viewable area), Mouse: Microsoft mouse & Gateway mouse pad, Multimedia Package Ensoniq 16-bit, wavetable sound card & Altec ACS-400 speakers w/ACS-250 subwoofer, Network Card: 3COM PCI 10/100 twisted pair Ethernet, Operating System: Windows NT Workstation 3.51, Processor: Intel 166MHz Pentium processor, Service Program: Gateway Gold Premium Service and Support, Tape Backup Unit: Jumbo 1400 internal tape backup (with tape). These systems shall support Windows NT -V4.0. Delivery 35 days after award. This notice constitutes a complete Request for Quotations (RFQ). No additional RFQ is available. This procurement is 100 percent set aside for small business concerns. This is a commercial item procurement, see FAR Part 12. FAR Clauses 52.212-1, 52.212-2, 52.212-3, 52.212-4, and 52.212-5 are incorporated by reference. Quotes may be mailed to NASA Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 138, Hampton, VA 23681-0001, or faxed to 804-864-6131, solicitation number must be cited in either case. The quote must: be for the item(s) described above, contain a CERTIFICATION that the offeror is a small, small disadvantaged, or small woman-owned business, be FOB destination to this Center, include the proposed delivery schedule and discount/payment terms and warranty duration (if applicable), and be signed by an authorized company representative. Offerors should include their taxpayer identification number (TIN). Quotes are due by 3:00 p.m. local time on 7-8-96. All timely quotes received from small businesses will be considered. Quotes must include adequate information and submittals to determine whether the proposed item(s) will meet the requirement described above. Product literature is recommended for technical information. Evaluations will be per line item, and award(s) will be for the best value to the Government, with price, technical, and past performance considered essentially equal. Award is anticipated within 7 days of the date quotes are due. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer, the Source Evaluation Board, or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes. Concerned parties may call the installation ombudsman Belinda Adams at 804-864-8989. DO NOT CALL THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS/INFORMATION. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved by the installation ombudsman may be referred to the NASA Agency ombudsman Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. Before consulting with any ombudsman, interested parties must try to resolve their concerns with the contract specialist or the contracting officer. For solicitation requests/information, contact the point of contact (POC) listed at the beginning of this synopsis. (0172)

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