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70 -- COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE. SOL MDA908-96-R-0023 DUE 082296 POC Contract Specialist, CARL EDWARDS, (202) 231-2834 This synopsis supersedes the CBD announcement entitled ''Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Information Technology Hardware published on 12 Aug 1996. The Virginia Contracting Activity, on behalf of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), intends to solicit Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Information Technology hardware. The requirement is for support of a heterogenous Unix and Windows NT environment and includes UNIX-Based Systems which include servers, workstations, portable workstations, system monitor/video card, operating systems, expansion and enhancement module, component and peripherals, x-terminal, bundled system; Specialized Systems which include low-end/mid range systems, high-end systems; PC-Based Systems which include PC Servers, personal computers, portable personal computers, systems monitor/video card, system expansion and enhancement module, component and peripherals; Peripherals which include scanner hardware/software, scanner hardware, scanner software, jukeboxes and carousels, redundant array of inexpensive disks, printers, high resolution image printers, laser/page printers, ink-jet printers, thermal transfer printers, special purpose printers, plotters, multifunction devices, facsimile devices, multimedia collaborative environment, projection systems, power projection units, transport cases, digital cameras, network enhancement devices; Communications Components which include ATM/SONET devices, routers, bridges and brouters, hubs, modems, transceivers, repeaters, multiplexors, concentrators, network interface devices, interconnect controllers. The requirement includes support for and compatibility with the existing UNIX baseline hardware and software inventory; and baseline inventory operating system software maintenance. The Government intends to award Indefinite-Delivery Type Contracts. It is the Government's intent to award a sufficient number of contracts to meet its minimum needs. After contract award, each Delivery Order will be competed in accordance with FAR SUBPART 16.5. Delivery Order competition among Awardees will be accomplished electronically. It is the Government's intent to conduct this acquisition in a manner which takes full advantage of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act (FARA). A DRAFT Solicitation will be issued on or about 29 Aug 1996 through the INTERNET. The draft Solicitation, once issued, WILL BE available on the World Wide Web at http://www.dia.osis.gov not later than 29 Aug 1996. No telephone requests will be accepted; to receive a ''hard copy'', only written requests from the requestor will be accepted via mail or facsimile. Send to: Virginia Contracting Activity P.O. Box 46563, Attn: Carl D. Edwards, Washington, DC 20050-6563. If requesting the solicitation by FAX, you may send your request to: (202) 231-2831, Attn: Carl D. Edwards. The Government intends to utilize the World Wide Web to the maximum extent possible for the conduct of this solicitation. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from the Virginia Contracting Activity INTERNET SITE in its entirely and the Virginia Contracting Activity bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. A presolicitation conference will be held at the Defense Intelligence Agency center (DIAC), Bldg 6000, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC on or about 09 Oct 1996, from 0800 hours to 1600 hours. A final solicitation will be issued on or about 22 Oct 1996 in the same manner as the draft solicitation. INTERESTED SOURCES SHALL NOT REQUEST A FORMAL SOLICITATION PACKAGE NOR REQUEST TO BE PUT ON A MAILING LIST FOR THE FORMAL SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. We welcome any questions/comments concerning the draft solicitation UPON ISSUANCE. INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING A COPY OF THE FORMAL SOLICITATION WILL BE SYNOPSIZED IN A LATER CBD ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER A DECISION IS MADE TO FORMALLY SOLICIT PROPOSALS. (0226)

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