Chief Administrative Office, Office of Procurement and Purchasing, O'Neill House Office Building, Room 502, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515

W -- RENTAL OF LAPTOP COMPUTERS WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE SOL CAO-96-Q-035A. DUE 101096. Contact Point, Lawrence B. Toperoff, 202/225-2921, Contracting Officer, Philip G. Kiko, 202/225-2921. The U.S. House of Representatives requires to rent, not to exceed 60 days, with option to purchase, 200 (est. quantity) laptop computers. Laptop computers must be Pentium processor, 100MHZ or greater, multimedia/sound capable, internal or PCMCIA 28.8K fax/modem, PCMCIA 10BaseT network interface card, 3 1/2'' floppy drive, with optional quad speed or faster CD-ROM drive, 810MB hard drive or greater, 32MB RAM, 1MB Video RAM, dual passive display (optional active matrix display as separately priced configuration), carrying case, battery charger, one extra battery, and integrated pointing device. Software shall consist of Windows 95, Microsoft Office Professional 7.0, Microsoft Exchange (latest version) and Netscape Navigator 3.0. House has site licenses for Windows 95 and Netscape Navigator 3.0. Separately priced options of 3 year on-site warranty, training and support during rental period of 24 x 7, and onsite assistance to customize for House requirements from November 8th to 11th, 1996. All deliveries must be on site by November 8, 1996. Vendor and industry recommendations accepted. Offers will be received until 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Fax request to 202/226-3850 is acceptable or write to above address. (271)

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