NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BJ

70 -- APPROXIMATELY 250 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN DESKTOP WORKSTATIONS SOL 9-BJ2-36-7-08O DUE 040797 POC Ronald Johnson, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-4164, Fax (281) 483-2138, Email rjohnson@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov -- Francis L. Mahan, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-2338, Fax (281) 483-2138, Email flmahan@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Johnson Space Center Procurement Home Page, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bd2/. NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for approximately 250 desktop workstations of three configurations including 21" monitor analysis personal computers, 17" monitor design personal computers, and 21" monitor design personal computers in support of various directorates at JSC. JSC will perform an evaluation for the purpose of selection which best fits the organizational requirements. The anticipated contract will include delivery of state of the art hardware, intergration of a standard software load (provided by JSC), and installation which requires a thorough knowledge of Windows NT Workstation and Windows95, backup and restore of existing data from network devices and application installation. The Government anticipates RFO release approximately 15 days after the synopsis appears in the CBD. Proposals will be due within 30 calendar days of RFO release. Award is anticipated 2 weeks after proposal due date. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. This RFO is issued as a full and open competition. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about March 7, 1997, with an anticipated offer due date of on or about April 7, 1997. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in ASCII or RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/JSC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0050)

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