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70 -- NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS SOL WC1SH3-7168-1006 POC Purchasing Agent Marla Smith (907) 384-7104 (Site Code DAHC76) Notice of Intent to place an order with Gateway2000 against their GSA schedule, GS35F4565G, for the Solo 2200 S5-133 Multimedia Notebook (with 166mhz processor with MMX technology). Configuration is as follows: Intel 166mhz Pentium processor w/MMX technology; 12.1" active matrix color display; PCI bus; 80MB RAM; 256K cache; 1.44MB 3.5" modular diskette drive; Integrated 16 bit wavetable sound with stereo speakers; 6X min/11X max modular CD-Rom; 2.1GB IDE removable hard drive; PCMCIA 3COM ethernet twisted pair network adapter card; PCMCIA 33.6 data/14.4 fax modem; external floppy drive caddy; 2mb video ram; parallel, serial, ps/2, and vga port; 2 PCMCIA type II slots; NTSC/PAL; 85-key keyboard; lithium ion battery & ac pack; MS Windows 95 and MS Office 97 Professional Edition on CD; EZ Pad pointing device; Deluxe carrying case. In addition, the following open market items will be added to the GSA order, Iomega external zip drive; three year extended limited warranty. Vendors who can furnish the required equipment are invited to submit, in writing, a substantive statement clearly indicating their ability to fill the requirement. Oral communications are not acceptable. ADP schedule firms must indicate their interest within 15 days of this advertisement, include contract number and expiration date. Non-ADP firms will also be considered only if responding with clear and convincing documentation that it is advantageous to consider non-schedule offers. If no affirmative written response is received within 15 calendar days after publication of this notice to effect that a source is available, a delivery order will be placed with Gateway2000 against their GSA schedule contract. NO Solicitation document is available and NO contract will be awarded solely on the basis of information submitted in (0188)

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