Operational Contracting Office, 8110 Industrial Dr., Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 80840-2315

70 -- DESKTOP COMPUTERS SOL F05611-98-R-0705 POC Myrtice Moeglein, Contract Specialist, 719.333-3600 or TSgt Chris M. Vaccarella, 719.333.3961 Solicitation F05611-98-R-0705, Desktop computers, is issued as a "Best-Value" Request for Proposal (RFP) using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 15. Offerors shall be evaluated against the following factors in the descending order of importance: 1) Technical capability, 2) Delivery capability, 3) Past performance, and 4) Price. An indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is contemplated with a minimum guaranteed amount of $125,000.00 and a maximum of $5 million. The period of the contract will be for one basic period. No option periods will be included in the solicitation. The solicitation is scheduled to be released on or about 27 Apr 97 with a closing date on or about 27 May 97. General specifications for the desktops include a Pentium II 300 and 333 CPU; 440LX chipset (66MHz FSB) motherboard; 64 MB SDRAM in DIMM memory; 4+ GB Ultra DMA hard drive; LS-120 disk drive; ports; 4 MB AGP video card; 16-bit sound card; 24x CD-ROM; 115VAC 50-60 cycle power supply; ethernet card; 15" and 17" monitors; 4 year, 100% parts and labor warranty with on-site maintenance. Complete system samples shall be required to be submitted, in addition to the written technical proposal, for testing as part of the evaluation process. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 5045 and the business size standard is 500 employees. This requirement shall be solicited as unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Small, disadvantaged, and women owned businesses are encouraged to submit proposals. All solicitation requests shall be made to: Operational Contracting Office, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO. 80840-2315. Requests shall be submitted in writing. No telephone requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. All requests for additional information shall be submitted in writing to the above address. All shipments for awarded computer systems shall be delivered to 10th Communications Squadron, 10CS/SCBIR, 2354 Fairchild Drive, Suite 2G19, USAF Academy. All pricing submitted in response to the solicitation shall be FOB Destination, USAF Academy CO.***** (0090)

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