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

70 -- DESKTOP COMPUTERS POC Myrtice Moeglein at 719.333.3600 or TSgt Chris M. Vaccarella at 719.333.3961 This modification issued to correct synopsis submission number 184927, issued March 31, 1998 -- 17:47. Synopsis number 184927 is changed from a presolicitation notice (P) to a sources sought (R) and shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) requests sources sought/market research information to be provided for a Desktop computer requirement. The purpose of this synopsis is to determine if there are small business firms capable of satisfying the USAFA's computer requirement. The contemplated acquisition shall be solicited as a "Best-Value" Request for Proposal (RFP) using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 15. Potential evaluation criteria are as follows 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 an estimated minimum amount of $125,000.00 and an estimated maximum of $5million. The estimated period of performance shall be for one basic period with no option periods. 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. A price ceiling of $1,500 for the Pentium II 300 and $1,800 for the Pentium II 333 shall be required. Delivery of the systems shall be 30 days after award of any contract for the basic estimated quantity. All other deliveries against any pending delivery orders shall be delivered 30 days after the issuance of delivery orders. With an estimate of 2 separate delivery locations capable of processing 50 and 100 systems respectively, it is possible a vendor shall be responsible to deliver an estimated 100 systems per day, 300 systems per week, and 1,200 systems per month. The proposed Standard Industrial Classification Code is 5045 and the business size standard is 500 employees. Any small business firm wishing to submit a capability statement may do so. Each capability statement shall include information on the firm's business size status and company profile. The statement shall also include past performance information on similar quantities of systems and similar delivery schedules; past performance information to indicate successful contract performance on similar Government contracts; and past performance information relevant to the manufacture of similar systems and similar quantities as stated above. The capability statements shall be sent to Operational Contracting Office, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO. 80840-2315, and received no later than 16 Apr 98.***** (0096)

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