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70 -- SERVER SOL RFQ5-15694-994 DUE 010699 POC Bill Bradley, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-9474, Fax (301)286-1654, Email William.R.Bradley.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Deanna E. Herschell, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-6303, Fax (301) 286-1654, Email deanna.herschell@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFQ5-15694-994. E-MAIL: Bill Bradley, William.R.Bradley.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Quote 5-15694-994 for SERVER, 400(4) CPU, 512K (400 1 EACH MHZ) CACHE, 1GB RAM, MODEL 6613A, 198GB RAID H/W: INTEL AD450NX SERVER PLATFORM W/450NX CHIPSET, FOUR 400MHZ INTEL PENTIUM(R) II XEON(TM) CPU'S, 512K 400MHZ ECC L2 CACHE PER CPU, 1GB EDO ECC RAM, 12 ULTRAWIDE HOT-SWAP SCSI DISKS (4.5, 9.1, OR 18.2GB EA.)IDE CD-ROM, DE-500 10/100MBPS ETHERNET, RJ-45, 1MB SVGA VIDEO, 25GB NATIVE SEAGATE SIDEWINDER 50 TAPE DRIVE, 1400VA UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER SUPPLY W/POWER-FAIL S/W, DAC960PG RAID CONTROLLER W/16MB ECC CACHE, 2 SERIAL PORTS (16550A), 1 PARALLEL PORT, PCI IDE/FLOPPY CONTROLLER, 1.44 MB 3.5" DISK DRIVE, KEYTRONICS KB-101+C KEYBOARD, LOGITECH 3-BUTTON PS/2 MOUSE, ATX DUAL-WIDTH SERVER CHASSIS W/5 -- 12CM FANS, 3 POWER SUPPLIES (ONE REDUNDANT). S/W: RED HAT LINUX. DOCUMENTATION: OFFICIAL RED HAT LINUX USER'S GUIDE W/CD ROM, ALL MANUFACTURER'S H/W DOCUENTTAION, H/W CONFIGURATION REFERENCE, LINUX EMERGENCY BOOT FLOPPY.FEATURES: SYSTEM DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR LINUX, LINUX INSTALLED, CONFIGURED, AND TESTED 72 HOURS BURN-IN TESTING LATEST STABLE LINUX KERNAL CUSTOM CONFIGURED CUSTOM CONFIGURED LINUX KERNAL UPDATES AVAILABLE FOR FTP ULTRAWIDE SCSI CABLING THROUGHOUT RAID CONTROLLER WITH TWO DEDICATED SCSI ASSEMBLIES DOUBLE-WIDE SERVER CHASSIS WITH SIX 12 CM COOLING FANS TRIPLE POWER SUPPLIES PROVIDE REDUNDANCY This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR PART 12. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 3572 and 1000 EMPLOYEES. The DPAS Rating for this procurment is DO C9. The anticipated release date of RFQ5-15694-994 is on or about 12-16-98 with an anticipated quote due date of on or about 01-06-99. All qualified responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) 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/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/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 quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Posted 12/16/98 (D-SN280812). (0350)

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