United States Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, 10 ABW/LGC USAF Academy, CO, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO, 80840-2315

70 -- DESKTOP COMPUTERS, 1999 IDIQ SOL F0561199R009 DUE 030399 POC Kimberli Gray, Contracting Specialist, Phone (719) 333-6572, Fax (719) 333-4404, Email graykr.lg@usafa.af.mil -- Bruce Taylor, Contracting Officer, Phone (719) 333-2869, Fax (719)333-4747, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&;ProjID=F0561199R009& LocID=479. E-MAIL: Kimberli Gray, graykr.lg@usafa.af.mil. REQUEST FOR INTERESTED SOURCES Interested parties in providing desktop computers to the United States Air Force Academy are sought for a solicitation to be issued on or about 8 March 1999. The contract type will be Indefinite Quantity -- Indefinite Delivery with a minimum amount of $125,000.00. Maximum purchase amount will be $5,000,000.00. Sample contract line item format is as follows: Contact; United States Air Force Academy Contracting Flight LGCV 10th Air Base Wing 8110 Industrial Dr US Air Force Academy CO 80840 Attn: Ms Kim Gray 719 333-4060 Voice 719 333-4747 Fax USAFA COMPUTERS CLIN DESCRIPTION UNIT PRICE 0001 Mid-Tower Desktop Computer, Not to Exceed $2,000. See Proposal Technical Specifications, Attachment One, page 17. $ 0002 Add-on/Upgrade Hardware/Software Features. See Proposal Technical Specifications, Attachment One, page 17. UPGRADE PRICE 0002AA Monitor, 21" SVGA (Upgrade) $ 0002AB Television Card, NTSC $ 0002AC DVD (Upgrade) $ 0002AD MS OFFICE SOFTWARE $ a. Year 2000 Compliance Requirement. All information technology items must be Year 2000 compliant. Year 2000 compliant means information technology that accurately processes dates/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculation. Furthermore, Year 2000 compliant information technology shall accurately process date/time data if the other information technology properly exchanges date/time data with it. b. Banyan Vines Compatibility. The Network Interface Card must be compatible with Banyan Vines. c. NT Compatibility. All systems and equipment shall be NT compatible with the required drivers installed by the contractor and delivered with each system. d. Delivery or performance period requirements. Delivery to be FOB Destination. The initial contract award shall be for a minimum of $125,000.00 and a contract maximum not to exceed $5 million. All other deliveries shall be accomplished per delivery order with the possibility of the majority of the orders being placed after 15 Sep 99. The initial delivery shall be made 30 days after contract award and notification to the contractor. Delivery times and locations shall be scheduled per delivery order to comply with the quantities stated above e. All offerors must comply with patent royalties. Copyrights shall be covered by appropriate license agreements between your firm and the holder(s) or right(s). Due to the number and variety of patents and copyrights issued in areas related to the production of personal computers, your firm shall provide a letter of assurance from an officer of your company or legal proof of your firm that appropriate patent royalties have been paid, copyright license have been obtained when necessary, and that (to the extent any suit is initiated concerning these issues) your firm will hold the Government harmless for any costs incurred and any damages that may be awarded as a result of any such suit(s). In addition, all licenses are to be identified by the delivery order number. f. Each delivered system and/or component shall have the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Certificate of Conformity. All devices shall be plug and play. All software will include whole digit upgrades through the calendar year 2003. The USAF Academy is considered a university and is eligible for academic pricing. Warranty. A four- (4) year, on-site, 100% parts and labor warranty is required (see CLIN 0001 and 0002 schedule). The contractor shall physically respond to warranty/service calls within 24 hours of notification FAR Clause, 52.216-18 Ordering Oct 1995) For the purpose of this clause the blanks are completed as follows: (a) issued from Date of award through 30 March 00. FAR Clause 52.216-19, Delivery Order Limitations (Oct 1995) For the purpose of this clause the blank(s) are completed as follows: (a) Quantity of 5 (b)(1) Quantity of 300 (b)(2) Quantity of 300 (b)(3) 3 work days (d) 10 calendar days TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT 0001 CPU Pentium II, 400 MHz or equivalent AMD or Cyrix solution Motherboard 440BX chipset (100 MHz FSB) Support for 4 EIDE devices Flash upgradable BIOS; At least two ISA and one PCI expansion slot free in fully configured computer, or equivalent Chassis Mid-Tower case; needs expansion for additional hard disk drive Monitor 17-inch SVGA 1280'1024 @ 72 Hz non-interlaced .28-inch dot pitch Energy star compliant Minimum 6 foot cable lengths Memory 128 MB SDRAM in DIMM 100MHz certified memory Upgrade path to 256MB without discarding any DIMM Hard drive 8 GB Ultra DMA; Ability to add a second hard drive without any additional connectors, power cords, or brackets required Internal floppy drive LS-120 disk drive with one (1) blank disk Ports One Centronics bi-directional EPP/ECP parallel (PnP-compatible) One buffered serial (16550-A UART or equal) Mouse port (PS/2) 2 USB ports PCMCIA Card Reader PCMCIA Card reader with front access. Capable of 2 TYPE II or 1 TYPE III card. Video card 8MB AGP; Must be compatible with optional TV card. Sound card 16-bit Sound Blaster compatible with 8 watt speakers (24 watt MAX); Drivers for MIDI and WAV playback; Sound session interface to DVD CD-ROM drive 32X CD-ROM Mouse MS Intellimouse (or equal) with mouse pad; 6' or longer cable Keyboard 104 -key enhanced (i.e. Windows enhanced) Power supply 115 VAC 50-60 cycle Energy Star compliance 250 Watt; Need at least one empty power connector for second disk drive Ethernet card 10/100 Base-T autoselect External datalink and transfer lights PnP Full duplex Jumperless; Software configurable PCI bus interface OPERATING SYSTEM Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 Software Contractor will pre-load hard drive with USAFA master; Contractor to provide restore disk and CD for each machine to allow customer to restore image. Warranty 4 year, on-site, 100% parts and labor Delivery 30 day delivery after contract award or delivery order issuance 0002AA Monitor 21-inch SVGA, (Replaces 17" Monitor) 1280'1024 @ 72 Hz non-interlaced .28-inch dot pitch Energy star compliant Minimum 6 foot cable lengths 4 Years parts and labor 0002AB Television NTSC video-in-a-window Drivers for latest versions of Windows9X and NT Tuner for all VHF and UHF channels Cable-ready Function at 800x600 resolution with both 256 and 64k colors 0002AC DVD-ROM DVD -- Hardware or Software Solution. Replaces the CD-ROM 0002AD OFFICE SOFTWARE MS Office PRO 97 Software Upgrades Full digit upgrades through CY2003, to include operating system. Warranty 4 years ON SITE, on all Factory Installed Components (FIC) Delivery 30 day delivery after contract award or delivery order issuance Posted 02/24/99 (D-SN301865). (0055)

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