Billings Area Indian Health Service, 2900 4th Avenue North, Room 304, P.O. Box 2143, Billings, MT 59103

70 -- FOURTY COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR THE FT. PECK SERVICE UNIT IN POPLAR, MONTANA. SOL RFQ 10-99-053 DUE 091099 POC Toni Holland, Purchasing Agent, (406) 247-7063, fax 247-7108 E-MAIL: Computer Equipment-Ft. Peck Service Unit, Poplar,, tholland@bilb2.billings.ihs.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with FAR 12.6 and the test program in FAR 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation #10-99-053 is being issued as a Request for Quotation. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-12. This procurement is set aside to 51% Indian owned businesses pursuant to the Buy Indian Act (25 USC 47). The associated standard industrial classification code is 5045. The PHS Indian Health Center in Poplar, Montana intends to procure 40 systems with the following specifications: Intel Celeron or Pentium III 466 MHz; 128k L2 Cache (PPGA); 128 mb (8X64) PC-100 SDRAM DIMM; 168 pin; 8.4 IDR UDMA Hard Drive; 40X CDROM, IDE, ATAPI, Internal; 1.44 HDD; 104 Keyboard; Scroll Mouse; 17", .28, 1280 X 1024 Monitor; 36 Watt Speakersl Windows 98 (OEM), CD; Creative Lab Audio; 10/100 NIC Card; must be net-ready and have Win98 installed. The offeror whos quote represents the best value to the Government will be considered. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items; 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders-Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items; 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Central Contractor Registration; 52.237-7, Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance. Offers are due by 3:00 local time on September 10, 1999 to: Indian Health Service, Attn: Toni Holland, 2900 4th Avenue N, Billings, MT 59103. Offers will be accepted via fax at (406) 247-7108 or by e-mail. For information regarding the solicitation, call Toni Holland, Purchasing Agent, at (406) 247-7063, or Jerry Black at (406) 247-7068. All responsible parties are invited to submit a quote which will be considered. Posted 08/30/99 (W-SN374380). (0242)

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