Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Acquisition Management, 700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202

D -- PORTABLE LAPTOP COMPUTER SYSTEM SOL TBD POC Herbert Sterling/202-307-7812 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has a requirement for a portable laptop computer system that can be used to expediently duplicate a hard drive in a computer of unknown storage capacity on to a Digital Audio Tape (DAT) media. Access to the hard drive may not be possible, requiring that the hard drive backup process may need to be done solely through ports on the computer whose hard drive is to be backed up. The video port or equivalent external port must have a backup data copy rate of at least 2.25 megabyes per second, or be able to duplicate an 8-gigabyte hard drive in an hour or less. The DEA intentds to issue a sole-source purchase order for this requirement to Sparta, Inc. This acquisition will be accomplished through the simplified acquisition rules under FAR part 13. The DEA is seeking additional sources for this effort. The SIC Code is 3577. All interested parties are asked to submit a written statement of qualifications to the DEA, Attn: Mr. Herbert Sterling, Office of Acquisition Management, Washington, DC, 20537, no later than August 24, 2000. Further information regarding technical requirements may be obtained by calling Dan Augustene at (703)285-2583. This announcement is for informational purposes only. No solicitation is available. Posted 08/09/00 (W-SN484100). (0222)

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