70 -- APPLE POWERPC MAC G4 WORKSTATIONS, QUANTITY -- TEN (10)

Notice Date

July 20, 2001

Contracting Office

Defense Information Systems Agency, Acquisition Directorate, DITCO-NCR, 701 South Courthouse Rd Bldg T-5, Arlington, VA, 22204-2199

ZIP Code

22204-2199

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-1

Response Due

July 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Brenda Thomas, Contract Specialist, Phone (703)607-6895, Fax (703)607-4340, Email thomas1b@ncr.disa.mil

Description

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) intends to award a sole source contract to Apple Computer Inc., Mail Stop 198-BTO, 2420 Ridge Point Dr., Austin TX 78754. DISA has a requirement for ten (10) PowerPC Mac G4 Workstations. The workstations must be high-end graphic and multimedia machines and compatible with the existing multi-media editing systems used in the Visual Information Branch. The processor, hard drives, and internal components must be able to handle the fast data transfer required for high end graphic and multimedia creation, file conversion, 3D animation, modeling and rendering, video editing, video compression, conversion, CD-R and DVD recording as well as DVD authoring and video editing capabilities. The workstations must be 733MHz PowerPC G4, 1GB SDRAM-2DIMMS, Ultra SCSI PCI Card & Cable Adapter, DVD-R/CD-RW, NVIDIA GeForce3-64MB DDR-SDRAM, 72GB Ultra 160 SCSI-Dual card, and Mac OS-US English. Each workstation must include Apple Pro Keyboard, 56K Internal Modem, Gigabit Ethernet built in, Accessory Kit, Apple Cinema Display 22-Inch, Apple Pro Speakers, and AppleCare Plan-Power & Mac Display. This synopsis is a notice of intent to issue an award under other than full and open competition and should not be considered a request for competitive proposals. The determination of the Government not to open subject requirement to full and open competition was made IAW FAR 6.302-1 and 10 USC 2302 (c) (1) and is solely at the discretion of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement within 5 days following the publication of this notice and no later than 2:00 p.m. EST to: Nicole Hunt, D4111, 703-607-6889, FAX 703-607-4340, or e-mail huntn@ncr.disa.mil. Award is anticipated on or about 26Jul01. See Note 22.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010724/70SOL004.HTM (D-201 SN50S5Q0)