Farm Credit Administration; Contracting & Procurement; 1501 Farm Credit Drive; McLean, VA 22102-5090

70 -- NT FILE SERVERS SOL 95-FCA-RFI-002 POC Contract Darrell A. Cooper, 703/883-4224; Contracting Officer: Larry Edwards, 703-883-4200 The Farm Credit Administration (FCA), 1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, VA 22102-5090, intends to place a delivery order with AmeriData against their GSA contract number GS00K94AGS5402 for the following : One Compaq Proliant 4000 5/90 Model 1 with two 90 MHz Pentium processors (upgradeable to 4 processors), 512 KB Cache memory, 128MB ECC memory (64MB Base + 64MB upgrade), 8-EISA Bus Master Slots, NetFlex-2 32-Bit Ethernet card, one CD-ROM, one 3.5'', 1.44MB diskette drive, two Proliant Storage Systems, 14 2-GB Pluggable SCSI-2 hard disk drives, Smart SCSI-2 Array Controller with two simultaneous drive transfer channels, redundant power supplies, two 4/16 GB TurboDAT Autoloader Tape Drive with 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2 EISA controller and four 12 cartridge magazines. Compaq Insight Manager (Server Management Software), Compaq Smart Start for Windows NT Server 3.5. One copy of Windows NT Server 3.5 version custom tuned for the Proliant 4000 by Compaq, one copy of Windows NT Server 3.5 documentation and Compaq Smart Start Subscription Service, system integration/setup. Delivery to McLean, VA. Seven Compaq Proliant 2000 5/90 Model 4200A with one 90 MHz Pentium processor (upgradeable to 2 processors), 512 KB Cache memory, 64MB ECC memory (32MB Base 3CD-ROM. One 3.5'', 1.44MB diskette drive, four 2-GB Pluggable SCSI-2 hard disk drives, Smart SCSI-2 Array controller with two simultaneous drive transfer channels, 4/16 GB TurboDAT Tape Drive. Compaq Insight Manager (Server Management Software), Compaq Smart Start for Windows NT Server 3.5. Seven copies of Windows NT Server 3.5 version custom tuned for the Proliant 2000 by Compaq, seven copies of Windows NT Server 3.5 documentation, seven copies of Compaq Smart Start Subscription Service, system integration/setup. Delivery to McLean, VA with final installation at the following FCA field offices: Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Sacramento, CA; St. Louis, MO; Bloomington, MN; McLean, VA. All servers would come with a three year on-site warranty which would include a hardware management monitoring software package equivalent to Compaq's In Sight Manager. Four hour response time for all sites in each of the following cities is required: Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Sacramento, CA; St. Louis, MO; Bloomington, MN; McLean, VA. Vendors who can furnish the required equipment or equivalent are invited to submit, in writing, a substantive statement, clearly stating the ability to fill this requirement. Oral and facsimile communications are not acceptable. Substantiveness would be indicated by a statement of exactly what equipment is offered, complete technical specifications, firm pricing, delivery schedule, FOB destination point, installation charges, if any, specific on site warranty and maintenance information and other info which will show a bona fide ability to meet this requirement. Vendors responding to this notice with GSA Schedule Contract information must include a copy of their GSA Schedule Contract. No solicitation will be issued. No contract award will be made on the basis of responses received to this notice, since this cannot be considered a formal solicitation document. Written response must be submitted within 15 calendar days of this notice. If no written responses are received, an order shall be placed IAW the terms and conditions of the above referenced schedule contract. If a response is received from a schedule vendor for an item(s) that meets the requirement at the lowest overall cost, an order may be placed against that ADP Schedule Contract, provided all other terms, conditions and delivery are equal. When a response is received from a non-schedule vendor that meets the requirement, and analysis indicates that a competitive acquisition may be in the best interest of the FCA, price and other factors considered, a formal solicitation may be issued. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to the intended schedule vendor and to all firms that respond to this synopsis of intent or otherwise request a copy of such solicitation. All responses shall be submitted to Darrell Cooper at the above address. No Facsimile submissions will be accepted. (0041)

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