NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BJ

70 -- APPROXIMATELY 250 ANAYLSIS AND DESIGN DESKTOP WORKSTATIONS SOL 9-BJ2-36-7-08P DUE 040797 POC Ronald Johnson, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-4164, Fax (281) 483-2138, Email rjohnson@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov -- Francis L. Mahan, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-2338, Fax (281) 483-2138, Email flmahan@ba1.jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Johnson Space Center Procurement Home Page, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bd2/. This notice is being issued by the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC)as a Request for Offers (RFO) for approximately 250 desktop workstations of three configurations including 21" monitor analysis personal computers, 17" monitor design personal computers, and 21" monitor design personal computers in support of various directorates at JSC. JSC will perform an evaluation for the purpose of selection which best fits the organizational requirements. The anticipated contract will include delivery of state of the art hardware, integration of a standard software load (provided by JSC), and installation which requires a thorough knowledge of Windows NT Workstation and Windows95, backup and restore of existing data from network devices and application installation. The Government anticipates RFO release approximately 15 days after this synopsis appears in the CBD. Proposals will be due within 30 calendar days of RFO release. Award is anticipated 2 weeks after proposal due date. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. The RFO is issued as a full and open competition. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 3575 and limited to 1,000 employee respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this procurement. All responsible business sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Selection and award will be in accordance with NFS 1871.604 with the value characteristics as outlined in the RFO. Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the offeror providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product offered meets the Government's requirement. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the interested party's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any) to the synopsis and/or to the solicitation after it is released. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and its amendments (if any). See Numbered Note(s). Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0044)

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