U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Rm 6875, 935 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20535-0001

70 -- MID TOWER MICROCOMPUTER MODIFICATION SOL RFQ 886875 DUE 041098 POC Kimberly Kidd Ramsey (202) 324-1983 The announcement which appeared in the Commerce Business Daily on Wednesday, March 11, 1998 is hereby issued a sixth amendment. The purpose of the sixth amendment is to respond to technical and contracting questions submitted to the FBI from various vendors. Please note that the specifications listed in the synopsis/solicitation are only minimum requirements and the FBI is in need of a commercial item turn-key system. No further questions will be accepted. The due has been extended to April 10, 1998 at 12 noon EST. TEST BED ISSUE Test Bed Process -- The following is a sample test bed script that will be used in evaluation of the proposed system from the apparent awardee. SPIU Computer System Test/Evaluation Computer System Evaluated Brand and Model: Components Processor Brand and Model: Memory Installed RAM: Comment(s): Drive Bays Comment(s): Expansion Slots Comment(s): Video Brand/Model/Chipset: Memory: Comments: Hard Disk Drive Brand and Model: Diskette Drive(s) Type: Comment(s): Power Supply Output: Connectors: Comment(s): I/O Ports Keyboard: Mouse: Serial: Parallel: USB: NIC: Audio: Video: Comment(s): CDROM Drive Comment(s): Other Peripherals Comment(s): Baseline Compatibility Tests Racore M8158 token ring adapter: Install current Windows 95/NetWare Client 32 baseline: Boot to startup diskette and connect to server - Copy installation files to local drive - Install Windows 95 operating system - Comment(s): Install networking components - Comment(s): Install and run baseline applications: WordPerfect 6.1 - GroupWise 4.1a - McAfee VirusScan v3.0.2 (3004) - Attachmate EXTRA! 4.2: Display session - Printer session - NetWare Nprinter - Printer Compatibility Tests Local printing to the following printers with Windows 95 installed: HP LaserJet III - HP LaserJet 4 Plus - HP LaserJet 5 (standard driver) - HP LaserJet 6p (standard driver) - Lexmark Optra Rt+ - Final Notes The following are related to Windows 95: The following are related to the system hardware: MAINTENANCE/WARRANTY ISSUES 1. Consigned Parts -- Clarification: The requirement for consigned parts stands as written. The awardee will be responsible to reach a settlement with the current maintenance provider for the purposes of providing a consigned number of parts in order to perform warranty service. The actual number of consigned parts will be determined through the settlement process, and will be based on MTBF for the system components and recent past performance of similar systems. The FBI will review and have final approval authority for the total figure reached for consigned parts. If the proposed system(s) is of a configuration for which the current maintenance provider is already a certified warranty maintenance provider, the awardee will still be responsible to arrange for consigned parts. 2. Warranty Period -- Clarification: The term for the parts only warranty is one (1) year. However, the life cycle for the proposed system(s) is four (4) years, and the awardee must ensure the FBI and the current maintenance provider that commercial item parts for the proposed system(s) will be available for the full four (4) year life cycle. The FBI is aware that the industry will not support a four year life cycle on many commercial item component parts, and will accept industry technical equivalents or upgrades (commercial item) as original parts are phased out of production, following requisite testing and evaluation and through our current maintenance provider. 3. Unused Consigned Warranty Parts -- Clarification: All consigned parts become property of the current maintenance provider for exclusive use on the current FBI maintenance contract.. No parts will be returned to the original awardee following the one (1) warranty period, nor will the FBI pay any party for the unused consigned parts following the one (1) year warranty period. Vendors which have previously responded to this requirement are hereby requested to re-submit their bid based on all six amendments. All vendors are reminded that thier bid must include responses to all parts of the solicitation. (0092)

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