70--Desktop Computers

The National Transportation Safety Board, 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, S.W. Washington, DC 20594 intends to solicit and award a contract under the General Services Administration Schedule Contract No. GS-35F-4076D, Firm-Fixed Price contract, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This acquisition is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7372. The NAICS code is 423430. The following items will be procured: OptiPlex GX270T, 3.00GHz, P4, 800 FSB, 512K Cache, Small Minitower Base Memory: 256MB, Non-ECC, 333MHz DDR, 2x128, GX270 Keyboard: Dell PS/2 Keyboard in Gray, NoHot Keys, Optiplex (310-1515) Monitor: No Monitor Selected, OptiPlex (320-3704) Video Card: Integrated Video - Intel DVMT, GX260/GX270 (320-0428) Hard Drive: 40GB EIDE, 7200 RPM, ATA/100 Hard Drive, GX260 (340-8889) Floppy Disk Drive: 3.5 inch, 1.44MB, Floppy DriveGX270 (340-8733) Operating System: Windows 2000,SP3,NTFS,CD, English (420-1558) Mouse: Dell PS/2 2-Button Mouse, Scroll, OptiPlex, Gray (310-8307) NIC: Integrated Intel Gibabit NIC, 10/100/1000, with Alert Standards Format, GX260/GX270 (430-0353) CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive: 48X CDRW/DVD Combo, with RoxioEasy CD Creator and DVD DecodeGX260 (313-1740) Sound Card: Integrated Sound Blaster Compatible AC97 Sound, OptiPlex (313-8170) Documentation Diskette: OptiPlex Resource CD (313-7168) Service: Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year (900-1210) Service: Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, 2YR Extended (900-1272). Contractors interested in this requirement should submit a complete technical package, which provides clear and convincing evidence that they can meet the Governments requirement. In addition, the response should include Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items in accordance to FAR 52.212-3. If the offeror does not have a copy of this provision, go to www.arnet.gov to get a copy or contact the contract specialist by email to receive a copy. Any responses received without 52.212-3 will be considered non-compliant. Further, the response should include any special requirements for a commercial contract (i.e., Commercial Financing, Warranty Provisions, Delivery Information, etc.) in accordance with FAR Part 12. Anticipated Award date is July 17, 2003. Responses must be received no later than (NLT) 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, July 16, 2003. Responses should be submitted to: National Transportation Safety Board, Contract Management MD-13, Attn: Steve Bennett, 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, S.W., Washington, DC 20594. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Facsimile responses are acceptable and must be received on or before the closing date. Telephone requests to be placed on a mailing list will not be honored.