70 -- Custom Made Ship Board Rack Mount Servers

Military Sealift Command (MSC) intends to issue a purchase order to Bridgette, Incorporated,(Cutting Edge), 8191 Center Street, La Mesa, CA 91942 for rack mount servers, a custom made product that has been tested and approved for use by MSC. Rack Mount Servers keep the ships data banks current in support of worldwide Afloat operations. The technology used in the Rack Mount server is specialized and proprietary to Cutting Edge. MSC plans on purchasing a total of 50 (fifty) Rack Mount servers, a base quantity of 25 (twenty-five) and an option quantity of 25 (twenty-five). The purchase order will be issued on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of the test program for commercial items (section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996), implemented by FAR 13.501. See Note 22 in the numbered note section. The number of days for receiving proposals is changed from 45 days to 30 days for this purchase.