Zenith Data Systems' ready to ship on Air Force's $1 billion Desktop V contract; company overcomes mandatory protest period; Packard Bell's ZDS subsidiary prepared to fulfill largest U.S. government PC contract.BUFFALO GROVE Buffalo Grove A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 43,300. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1996--Zenith Data Systems (ZDS ZDS Zenith Data Systems ZDS Zonal Distribution System ZDS Zero Degree Stat ZDS Zinc Detection System ZDS Zonal Drying System (aircraft de-humidifier) ), a subsidiary of Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. Electronics Inc., Wednesday announced that it has successfully defended its award for the U.S. Air Force Desktop V contract. Under the terms of the contract, ZDS will be a primary supplier of desktop and portable personal computers, file servers, peripherals and software to the Air Force, Department of Defense logistics agencies Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department and related civilian agencies. The three-year Desktop V contract, with a government-estimated value of more than $1 billion, was awarded to ZDS and Hughes Data Systems on May 3, 1996. On June 10, the General Services Administration's Board of Contract Appeals dismissed all protests and removed all barriers to the award. Initial functional qualification testing is scheduled to begin this week and should take two to three weeks to complete. ZDS announced that the company is ready to begin shipments as early as the middle of July. "This announcement further proves that ZDS is recognized by the federal government as a leader in PC manufacturing," said Thomas Buchsbaum, ZDS' executive vice president for federal systems and the public sector. "We have a record of unsurpassed value; we combine powerful, high-quality products with superior service and attractive pricing. We're delighted by the ruling and eager to perform under the contract." Beny Alagem Beny Alagem (born 1953) is a former Israeli tank driver and the founder of Packard Bell Electronics, a leading American computer manufacturer during the late 1980s and early 1990s. , chairman, chief executive officer and president of Packard Bell Electronics, added, "We knew when we acquired ZDS in April 1996 that we had acquired an experienced leader in computer manufacturing and distribution to the government sector. ZDS continues as the number-one PC supplier to the federal government. We will utilize all of the company's resources to optimize value, performance and efficiency for this key government customer." Under the Desktop V contract, ZDS will provide a wide range of PC hardware -- desktops, portables and servers, including multiprocessor Multiple processors. A multiprocessor machine uses two or more CPUs for routine processing. See multiprocessing. multiprocessor - parallel processing servers -- to the Air Force and other government agencies. The Desktop V offering includes systems equipped with Intel Corporation's Pentium and Pentium Pro The sixth generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that uses it. Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the Pentium, models from 150 MHz to 200 MHz were released. microprocessors, and many systems will include state-of-the- art networking capabilities, Microsoft's Windows 95 operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. , and high-end peripherals. "ZDS has been a dedicated direct supplier to various government agencies since 1982, and has shipped more than one million PCs under the Desktop I, Desktop II, Desktop IV and other federal contracts," said Buchsbaum. "This new contract demonstrates that ZDS delivers not only on cost- effectiveness, but on product technology, management, support and quality. It is an overall assessment of ZDS' total value." Zenith Data Systems Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) was a division of Zenith founded in 1979 after Zenith acquired Heathkit, who had, at that time, recently entered the personal computer market. Zenith sold personal computers under both the Heath/Zenith and Zenith Data Systems names. , a Packard Bell subsidiary, is the number- one supplier of personal computer products to the federal government. The ZDS Federal Systems office is located in Herndon, Va., with Desktop V support facilities in Montgomery, Ala. Packard Bell Electronics is based in Sacramento, Calif. The Packard Bell acquisition of ZDS became effective April 4, 1996. CONTACT: Zenith Data Systems Patrick Marx, 847/808-4479 http://www.zds.com |
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