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Mr. ' Anderson has informed me and the council that he cannot supply these computers. This is stated in the minutes of the November 26 council meeting. The' 486 Computers were not specified in the Request for Bid. The bid from Total Register Systems should be' rejected for bidding equipment that cannot be supplied and for bidding equipment that is not current technology as stated in the Request for Bids form. Mr. Anderson has told me he will supply Pentium Computers at no additional charge. I cannot accept that offer as his bid clearly defines 486-80 Mhz Computers. This type of bidding has a direct effect on the total bid price as Retail Data Systems has bid current technology with Pentium Computers which have a higher price than the obsolete 486 Computers. 2) on page 4, 1 have highlighted the first paragra ph under Section 2.1. The paragraph states "It is intended that each store will be equipped with 3 P.C. Is and P.O.S. stations, a NOVELL server P.C. , and a P.C. and Laser printer for use in management operations, and communication equipment for interconnecting the stores. The bidder will be required to submit, as part of the bid ,package, a system diagram showing the proposed equipment configuration and interconnection for each store. . . . . " . If you review the configuration supplied by Total Register Systems, you will see that Mr. Anderson does not meet the specifications required and stated on page 4, section 2.1. His diagram shows 4 registers at store 1, and two registers at store - 2. Another area of concern is the center of that diagram that states the communication as "Data Upload and Download Via Modem" . Our specification call for all transactions to be available automatically at both sites. I do not believe that this can be accomplished with his proposed configuration. Total Register Systems bid should be rejected for failure to provide the specif ied configuration in the request for bid. 3) On page 4, the third paragraph under section 3.1 states 'It is the intention of the City to purchase a fully developed POS system, both hardware and software, which requires no further development to fulfill the functionality as specified in this RFB. " I have also highlighted the statement "The bidder must arrange for a demonstration of an existing system, ' installed in a retail operation, which exhibits the functionality stated herein. " Total Register Systems has bid 486-80 Mhz computers to operate the POS system. The bid should be rejected as 486-80 Mhz computers would require further development or replacement to fulfill the functionality of the system. As mentioned previously, Mr. Anderson cannot supply them. 2