Ministry of Education from Brazil is buying 3000 Debian GNU Linux with four multimedia terminal computers and printer each.

At november 30th, 2007, the brazilian Ministry of Education will use the government official virtual trading room site , ComprasNet, to call for offers from pre-qualified vendors.

The bidding 51/2007 process 23034.003003/2007-98 of FUNDO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA EDUCACAO - FNDE, MINISTERIO DA EDUCACAO, BRASIL, will require fully Debian 4.0 Etch compatible multimedia multiterminal CPUs fully demonstrated by tests with official Debian 4.0 installation disks (or the Ministry customized Debian available at its site) as the previous bidding 45/2007.

The four multimedia terminal solution will be installed at 3000 rural schools at various regions of Brasil.

The official site to obtain the 78 page detailed government edictal is ComprasNet as you can see below.

You will need the "Cod UASG = 153173" and "publishing date = 8 November 2007" with the navigation at Acesso Livre > Aviso Licitacoes > Select "todas modalidades".

The navigation is not user friendly. For your convenience, and WITHOUT ANY OFFICIAL AND LEGAL GUARANTEE OR VALIDATY, I REPRODUCE, at pdf format, the brazilian portuguese edictal here.

Remeber: the officially legal document MUST be obtained at the government official virtual trading room site. We are not responsible for ANY content discrepancies and the file obtained here has no legal value of any kind.

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