Panasonic Toughbook CF-27 BIOS locked!

We have a Panasonic Toughbook model #CF-27 and one of our users locked the BIOS when he was laid off! We have tried (3) different times to get a work-around from Panasonic, but, they want us to send it to them, they unlock it, and bill us $150!Does anyone know a work-around to this situation?

PLEASE HELP! 🙂