SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- Data Cartridges
- Notice Date
- 2/20/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Austin Automation Center, (316), 1615 E. Woodward Street, Austin, Texas 78772
- ZIP Code
- 78772
- Solicitation Number
- 200-1126-0007
- Response Due
- 3/1/2002
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2002
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - Albert Villalpando, Contract Specialist, (512) 326-6027, Contracting Officer - Albert Villalpando, Contract Specialist, (512) 326-6027
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Albert Villalpando
(albert.villalpando@mail.va.gov)
- Description
- This is a combined Synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The invitation for bid document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-03. This is a 100% set-aside for small business procurement. The North American Industrial Classification System is ?334613?. The small business size is 1,000 employees. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center (AAC), Austin, Texas (AAC) intends to procure the following items: 1) 17,300 each, new Imation Black Watch brand 3490E #11525- 810 MB, 1,100 ft. (335 meters) magnetic data tape cartridges (or equal). Tape shall have a 0.04-mil non-magnetic coating; meet a minimum intrinsic coercivity of 520 Oersteds +/- 30Oe with a minimum 30 dB narrow band signal-to-noise ratio. Tapes must have zero permanent and zero temporary errors with a maximum of 100 ECC (corrected errors) in 1,100 ft. (335 meters). Cartridges must meet or exceed ANSI, ISO, and IBM 39.37 inch drop test standard. Leader block must meet a minimum of 5000 load/unloads. All the cartridges shall be labeled with an EDP Tri-optic 1687-VC label. The label numbering series are: 200000-217299. 2) 400 each, new Imation Blackwatch 9940 #41334-60 GB, 2,300?, data cartridges (or equal). Tape shall have a 0.04 mil non-magnetic coating; meet a minimum intrinsic coercivity of 1650 Oersteds +/- 30Oe. Tapes shall have an 18 second load time, 10 MB/second data transfer time, 41 second access time, 4 levels of error correction and compatible with Fibre, ESCON & SCSI connectivity. Leader block must meet a minimum of 5000 load/unloads. All tapes shall be initialized with the following header format/data code/operating system (IBM EDCDIC/MVS). All the cartridges shall be labeled with an EDP Tri-optic 1687-VC label. The label numbering series are: 345600-345999. Delivery of the tape cartridges shall be no later than four (4) weeks after an order is placed. Partial orders are acceptable. Delivery Address is: Austin Automation Center, 1615 Woodward Street, Austin, Texas 78741. Responses shall be in writing and can be mailed to the attention of the contracting officer or faxed to 512/326-6028. The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation: A) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items with the addendums: 1) FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract - ?The Government contemplates award of a firm fixed price single award contract resulting from this solicitation?; B) All offerors will be required to provide a completed copy of the provision FAR 52-212-3 Offeror Representations and Notifications-Commercial Items; C) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items with addendum: 1) FAR 52-219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, and 2) 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal.; and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order-Commercial Items. The Standard Commercial Warranty is required. Offers must be submitted within 10-days from the publication of this notice and shall be addressed to the attention of the Contracting Officer.
- Web Link
-
IFB 200-1126-0007
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=200-1126-0007)
- Record
- SN00028416-W 20020222/020220213144 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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