SOLICITATION NOTICE
M -- COMPUTER FACILITY OPERATIONS
- Notice Date
- 5/2/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Administration, Division of Contracts, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, 20852-2738
- ZIP Code
- 20852-2738
- Solicitation Number
- RS-OCIO-03-314
- Archive Date
- 6/14/2003
- Point of Contact
- Brenda DuBose, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 415-6578, Fax (301) 415-8157, - Brenda DuBose, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 415-6578, Fax (301) 415-8157,
- E-Mail Address
-
bjd2@nrc.gov, bjd2@nrc.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking contractor support capable of providing the necessary qualified personnel to maintain the day-to-day operation of the NRC's three computer data centers. Two of these data centers are located in the Two White Flint North Building and the other data center is located in the One White Flint North Building. Both buildings are located at NRC's Headquarters Office located in Rockville, Maryland. The data centers currently include the following major agency applications: (1) Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS); (2) Human Resources Management System (HRMS); (3) Emergency Response Data System (ERDS); (4) Federal Financial System (FFS); (5) Integrated Library System (ILS); (6) Tape Library System; (7) Public Web and Internal Intranet Sites; and (8) the ADAMS Internet Interface. Specifically, the contractor shall be required to operate the minicomputer, server hardware, application software, and other systems in the computer center. The duties of the contractor's operations staff for each facility include, but are not limited to operating all computers, remote job entry (RJE) stations, related support equipment, and communications equipment; maintaining activity, problem, equipment failure, or other logs to record facility operations; monitoring the computer facility environment including air conditioning, humidity, and power distribution; maintaining the physical security of the facility and handling sensitive data properly; providing user support or contacts for related problems; checking, and properly distributing, printed output; verifying expendable supply quantities and reordering supplies, when necessary; performing regular operations and routine operations maintenance as prescribed by the OEM; performing tape mounts/dismounts, as required; performing system backups following established schedules;maintaining clean, quality tapes and the automated tape library system; establishing and maintaining machine-to-machine communications; ensuring that each facility is in a state of readiness during designated hours of operation; monitoring all system activities on a continuous basis; interfacing with NRC and/or systems staff regarding any operational or system problems; calling hardware vendors regarding problems or maintenance, as directed; maintaining the physical facility including putting trash in trash cans, discarding paper in recycle bins, discarding sensitive printouts in burn bags, other generalized housekeeping, and maintaining the NRC Data Centers Operation Manual, etc. In addition, the contractor shall be required to provide tape backup for both general files and disaster recovery for twenty-one (21) remote applications. Some of the remote applications that require contractor support are: (1) Licensing Management System; (2) American Society of American Engineers Code Case System; (3) Operator Licensing Tracking System; (4) Regulatory Information Tracking System; and (5) Plan Status/Significant Event Reports. The Data Center systems currently supports the following hardware: ; (1) HP 2470s (< 1 year old); (2) DEC ALPHA 1000s (approximately 8 years old); (3) Intel-Based Servers (0-5 years old); (4) SUN Servers (1-5 years old); and (5) IBM Servers (1-8 years old). Approximately 180 servers are located within the NRC's Data Centers, some of which require more support than others. In addition, a variety of hardware peripherals (e.g., tape drives, a StorageTek Silos, printers, bursters/folders, servers, and communication links) are used to perform mission functions. Each facility is supported by dedicated Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) providing 12 to 15 minutes of emergency power, which allows for an ordered shutdown of system in case of a total power failure. Each facility (i.e, Data Center) has its own hours of operation and staffing requirements. Lead Operators are on call, on a rotating basis, 365 days/year, 24 hours/day. The period of performance for this effort is three (3) years with two additional one-year options. This proposed procurement is a commercial item and is a 100 percent small business set-aside. The size standard for this requirement is average annual receipts of $21.0 million over the past three fiscal years as set forth under NAICS 541513. Interested firms should submit written requests for a copy of the solicitation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the address as shown below. Telephone requests will not be honored. Closing date for proposals is estimated at two (2) weeks after issuance of the solicitation.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 11555 Rockville Pike; Rockville, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20852
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20852
- Record
- SN00317234-W 20030504/030502213840 (fbodaily.com)
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