SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD)
- Notice Date
- 9/21/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- DHS - Border and Transportation Security, Customs and Border Protection, Office of Procurement, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 1310 NP, Washington, DC, 20229
- ZIP Code
- 20229
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-20016228
- Response Due
- 9/23/2005
- Archive Date
- 10/8/2005
- Description
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to award a sole source procurement to Vion Corp, 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007. CBP Office of Technology has a requirement for additional Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD) storage capability. This purchase will include supporting equipment for the Storage Area Network including cables, tapes, switches and monitoring software. The HDS owns all rights to the HDS DASD subsystems. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) designs, engineers, manufactures and maintains all Hitachi Data Systems Direct Access Storage Devices. Hitachi Direct Access Storage Devices are manufactured and sold by Hitachi. Vion is the only authorized reseller service provider of HDS labeled Enterprise products for the Federal Government. Vion Corp is authorized to install, maintain and support all of HDS products, in secure and no-secure government locations and is currently the only GSA schedule holder for HDS labeled enterprise products, maintenance and services. In accordance with FAR 6.301 ?Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy Agency requirements?, CBP has determined Vion Corp to be the only firm capable of satisfying the requirements stated above. This notice is neither a request for proposals nor a solicitation for offers. However, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting all the requirements stated herein may submit written qualifications, which if received within 3 calendar days of the date of this announcement, will be considered. Interested firms shall provide detailed information outlining their capabilities ? any response failing to provide the aforementioned data will be disregarded. Responses to this posting must be in writing. A determination not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions should be directed to Kenneth Woolbright at (202) 344-2026, or email at kenneth.woolbright@dhs.gov.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 7681 Boston Blvd, Springfield, VA
- Zip Code: 22153
- Zip Code: 22153
- Record
- SN00900103-W 20050923/050921211516 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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