SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Repost (GSA Schedule Required): Overland Storange and Misc Equipment
- Notice Date
- 1/20/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., Nw, Washington, DC 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- xxx
- Response Due
- 1/24/2006
- Archive Date
- 2/13/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR 13.5, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is xxx and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 01-27. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334119 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. This requirement is unrestricted and only interested offerors may submit a quote. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 14:00:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Landover, MD 20785 The Environmental Protection Agency requires the following items, EXACT MATCH ONLY, to the following: LI 001, Overland Storange REO900 Part# OV-REO101017 (9.6TB), Fibre Channel and iSCSI ports ProtectionPAC Software, Rackmount, Three Years 5x9 Advanced Exchange Hardware Support 90 days of Protection PAC Software Support, 2, EA; LI 002, Overland Part# EW174U3-RE9 Three Year 24x7x4 Overland Direct On-Site Service Upgrade for REO9000 Hardware and Software, 2, EA; LI 003, Overland Part# EWSINST2-REO Installation and Integration Services for REO9000, 1, EA; LI 004, Overland Part# EWSINST2-REX Installation and Integration Services for Additional REO9000 units, 1, EA; LI 005, Part# F1221214214-003 3 meter LC-LC Optical FC Cable, 2, EA; LI 006, Qlogic Part# QLA2340-CK Qlogic SANblade 2340 Storage Controller - Optical Fibre Channel - 400 MBps-PCI-X, 2, EA; For this solicitation, Environmental Protection Agency intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing quotes, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Environmental Protection Agency is taking this action in a an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time offers. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their offer using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make an offer on www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith offers, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, contact Kami Nolte at nolte.kami@epa.gov or FedBid.com at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) directly to nolte.kami@epa.gov (NOT THROUGH FEDBID.COM) so that they are received at that email address no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply: 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. Delivery shall be made within 30 days or less after receipt of order (ARO). CCR Requirement - Company must be registered on Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov. Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Buyers and Sellers understand that FedBid ranks all bids by price, regardless of the evaluation criteria used by the Buyer; however, pursuant to applicable acquisition regulations and/or departmental guidelines, Buyers may use criteria other than price to evaluate the offer. Please note that any such evaluation criteria must be articulated in the solicitation to the extent required by such regulations and/or guidelines.
- Web Link
-
www.fedbid.com (a-24464, n-1902)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Landover, MD 20785
- Zip Code: 20785
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20785
- Record
- SN00970079-W 20060122/060120212615 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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