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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 07, 2006 FBO #1684
MODIFICATION

70 -- DELL EMC

Notice Date

7/5/2006
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

NAICS

423430 — Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Office of Procurement, 14th & C Streets, S.W., Washington, DC, 20228
 

ZIP Code

20228
 

Solicitation Number

RFQ-06-0404
 

Response Due

7/7/2006
 

Archive Date

7/22/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

This amendment is to answer questions regarding the brand name justification. BEP is not accepting equal products for this requirement. The following memorandum describes the reasoning: The Chief Information Officer Directorate has made a determination to standardize on state-of-the-art, DELL servers throughout the Bureau, both in the Washington, DC and Fort Worth, TX facilities. Standardized DELL network servers provide for standardized motherboards containing standardized drivers that facilitate network management both with regard to initial imaging as well as subsequent network administration/management via the Bureau's Microsoft System Management Server (SMS). The Bureau's previous policy to purchase multi-brand servers did not provide for standardized network management. Additionally, a number of these "low cost" servers did not facilitate provisions for additional memory. When they did, different motherboards were oftentimes required, as were different network cards. Standardization not only facilitiates network administration/management, but also provides for enhanced asset management across the enterprise. Dell servers, providing for standardized mother boards across multiple generations of PCs, best meets the Bureau's needs.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 14th & C streets, SW, Washington, DC

Zip Code: 20228

Country: USA
 

Record

SN01083090-W 20060707/060705225643 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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