SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- APC RACK EQUIPMENT
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 3920 Pender Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
- ZIP Code
- 22030
- Solicitation Number
- APCRACK01
- Response Due
- 9/5/2006
- Archive Date
- 9/25/2006
- 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 APCRACK01 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 05-09. 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, September 5, 2006 at 15:30:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Fairfax, VA 22030 The Department of State requires the following items, EXACT MATCH ONLY, to the following: LI 001, Six (6) Computer racks with UPS and building power distribution rack system, APC infrastruXure with 208V,20KVA UPS, N+1 redundancy, including design, installation support, warranty and preventive maintenance for one (1) year. This support includes delivery of the racks, start-up services for ISX components, assembly of UPS, RDP and APC racks, installation and onsite services for the UPS and RDP for one year on a next business day response basis: and preventive maintenance for a one year period for ISX Components, ISX Cooling System, ISX Power Generator and ISX ATS and three (3) year factory warranty for Area 1. (*SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT 'ATTACHMENT ONE' FOR Bill of Materials for: Area 1 - InfraStruXure Designer) (**SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT 'ATTACHMENT TWO' FOR FLOOR LAYOUT), 1, EA; LI 002, Shipping, 1, LOT; For this solicitation, Department of State 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. Department of State 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 Cynthia Miller at millercb@state.gov or FedBid.com at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. 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. Delivery shall be made within 30 days or less after receipt of order (ARO). Bids Must be valid for 30 days after the completion of the competition. JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL TO PROCURE USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION 1. Identify the Agency, Contracting Activity and Requiring Office. The Office of Acquisition, Department of State is processing this acquisition at the request of Diplomatic Telecommunications Service ? Program Office. 2. Describe the action being approved. It is the intention of this contract to obtain material and installation services for 5 computer server racks with integrated 20KW UPS with N+1 redundancy, A (UPS) and B (building raw power) dual power distribution, interconnection wiring, cable management, to support DTSPO Enterprise Network Management System (ENMS) 3. Describe the Supplies / Services required (including estimated value). This expansion of computer server rack capacity is required to support major renovations of computer server systems, including replacement of current ENMS software and hardware with a new suite of systems. The new racks will provide needed high power quality and cabling infrastructure for the high reliability requirement ENMS function. Our previous ad hoc acquisition of racks, UPS systems and cabling systems resulted in messy, difficult to manage layout with vulnerabilities to operator error (miscabling, loss of power,) and poor power quality. Cost is $57,995 including material, integration, installation and operator training. Procurement is being awarded under a pre-competed Dept. of State BPA. - 2 ? 4. Demonstrate that the proposed Contractor?s unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires the use of the authorities cited. APC is a manufacturer of UPS systems and also of rack systems. Other vendors manufacture some or no components, and simply bolt together components obtained from other manufacturers, resulting in a less integrated and reliable system. Most will rebrand UPS systems (frequently obtained from APC). Purchase approach of buying single-sourced integrated systems eliminates need for Government to do detailed design and integration of rack systems, saving labor cost and time and increasing system quality. 5. Describe the results of any market survey conducted or the reason why markets survey was not conducted. Market survey was made for similar integrated racks/UPS/power distribution/cable management system and none was found to be comparable in functionality or price. Arab League Boycott of Israel (Aug 1999) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision: "Foreign person" means any person other than a United States person as defined below. "United States person" means any United States resident or national (other than an individual resident outside the United States and employed by other than a United States person), any domestic concern (including any permanent domestic establishment of any foreign concern), and any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (including any permanent foreign establishment) of any domestic concern which is controlled in fact by such domestic concern, as provided under the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended. (b) Certification. By submitting this offer, the offeror certifies that it is not: (1) Taking or knowingly agreeing to take any action, with respect to the boycott of Israel by Arab League countries, which Section 8(a) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. 2407(a)) prohibits a United States person from taking; or, (2) Discriminating in the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion. "The terms and conditions of the Prompt Payment Act ( P.L. 97-177 as amended) and OMB CIRCULAR A-125 as amended, FOB ORIGIN, are applicable to this order. The vendor should expect payment within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the vendor's invoice by the Department of State, DTSPO, for the purposes of determining a payment due date and the date on which interest will begin to accrue. An invoice shall be deemed to be received on the later of (1) the date a proper invoice is actually received by the Department of State, DTSPO designated billing office or (2) the seventh day after the date on which the property is actually delivered or performance of the services is actually completed.
- Web Link
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www.fedbid.com (a-31502_01, n-3307)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Fairfax, VA 22030
- Zip Code: 22030
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 22030
- Record
- SN01129704-W 20060901/060830220502 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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