SOLICITATION NOTICE
D--D -- WAN HW Maintenance contract
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, (648/P4CONT), 3710 SW Veterans Hospital Road, Box 1034, Portland, Oregon 97201
- ZIP Code
- 97201
- Solicitation Number
- 648-06-4-2780-0162
- Response Due
- 9/16/2006
- Archive Date
- 10/16/2006
- 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, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), solicitation number 2780-0162, in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-12 effective August 4, 2006. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) number is 811213 and the business size standard is $6.5 million. This acquisition is advertised using full and open competition.</P> <UL> <LI> LINE ITEM 0001 WAN HW Maintenance Contract 1 Each $ ________ Total $ _______ </UL> STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) FOR PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER CALL CENTER RELOCATION </P> <UL> <LI>Documentation of VISN 20 Network Equipment and any additional WAN equipment at all 10 sites and the VISN 20 Clinics in accordance with current documentation formats. <LI>Up to 978 hours of Cisco CCIE level support (On-site 8-5 M-F) Configuration, troubleshooting for Network Management (CWLMS), VIOP, OP/VC, Network Security, IP/TV. Senior level engineer w/minimum 5+years internetworking experience. Holds CCIE &CCVP, CCNP, CNE and/or MCSE or other equivelant high level certification. Engineer to be based out of PACNW area with expected travel within all VISN 20 Medical centers and clinics. <LI>Work to be performed includes but is not limited to: <UL> <LI>Wide Area Network troubleshooting and analysis <LI>Wide Area Network Equipment configuration review <LI>Circuits and data path analysis <LI>Interface error analysis <LI>Network Design <LI>Network Security <LI>Project planning and deployment <LI>Network Monitoring</UL> <LI>Vulnerability assessment with FISMA reporting services <LI>Post configuration FISMA/DITSCAP audit and remediation testing and reporting as recommended by NIST Special Publication 800-51 <LI>Reasonable attempt should be made to store sufficient equipment to alleviate weekend network downtime and augment Cisco Hardware support within a short proximity to the VISN 20 region. </UL> Offerors must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors?Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-1 is supplemented with the following addenda: ?Contractor shall submit their quote on company letterhead, provide solicitation number, the time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers, name, address and telephone number of the offeror, unit price, an overall total price, a technical description of the item being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation, any discount terms, cage code, DUNS number, size of business, and acknowledgement of any solicitation amendments.</P> The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation?Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive, responsible offeror whose technically acceptable offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Award will be made on the basis of determining the technically acceptable offer with the lowest evaluated price which meets or exceeds the requirements. Offers will be evaluated on a pass or fail basis to determine whether the proposed services meet the requirements outlined in the SOW. If an offeror cannot comply with every requirement, that offer will not be technically acceptable. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. Once an offer has been determined to be technically acceptable then the Offeror with the lowest evaluated price will be awarded the contract. The Government intends to evaluate offers and make award without discussions; however, this does not preclude the Government from having discussions if it is in the best interest of the Government to do so.</P> The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions?Commercial Items. This Contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://www.arnet.gov.</P> The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders?Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Additional FAR clauses cited in the clause applicable to this acquisition are: (b) 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 31 and (c) 1, 2, 3, and 4. Wage Determination number 94-2441 revision 26 dated 5/23/2006 is hereby incorporated into this solicitation. Quotes must be received NLT 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time 19 September 2006, at Department of Veterans Affairs, Portland VA Medical Center, 1601 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Contracting Division (V4CONT), Vancouver, WA 98662. Offers received after this date and time will be considered late in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(f) and will not be evaluated. Faxed quotations will be accepted. Electronic quotations will NOT be accepted.</P> All questions must be submitted in writing to Bethany Ireton, Purchasing Agent via email at bethany.ireton@va.gov or by fax at (360)905-1797. </P>
- Place of Performance
- Address: Vancouver, WA
- Zip Code: 98661
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 98661
- Record
- SN01129760-W 20060901/060830220616 (fbodaily.com)
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