MODIFICATION
70 -- Precise 200MC Card
- Notice Date
- 9/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- 1701 North Fort Myer Dr, Rosslyn, VA 22219
- ZIP Code
- 22219
- Solicitation Number
- 1019-631610
- Response Due
- 9/18/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/17/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- AMENDMENT NOTICE: 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 1019-631610 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 Monday, September 18, 2006 at 11:00:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Washington, DC 20547 The Department of State requires the following items, EXACT MATCH ONLY, to the following: LI 001, Precise 200MC (combined fingerprint and smart card reader, USB-interface) **MUST BE AUTHORIZED RESELLER OF PRECISE PRODUCTS., 1000, EA; 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 Harry Lundy at lundyhe@state.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.) so that they are received no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. Contact ClientServices@FedBid.com or call 1-877-9FEDBID to address any questions of comments Agencies may require registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) prior to receipt of order. Information can be found at www.ccr.gov ALL BOXES AND CONTAINERS MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE REQUISITION REFERENCE NUMBER FOUND IN BLOCK 4, OF 347 ORDER FOR SUPPLIERS AND SERVICSE. SHIPPING DOCUMENTS WILL CELARLY LIST EACH ITEM AND THE QUANTITY SHIPPED AS CONTAINED WITHIN BOXES OR CONTAINERS. IF SINGLE LINE ITEMS HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED INTO MAJOR COMPONENT, SHIPPING DOCUMENTS MUST ACCOUNT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS SHIPPED WITHIN THE MAJOR COMPONENT. BIDS MUST BE VALID FOR 30 DAYS AFTER COMPETITION CLOSE. FOB DESTINATION CONUS This justification and approval (J&A) is for procurement of Precise Biometrics? Biometric and Smart Card Readers on a brand name only basis. Precise Biometric 200MC Biometric and Smart Card Readers for continued use in support of the Department?s PKI program. The DOS PKI program uses Precise Biometric 200MC Biometric and Smart Card Readers hard ware (smartcard and biometrics fingerprint readers). Precise certified biometric readers are part of a PKI system, which consists of Entrust software suite, SafeNet smart cards, SafeNet Cryptographic Interface Provider (CIP) middleware, and Precise readers. Interoperability of the components is essential to a functional system; components not certified by Precise may prove non-functional in this configuration. As such, there is no guarantee that other readers will support the PKI/BLADE configuration. IRM/OPS/ITI/SI Requires Precise Biometric 200MC Biometric and Smart Card Readers to be procured on a brand name only basis Therefore, 41 USC 253?(1), only one responsible seller and no other supplies will satisfy agency requirements , implemented by FAR Part 6.302-1 is sited as statutory authority. Precise will only provide support for products purchased from Precise authorized resellers. If there are support issues on products not purchased through these resellers, they will defer to the supplier of the product. Safenet packages the correct, certified drivers as part of the standard CIP middleware. This is a product that the US Department of State Currently has installed. Installation of different software versions may have the following issues: 1) Non compliance with DoS approved desktop software configurations. 2) The Precise Biometric 200MC Biometric and Smart Card Readers has multiple versions firmware and thus multiple drivers. Interoperability cannot be guaranteed, nor will a single supplier support it. 3) Support for functional enhancements made to the system, as part of BLADE or future modifications cannot be guaranteed to be supported.
- Web Link
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www.fedbid.com (b-31749_02, n-3576)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, DC 20547
- Zip Code: 20547
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20547
- Record
- SN01142020-W 20060915/060913220557 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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