SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- DELL PE 2950 , (GSA SCHEDULE ONLY)
- Notice Date
- 9/21/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 1701 N Fort Myer Drive, Rosslyn, VA 21999
- ZIP Code
- 21999
- Solicitation Number
- 1045-647760
- Response Due
- 9/25/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/24/2007
- 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 1045-647760 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 334111 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 25, 2006 at 15:00:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Arlington, VA 22209 The Department of State requires the following items, EXACT MATCH ONLY, to the following: LI 001, Specification for Dual Core Xeon Processor 5160 4MB Cache, 3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB, PE 2950 (Base Unit p/n: 222-3390) Dual Core Xeon 2nd Processor 5160, 4MB Cache, 3.00GHz 1333MHz FSB, PE 2950 (311-6222) 8GB 667MHz (4x2GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs (311-6197) No Keyboard Selected (310-5017) NO MONITOR OPTION (320-2968) Broadcom Dual Port TCP/IP Enabled, Microsoft OS Only (430-1497) Riser with 3 PCIe Slots for PowerEdge 2950 (320-4607) 73GB, SAS, 3.5-inch 15K RPM Hard Drive (341-3029) PERC 5/i, x6 Backplane Integrated Controller Card (341-3066) No Floppy Drive for x6 Backplane (341-3685) Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, Includes 25 CALs (420-5797) Mouse Option None (310-0024) Intel PRO 1000PT Cu, Dual PortPCIe, NIC (430-0959) Dell Remote Access Card, 5th Generation for PowerEdge Remote Management (313-3923) 24X IDE CD-ROM for PowerEdge 2950 (313-3932) Bezel for PE 2950 (313-3920) 1x6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives (311-5747) Electronic Documentation and OpenManage CD Kit, PE2950 (310-7415) 73GB, SAS, 3.5-inch 15K RPM Hard Drive (341-3029) Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 5 PERC 5/i Integrated (341-3060) Rack Chassis w/Sliding Rapid/Versa Rails and Cable Management Arm,Universal (310-7412) Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord for PowerEdge 2950 (310-7421) 73GB, SAS, 3.5-inch 15K RPM Hard Drive (341-3029) 73GB, SAS, 3.5-inch 15K RPM Hard Drive (341-3029) 1.44MB USB Floppy Drive External (341-0839) Premier Enterprise Support Service Gold Welcome Letter (310-3785) GOLD Enterprise Support: 4 Hour 7x24 Onsite Service with Emergency Dispatch,2 YR Ext(960-8322) GOLD Enterprise Support: 7x24 Escalation Manager, Hw/Sw Tech Phone Support, Enterprise Command Center, 3Yr (960-8572) GOLD Enterprise Support: 4 Hour 7x24 Onsite Service with Emergency Dispatch,Init YR (970-4190) Dell Hardware Warranty Plus Onsite Service Inital YR (984-1399) Dell Hardware Warranty, Extended YR (984-1417) On-Site Installation Declined (900-9997) , 28, 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 Tracy Robinson at RobinsonTC@state.gov or FedBid.com at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. 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. The use of a brand name description is essential to the Government?s requirements and the Bureau of Consular Affairs? systems environment and visa generation requirements, thereby precluding consideration of the products of another manufacturer or company.CA/CST has identified the Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server equipped with more recent and powerful dual-core Intel Xeon 5100 processors for their superior performance and lower power consumption as the optimal mid-sized platform to support the Congressionally mandated 2008 Diversity Visa program. The introduction and use of dual core technology is deemed essential to the successful conduct of the Diversity Visa program as it is the most cost effective means of enabling the Bureau to increase processing speeds by more than 50%. The processors will provide the Oracle SW application with extra caching capabilities and the additional memory will enhance the Bureau?s ability to maintain operational status in the event of unexpected memory failures. In summation, the Dell PowerEdge 2950 w/dual core Intel Xenon processor was judged to offer the most power and redundancy of any server of its class, and was determined to be best suited to support the Diversity Visa program. The 41 USC 253(c)(1), and FAR 6.302-1 are cited at the statutory authority.As this is a brand name only justification, no one contractor?s unique qualifications are cited as the basis for this justification. Rather, the products identified by brand name herein have been determined to be the only items that meet the Department?s requirements. The Dell server equipment was selected for this purpose because results obtained by the Bureau?s Systems Engineering Task Team in tests and reviews of other manufacturer?s servers indicated that it most closely met the Department of State?s throughput, processing and redundancy requirements. It has been approved by the Bureau of Consular Affairs? Configuration Control Board and is being added to the Consular HW Baseline. The requested servers will be deployed at a DoS facility which, in the interests of overall cost economy, reliability, and ease of administration, has established an environment comprised solely of Dell HW. The continued use of Dell servers obviates the need to procure, maintain and account for spare parts inventories for multiple HW manufacturer?s server configurations or to manage multiple vendor?s out years support and maintenance agreements. Since this equipment is required to meet operational requirements, CA/CST/II must take physical possession of this HW as soon as possible. Even if another manufacturer?s equipment identical to the Dell PowerEdge2950 in terms of specifications, configuration and functionality were to become available at this juncture, they could not be evaluated and baselined in time to ensure that they would be requisitioned, competed, obtained, and otherwise readied for use by September of this year.
- Web Link
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www.fedbid.com (b-33650, n-3812)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Arlington, VA 22209
- Zip Code: 22209
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 22209
- Record
- SN01150613-W 20060923/060921220621 (fbodaily.com)
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