SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- DELL STORAGE PROCESSOR ENCLOSURE (GSA SCHEUDLE)
- Notice Date
- 9/25/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- P.O. Box 9115, Arlington, VA 22219
- ZIP Code
- 22219
- Solicitation Number
- 1045-647758
- Response Due
- 9/27/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/26/2007
- 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 1045-647758 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 Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 17:30:00 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 E-CX3-20 Storage Processor Enclosure (Base Unit p/n: 222-3865) Navisphere Manager Departmental (3-7 HOSTS) for CX3-20 (420-5954) 1 EA, Visual SRM 30 Day Trial Periodand 1TB limit, Customer Install (420-5066) 1 EA, Dell Hardware Warranty Plus OnSite Service Initial Year (984-4108) 1 EA, GOLD Enterprise Support: 4-Hour 7x24 On-Site Service with Emergency Dispatch,Initial Year (970-8010) 1 EA, Dell Hardware Warranty Plus OnSite Service Extended Year (984-4119) 1 EA, GOLD Enterprise Support: 4-Hour 7x24 On-Site Service with Emergency Dispatch,2 Year Extended (970-2292) 1 EA, GOLD Enterprise Support: 7x24 Escalation Manager, Hardware/Software Tech Phone Support, Enterprise Command Center, (970-2552) 1 EA, 3Year DELL | EMC: Software Assurance (984-4288) 1 EA, CX3-20 DAS IMPLEMENTATION / INSTALLATION 1 TO 4 HOSTS (984-4319) 1 EA, Premium Enterprise Support - Gold - Advanced Software Support (970-2738) 1 EA, DPSEDT Visual San Imp (960-7207) 1 EA, , 1, EA; LI 002, Specification for Disk Array Encolosure OS for CX3-20 (Base Unit p/n: 222-4437) MOD,HD,146G,FC4,15K,CX3-X0,EMC (341-3783) 5 EA, Dell Hardware Warranty Plus OnSite Service Initial Year (984-4127) 1 EA, GOLD Enterprise Support: 4-Hour 7x24 On Site Service with Emergency Dispatch,Initial Year (970-8030) 1 EA, Dell Hardware Warranty Plus OnSite Service Extended Year (984-4128) 1 EA, GOLD Enterprise Support: 4-Hour 7x24 On Site Service with Emergency Dispatch,2 Year Ext (970-2312) 1 EA, GOLD Enterprise Support: 7x24 Escalation Manager, Hw/Sw Tech Phone Support, Enterprise Command Center, 3Year (970-2572) 1 EA, HARDWARE INSTALL INCLUDED IN SAN/DAS IMP/INST BUNDLE (984-4327) 1 EA, Keep Your Hard Drive, 3 Years (970-2712) 1 EA, , 1, EA; LI 003, Specification for McDATA 4400 8-16 Flexport 4Gbps Fibre Channel Switch -R (Base Unit p/n: 222-2627) Premium Enterprise Support - Gold - Premium Services (950-5927) 1 EA, Premium Enterprise Support - Gold - Advanced Software Support (950-5987) 1 EA, Type 2 Contract - Same Day 4-Hour 7x24 Parts and Labor On-Site Response, 2YR Extended(960-1562) 1 EA, Type 2 Contract - Same Day 4-Hour 7x24 Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year(960-1600) 1 EA, Thank You for buying Dell (983-2207) 1 EA, Please visit WWW.Dell.COM (983-2217) 1 EA, Hardware Installation IncludedIn SAN/DAS Implementation Installation (981-9069) 1 EA, , 1, EA; LI 004, Specification for Emulex LPE1150 4Gbps PCI-E FC HBA (Base Unit p/n: 222-0436) 2M Multi-Mode FC Cable LC-LC (310-1618) 1 EA, Type 2 Contract - Same Day 4-Hour 7x24 Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year(950-1740) 1 EA, Type 2 Contract - Same Day 4-Hour 7x24 Parts and Labor On-Site Response, 2YR Extended(950-1742) 1 EA, Premium Enterprise Support Gold - Premium Services (902-5422) 1 EA, Thank You for buying Dell (983-2207) 1 EA, Please visit WWW.Dell.COM (983-2217) 1 EA, Hardware Installation IncludedIn SAN/DAS Implementation Installation (981-9069) 1 EA, , 4, EA; LI 005, EMC Visual SAN Configuration Manager, 32 port included, CUS p/n: 420-3995, 1, EA; LI 006, 2M MULTI-MODE FC CABLE LC-LC, P/N: 310-1624, 1, EA; LI 007, 2M MULTI-MODE FC CABLE LC-LC P/N: 310-1624, 3, EA; LI 008, Rapid Rails for McData 4400 Customer Install p/n: 310-7017, 1, 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 Kathleen Mejia at mejiakj@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. ). This Justification and Approval (J&A) on a brand name only basis is for the use of the Dell/EMC E-CX3-20 SAN Fibre Channel RAID Array. The use of a brand name description is essential to the Government?s requirements, for Department of State infrastructure connectivity requirements, thereby precluding consideration of the products of another company.The Dell/EMC E-CX3-20 SAN Fibre Channel RAID Array is a mid-level storage system. This SAN Array was selected for it ability to handle moderate-to-heavy transaction processing, high-speed large block data transfers, and departmental applications. According to the manufacturer, the Dell/EMC CX3-20 array is a fully-integrated 4 Gigabit storage solution with four front-end Fibre Channel 4 optical ports and up to 120 2 or 4-Gigabit back-end disk drives. The CX3-20 offers all of the same enterprise features and software support of the larger CX3-40 and CX3-80 including enterprise business continuance capabilities; however, the CX3-20 is designed for more price-sensitive users who do not need all the performance and scalability that the CX3-40 and CX3-80 offer. An identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition. 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 as a key component of the Department?s networking system. CA/CST requires the Dell/EMC E-CX3-20 SAN Fibre Channel RAID Array. The requested Dell hardware equipment 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 vendors? out years support and maintenance agreements. In addition, the CX3-20 can also interoperate with earlier-generation technologies, allowing use of existing SAN investments. For ease of 24X7 operational maintenance, it's easier to cope with Dell hardware, rather than ghosting images of a variety of different machines from different manufacturers. Initially, CA/CST/II chose Dell hardware because Dell provided the fast processors and robust machines that had low failure rates. The Dell/EMC E-CX3-20 SAN Fibre Channel RAID Array was selected for this purpose. Results obtained by the Bureau?s Visa Support Systems Task Team in tests and reviews of other manufacturer?s servers indicated that it most closely met the Department of State?s processing, redundancy, and management requirements. In summation, CA/CST believes that it is in the best interests of the Government to acquire the requested Dell/EMC E-CX3-20 SAN Fibre Channel RAID Array without delay.
- Web Link
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www.fedbid.com (b-34047, n-3936)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: ARLINGTON, VA 22209
- Zip Code: 22209
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 22209
- Record
- SN01153696-W 20060927/060925220322 (fbodaily.com)
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