SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Stonegate Renewal
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 1701 North Fort Myer Dr, Rosslyn, VA 22219
- ZIP Code
- 22219
- Solicitation Number
- 1019-726030
- Response Due
- 9/6/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/4/2008
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Bids are being solicited under solicitation number 1019-726030. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein. If your company can provide the product/services listed on the solicitation and comply with all of the solicitation instructions, please respond to this notice. To view the specifications, please go to www.FedBid.com and reference Buy No. 48926. GSA Schedule Bids Only: Sellers bidding on this opportunity MUST have the items requested on an existing GSA Schedule. The Schedule must either be in the Seller's name or the Seller must be able to document its ability to act as an agent of a partner's Schedule. Sellers may offer Open Market items only in accordance with the approved Terms and Conditions of their respective GSA Schedule AND upon approval from the soliciting Contracting Officer. Information regarding GSA Schedules can be found at www.GSA.gov. This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified sellers may submit bids. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2007-09-06 12:30:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Washington, DC 20520 The Department of State requires the following items, Exact Match Only, to the following: LI 001, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE FIREWALL AND VPN APPLIANCES PREMIUM SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN APPLIANCE SG-3000. LICENSE ID# 0409045623 AND 0409045624, 2, EA; LI 002, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE HIGH AVAILABILITY FIREWALL PREMIUM SUPPORT FOR FIREWALL MODULE - UNLIMITED PROTECTED IP's - 1 YEAR (24X7), LICENSE ID# 0505052133 AND 0505052134, 2, EA; LI 003, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY BASIC SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - 10 IP, LICENSE ID# 0209021319, 1, EA; LI 004, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY BASIC SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - 150- IP, LICENSE ID#0208020134, 1, EA; LI 005, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY BASIC SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - 150 - IP, LICENSE ID# 0208020142 AND 0208020143, 2, EA; LI 006, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY BASIC SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - 150 - IP, LICENSE ID# 0208080151 AND 0208080152, 2, EA; LI 007, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY BASIC SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - 150 - IP, LICENSE ID#0208020154, 1, EA; LI 008, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY BASIC SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - 150 - IP, LICENSE ID#0209021299, 0209021300, 0209021306, 0209021307, 020902309, 5, EA; LI 009, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE PREMIUM SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN APPLIANCE SG-1100, LICENSE ID#0705068860, 0705068861, 2, EA; LI 010, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE PREMIUM SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN APPLIANCE SG-200, LICENSE ID#0508054446, 1, EA; LI 011, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE RENEWAL PREMIUM SUPPORT SG-200, LICENSE ID#0508054447, 1, EA; LI 012, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE RENEWAL PREMIUM SUPPORT SG-250, LICENSE ID#0507053795 AND 0507053796, 2, EA; LI 013, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE PREMIUM SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN APPLIANCE SG-3000, LICENSE ID# 0408045047 AND 0408045048, 2, EA; LI 014, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE RENEWAL PREMIUM SUPPORT STONEGATE LOG SERVER, LICENSE ID# 0111012989, 1, EA; LI 015, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY PREMIUM SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - 150 - IP, LICENSE ID#0209021292, 0209021293, 2, EA; LI 016, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY PREMIUM SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - UNLIMITED - IP, LICENSE ID#0110012088, 0110012988, 0110012990, 0112013597, 0112013598, 0406038364, 0409046135, 0409046136, 0411047485, 0411047486, 0412048666, 041204866 7, 12, EA; LI 017, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE SECURITY GATEWAY PREMIUM SUPPORT RENEWAL FOR STONEGATE FIREWALL VPN MODULE - UNLIMITED - IP, LICENSE ID# 0406038365, 1, EA; LI 018, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE P-SG-LOG RENEWAL PREMIUM SUPPORT STONEGATE LOG SERVER, LICENSE ID# 0112013599, 3, EA; LI 019, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - NASA SEWP FEE, CONTRACT #NNG07DA37B, 1, EA; LI 020, OTHER ADP & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SVCS - STONEGATE RENEWAL PREMIUM SUPPORT STONEGATE MANAGEMENT CENTER, LICENSE ID# 0408044377, 0411047484, 0412048665, 3, 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. A Seller may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Department of State is taking this action in an effort to improve both seller access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time bids. All responsible Sellers that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com. Sellers that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Sellers that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Sellers may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, 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 Sellers require additional clarification, contact FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. Use of FedBid: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Buyers and Sellers understand that FedBid ranks all bids by price; however, pursuant to applicable acquisition regulations and/or departmental guidelines, Buyers may use criteria other than price to evaluate offers. Accordingly, please note that, unless otherwise specified herein below, to the extent required by applicable regulations and/or guidelines, award will be made to the responsible Seller whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Buyer on the basis of price, technical capability, delivery, and past performance. Agencies may require registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) prior to receipt of order. Information can be found at www.ccr.gov FOB DESTINATION CONUS 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 Agencies may require registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) prior to receipt of order. Information can be found at www.ccr.gov New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products, and NO "gray market" BIDS MUST BE VALID FOR 30 DAYS. NO EXCEPTIONS OR QUALIFICATIONS. NEW ONLY. NO REFURBISHED. NO RECONDITIONED ITEMS ARE ACCEPTABLE. A) The offeror shall provide the government, with its offer submission, written verification from the GSA schedule holder that an agreement exists that validates the offeror's right to offer the GSA schedule items on behalf of the GSA schedule holder, if other than the offeror; and, B) By proactively complying with this offer term, sellers accept that the government will make award to the GSA schedule holder only, as the sole awardee. Further, the sole awardee and only the sole awardee shall submit its invoice to the government and receive payment from the government. (a) The provider of information technology shall certify applications are fully functional and operate correctly as intended on systems using the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC). This includes Internet Explorer 7 configured to operate on Windows XP and Vista (in Protected Mode on Vista). For the Windows XP settings, see http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_WinXP.html and for the Windows Vista settings, see: http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_vista.html. (b) The standard installation, operation, maintenance, update, and/or patching of software shall not alter the configuration settings from the approved FDCC configuration. The information technology should also use the Windows Installer Service for installation to the default ?program files? directory and should be able to silently install and uninstall. (c) Applications designed for normal end users shall run in the standard user context without elevated system administration privileges. (d) The Department of State currently intends to use Vista in Protected Mode in the future when all devices at all worldwide locations have sufficient capacity to permit an upgrade from the XP operating system. (a) The provider of information technology shall certify applications are fully functional and operate correctly as intended on systems using the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC). This includes Internet Explorer 7 configured to operate on Windows XP and Vista (in Protected Mode on Vista). For the Windows XP settings, see http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_WinXP.html and for the Windows Vista settings, see: http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_vista.html. (b) The standard installation, operation, maintenance, update, and/or patching of software shall not alter the configuration settings from the approved FDCC configuration. The information technology should also use the Windows Installer Service for installation to the default ?program files? directory and should be able to silently install and uninstall. (c) Applications designed for normal end users shall run in the standard user context without elevated system administration privileges. (d) The Department of State currently intends to use Vista in Protected Mode in the future when all devices at all worldwide locations have sufficient capacity to permit an upgrade from the XP operating system. The Office of Acquisition Management (A/LM/AQM). Department of State (DoS), is processing this acquisition at the request of the Bureau of Information Resource Management, E-Mail Division (IRM/OPS/MSO/EML). This Justification and Approval (J&A) on a brand name only basis is for the maintenance of StoneGate Hardware/Software Maintenance. 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. IRM/OPS/MSO/EML has identified the StoneGate product as a key component of the Department's core firewall infrastructure on OpenNet. The maintenance listed above is required to support the Departments mission critical operating enviornment and its data from harmful attacks and viruses. The StoneGate licenses and hardware maintenance aids in the management of the Department's two-tier firewall infrasture.
- Web Link
-
www.fedbid.com (b-48926, n-7850)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, DC 20520
- Zip Code: 20520
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20520
- Record
- SN01392047-W 20070902/070831220737 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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