SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Luna cable and licenses
- Notice Date
- 9/11/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 7958 Angus Court, Springfield, VA 22153
- ZIP Code
- 22153
- Solicitation Number
- 1019732237
- Response Due
- 9/13/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/11/2008
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Bids are being solicited under solicitation number 1019732237. 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. 49092_01. 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 unrestricted 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 2007-09-13 16:00:00.0 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, Luna SA v3.3, 2, 2 HSM partition, 80 Objects, PED-AUTH, 2 Sets Keys - P/N; 908-54000-036, 3, EA; LI 002, Luna SA additional client licenses - P/N: 908-50000-910, 5, EA; LI 003, Luna backup token (fw 4.5.3) - P/N: 908-50002-004, 3, EA; LI 004, PED (Pin Entry Device) for Luna SA with SA cable - P/N: 908-00003-951, 1, EA; LI 005, One Year Maintenance of Plus Maintenance - P/N: 901-10002-001, 1, YR; 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. Contact ClientServices@FedBid.com or call 1-877-9FEDBID to address any questions of comments New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products, and NO "gray market" Bid MUST be good for 30 calendar days after submission FOB Destination CONUS (Continental U.S.) IF AN ALTERNATE PRODUCT IS FURNISHED UNDER A CONTRACT OR ORDER FOR AN EXACT PRODUCT, THE ALTERNATE PRODUCT WILL BE AN UNAUTHORIZED SUBSTITUTION, AND MAY YIELD CRIMINAL PENALTIES IN ADDITION TO ANY CIVIL REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT. Award may NOT be based solely on pricing factors alone. Consideration may be given to non-price related factors to include delivery, history, urgency of need, as well as price, among others. No partial shipments unless otherwise specified Agencies may require registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) or to receipt of order. Information can be found at www.ccr.gov Buyers and Sellers agree to use FedBid.com as an independent Venue for buying and selling goods or services, respectively. It is understood that FedBid ranks all bids by price, regardless of the evaluation criteria used by the buyer. Buyers and Sellers understand that a Buyer always maintains all rights assigned under their contracting authority (best value to the government - see FAR 2.101) and/or applicable acquisition regulations, and may select the most advantageous bid for the governments purpose while considering offline factors such as delivery, past performance, socio-economic classifications, and source rotation. 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. The State Department PKI Program uses the SafeNet Luna, plus Luna support equipment, as the security component of its Entrust based Public Key Infrastructure. Interoperability of the components is essential to functional system; components not certified by Enturst and Safenet may prove non-functional in this configuration. At this time, Entrust nor Safenet cannot guarantee that products purchased from sources other than Safenet will support the continued operation of the Departments PKI. IRM/OPS/ITI/SI requires SafeNet Luna products to be procured on a brand name only basis. Therefore, 41 use 253(c)(1), Only one responsible source and no other supplies will satisfy agency requirements, implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 (c), is cited at the statutory authority. Entrust and Safenet will only provide support for products purchased from Entrust or Safenet. If there are support issues on product not purchased through Entrust or Safenet, they will defer to the supplier of the product. Maintenance of these products is required to ensure that any problems with the equipment will be rectified immediately by Entrust and Safenet. Installation of a different hardware security module may have the following issues: 1. Non-compliance with DoS approved desktop software configuration, voiding other warranties associated with the equipment and software. 2. Interoperability cannot be guaranteed. 3. Support fro functional enhancements made to the system, as part of the PKI or future medications cannot be guaranteed to be supported.
- Web Link
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www.fedbid.com (b-49092_01, n-8194)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, DC 20547
- Zip Code: 20547
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20547
- Record
- SN01402158-W 20070913/070911220537 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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