MODIFICATION
70 -- EMC hardware and software maintenance - Amendment 4
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 811212
— Computer and Office Machine Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (OS:A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 500, Oxon Hill, Maryland, 20745
- ZIP Code
- 20745
- Solicitation Number
- TIRNO-09-Q-00A15
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2009
- Point of Contact
- Michael A. Crawford, Phone: 2022831364
- E-Mail Address
-
michael.a.crawford@irs.gov
(michael.a.crawford@irs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- This is version 4 of the Government Equipment List (GEL) for this requirement. It is the most current listing of items for which maintenance is being requested. The GEL's attached to amendments 1-4 should be disregarded. RESPONSES TO THIS AMENDED SOLICITATION WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED FROM VENDORS WHO SUBMITTED QUOTES IN RESPONSE TO THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION. THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION CLOSED ON JULY 16, 2009. IT IS BEING REOPENED AND AMENDED ONLY TO ALLOW VENDORS WHO SUBMITTED QUOTES IN RESPONSE TO THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION TO MAKE THE REVISIONS DETAILED BELOW. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, TIRNO-09-Q-00A15, provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2005-34 are incorporated into this RFQ. This procurement is a set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned companies. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 811212. The small business size standard is $25.0 million. See the attached Government Equipment List (GEL) for the contract line item (CLIN) specifications and periods of performance. All pricing must be submitted on the attached GEL and must include any applicable reinstatement fees for expired maintenance and the commercial list price, percent discount, and discounted price offered to the IRS for new maintenance. Your quotes should also show a subtotal for any reinstatement fees and a subtotal for the new maintenance. Pricing submitted in any other format will not be accepted. Only quotes from authorized EMC resellers will be accepted. To be acceptable the contractor must provide evidence that they are a certified reseller of EMC ® equipment and receive the software/hardware maintenance directly from the manufacturer so as not to void manufacturer warranties. After the original solicitation was issued, there was some confusion as to whether or not maintenance provided by a 3rd party would be acceptable. After discussions with our end users, a determination was made that 3rd party maintenance will not be accepted. Pricing should also be submitted for three option years for the attached CLIN’s. The columns for this pricing are on the attached GEL spreadsheet and are labeled “Option yr 1, Option yr 2 and Option yr 3”. The IRS is seeking competitive quotes for the following brand name requirement, “EMC Hardware and Software Maintenance." The rationale supporting this brand name requirement is that the storage standard for all IRS Tier 2 applications and databases is EMC Direct Access Systems Disk (DASD). If there is a problem with the DASD or if software is not covered under maintenance, Production/Modernization could experience an extended shut-down until the required maintenance is purchased. This is a Request For Quote (RFQ) and brand name justification to procure EMC Hardware and Software Maintenance. The IRS is not requesting information from resellers of other brand names but manufacturers that can perform the brand name equivalent. All manufacturers that can perform the equivalent function/services should submit their technical qualifications and literature to the following email address: Michael.A.Crawford@irs.gov. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2005-34 are applicable to this procurement: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to offerors – Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. Offerors shall include a fully executed copy of FAR provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, with their offer. FAR Clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order - Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Per 12.603(b) the SF 1449 is not used. FAR clause 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era and Other Eligible Veterans and 52.232-33, Payment of Electronic Funds Transfer – Central Contractor Registration. Responses to this amended solicitation will only be accepted from vendors who submitted quotes in response to the original solicitation. Written quotations should be sent to Michael.A.Crawford@irs.gov and must be received no later than 3:00pm EST on August 11, 2009. The government intends to award a firm fixed price order. The Vendor shall be selected based on the lowest priced technically acceptable offer. All quotes must include price(s); Quotes over 10 pages in total will not be accepted. To be considered responsive and technically acceptable, vendors must submit proposals that are structured in accordance with the instructions set forth in this solicitation and fully address the entire requirement. You will be considered non-responsive and technically unacceptable if your quote does not fully address the entire requirement. This will also render your pricing unacceptable. Quotes shall include price information, quote expiration date, DUNS, Cage Code, tax ID and terms and conditions.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Enterprise Computing Center, 250 Murall Drive, Kearneysville, West Virginia, 25430, United States
- Zip Code: 25430
- Zip Code: 25430
- Record
- SN01904453-W 20090809/090808001929-c6ffefa807061288f65829cc7c9f42e1 (fbodaily.com)
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