SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- CheckPoint appliance and support
- Notice Date
- 2/14/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-11-RQ-0104
- Archive Date
- 3/8/2011
- Point of Contact
- Divya Soni, Phone: 3019756394
- E-Mail Address
-
divya.soni@nist.gov
(divya.soni@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, are being utilized for this acquisition. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-48. Offerors will be responsible for obtaining related amendments to this solicitation, if any, from www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of each potential offeror to monitor www.fbo.gov for any amendments or other information related to this solicitation. Any communications regarding this acquisition must be made in writing and forwarded via email to Divya Soni at divya.soni@nist.gov and shall identify the solicitation number, company name, company address, as well as point of contact email address and phone number. Please submit any questions regarding this solicitation to divya.soni@nist.gov no later than February 17, 2011 at 12pm Eastern Time. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 423430. This requirement is being competed as a small business set-aside whereby Check Point-authorized resellers/business partners will be the potential offeror base. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES FOR THIS SOLICITATION: The Following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1; FAR 52.212-3; FAR 52.212-4; FAR 52.212-5, including 52.222-50, 52.233-3, and 52.233-4 in paragraph (a)(1), and the following fill-ins in paragraph (b): 52.222-3; 52.222-19; 52.222-21; 52.222-26; 52.222-36; 52.225-13; 52.232-33. All provisions and clauses viewed at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, does not apply to this acquisition because the EIT to be acquired is to be located in spaces frequented only by service personnel for maintenance, repair or occasional monitoring of equipment. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Office of Information Systems Management (OISM) currently owns Check Point equipment at its Boulder, CO Network/Firewall Test Lab as a component of the Disaster Recovery program. CheckPoint equipment is also used in the live environment. This requirement is for a single CheckPoint firewall appliance for the Boulder Network/Firewall Test Lab and support for this appliance. This requirement consists of the following Contract Line Items. Quotations shall be tailored to the exact items listed. The Contractor shall provide: CLIN 0001: Product Code: CPAP-SG5075 Description: Check Point Power-1 5075 Quantity: 1 EA CLIN 0002: Product Code: CPES-SS-STANDARD Description: Check Point Standard Support Quantity: 1 EA Delivery Location is in Boulder, CO. BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION: The Office of Information Systems Management (OISM) already owns and uses Check Point equipment in its test and live environments. In order to be compatible with the existing equipment, the appliance being procured must be manufactured by Check Point. All responsible offerors that are small businesses and are Check Point-authorized resellers/business partners are invited to submit quotations in accordance with the instructions below. ADDENDUM TO PROVISION 52.212-1 - QUOTATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Paragraph (b) below replaces paragraph (b) in provision 52.212-1. (b) Submission of quotations. Submit dated quotations to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Quotations may be submitted on company letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, quotations must include- (1) The solicitation number; (2) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror; (3) Technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with requirements in the solicitation. Item MUST meet exact specifications as laid out in the description attached. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary; (4) Terms of any expressed warranty; (5) Firm-fixed price for each CLIN and discount terms; (6) Acknowledgement of solicitation amendment(s); (7) Include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Quotations that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. NIST reserves the right to award a purchase order without discussions, based solely on the submission of the Contractor. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD: The award will be made to the responsible authorized offeror whose technically acceptable quotation is deemed to represent the lowest price. Offers that meet all of the above requirements will be deemed technically acceptable. Quotations must be emailed to divya.soni@nist.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1341-11-RQ-0104/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN02379520-W 20110216/110214234437-47ce4ae21b617b03177f89546586a19a (fbodaily.com)
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