SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Single Point of Failure: iSCI - SOW & BNJ
- Notice Date
- 8/14/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334112
— Computer Storage Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC2 - 11th floor /OFA61, 1325 East West Highway, 11th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NAAJ1400-13-00287
- Archive Date
- 9/5/2013
- Point of Contact
- Gina E Lee, Phone: 301-628-1367
- E-Mail Address
-
gina.e.lee@noaa.gov
(gina.e.lee@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- SOW and Brand Name Justification This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13, as supplemented with additional information in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a separate solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number NAAJ1400-13-00287 is issued as a request for quotation and is solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 334112 and size standard of 1000. The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), OCIO/IT Security Office has a requirement to procure 'Single Point of Failure: iSCI'. This requirement is to provide optimal performance and fault tolerance of NOAA NOC monitoring and support systems. NOAA NOC is planning to add iSCI storage to the existing Citrix Xenservers. The attached Statement of Need and Brand Name Justification is incorporated into this posting. Offerors proposing to furnish ‘brand name' services shall insert the following description for the product: Manufacturer's Name; Address; Product name and Catalogue Description. Offerors shall be responsible for submitting all additional information on the above service necessary for the Government to determine whether it meets the salient specifications of the 'brand name' as listed in the solicitation. The resulting purchase order shall be awarded as a firm fixed price contract. The award shall be made on a best value basis. Best value evaluation factors include the following: 1) Technical Approach - Effectively meeting the requirements; 2) Past Performance - Vendor shall include relevant experience which describes at least two (2) relevant projects performed in the last two years and quality of performance; and 3) Price. The evaluation shall be based on use of the adjectival scheme as follows: Outstanding (O) - Superior or first class; Good (G) - Beneficial and worthwhile; sound and valid; Acceptable (A) - Satisfy the Governments' requirement; Marginal (M) - Fails to meet to or more requirements; Unacceptable (U) - Not acceptable, not adequate to carry out. The evaluation factors are equal. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-68. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.arnet.gov/far. The following provisions and clauses shall apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following clauses apply: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certificates - Commercial Item, FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items; FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of segregated facilities, 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contract Registration, 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Other than Central Contractor Registration; 52.232-39, Submission of Electronic Funds Transfer Information with Offer, 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires; 52.22.50, Combating Trafficking in Persons; 52.233-3, Protests After Award; 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim. CAR clauses may be downloaded at http://www.ecfr.gov. The following provisions and clauses shall also apply to this solicitation: CAR 1352.201-70, Contracting Officer's Authority; CAR 1352.209-73, Compliance with the Laws; CAR 1352.209-74, Organizational Conflict of Interest; CAR 1352.246-70, Place of Acceptance. All responsible small business sources that can meet the requirements and provide the items as listed above may respond to this solicitation by submitting a proposal addressed to Gina.E.Lee@noaa.gov to be received no later than August 21, 2013, 11:00am local time. The Government reserves the right to make one award or no award at all as a result of this solicitation.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/AGAMD/NAAJ1400-13-00287/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- Zip Code: 20910
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN03148762-W 20130816/130814235419-618e2c71be50f624e5ef9ea71cd0cf42 (fbodaily.com)
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