SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Federal System Administration Services
- Notice Date
- 5/29/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541513
— Computer Facilities Management Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMDTC-15-0009
- Archive Date
- 7/2/2015
- Point of Contact
- Keith Bubar, Phone: 3019758329, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
keith.bubar@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(keith.bubar@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice AMDTC-15-0009 Project Title: Federal System Administration Services This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. Background: The mission of the Office of Information Systems Management (OISM) is to strengthen NIST programs through the effective, efficient and secure utilization of Information Technology (IT). OISM is divided into technology-aligned divisions across two sites (Gaithersburg, MD and Boulder, CO). The Infrastructure Services Division (ISD), located in Boulder and Gaithersburg, provides support and guidance to enhance the productivity of NIST staff through installing, configuring, and administering the enterprise servers and IT services at NIST. Requirement: NIST is seeking information on contractors who can provide the following general services: •System administration services for Unix, Linux, AIX, and Microsoft Windows servers. •Server application administration services for applications running on Unix, Linux, AIX, and Microsoft Windows servers. •Tier 2 and tier 3 end user support of servers and/or applications managed by ISD. •Restoration of normal operational services with minimal business impact. •Enforcement of service levels with tier 2 and tier 3 support contractors. •Keeping customer informed of service events and opportunities that are likely to impact ability to pursue day-to-day business activities. •Working with customer to implement new service offerings and integrate new service offerings with customer standards, policies, processes, and methods for an overall new set of service desk support offerings. Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the services described above. NIST anticipates issuing a Request for Quotation no later than the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015, and awarding a contract no later than the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses. The small business size standard associated with the NAICS code for this effort, 541513, is $27.5 Million. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. Companies that can provide such services are requested to email a written response describing their abilities to keith.bubar@nist.gov and todd.hill@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1.Name, Address, DUNS number, CAGE code, and point of contact information of your company. 2.Any information on the company's small business certifications, if applicable. 3.Description of your company's capabilities as they relate to the services described in this notice. 4.A description of your company's previous experience providing the services described in this notice. 5.Indication of whether the services described in this notice are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 6.Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. Responses are limited to a total of twelve (12) pages. The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½-inch x 11-inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be analyzed) may be included in the 1" margin space.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMDTC-15-0009/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03747421-W 20150531/150529235506-47eb5c913a45343634b69518c420f05f (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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