SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Turn Key Phone System & Service
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 517110
— Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2015-009688
- Archive Date
- 9/1/2015
- Point of Contact
- Linda E Smith, Phone: 3018277788
- E-Mail Address
-
linda.smith2@nih.gov
(linda.smith2@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Small Business Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUB Zone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran -owned small business; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice." Background The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIDDK performs research studies on digestive, diabetes and kidney diseases. The currently have a need to acquire a new phone system for the offices as 445 N. 5th Street in Phoenix, Arizona. This system should be turn key with a IP Centrex Managed Service, phones, inside wiring, phone service for local and long distance and maintenance and service. This service will be set up as a base contract with 4 option year periods. Details on the equipment requirements are listed below and attached on the statement of need. 1. Vendor will install and maintain the service. 2. Service will provide Cisco Phones or comparable. 3. Polycom Sound Station 2 with 2 microphones or comparable - 4. Inside wiring as necessary 5. System should include voicemail, auto attendant, local and unlimited long distance in the U.S. 6. 21 each General use Cisco SPA 508 IP Phones or comparable 7. 2 each Type 2 Executive SPA 525 IP Phone or comparable 8. 1 each Type 3 Receptionist Cisco SPA 500 KEM Ip Phone or comparable 9. 2 each Type 4 Conference Polycom Soundstation 2 with 2 microphones or comparable 10. IP Phone and customer PC's should be kept on physically separate networks (PC is not daisy chained to the IP Phone) Capability Statement This service is to be set-up as a single acquisition. Interested firms with the capability of providing the required items/service are requested to submit a capability statement to assist the Government in determining in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502-2(b) whether or not this procurement will be set-aside for any of the programs described above. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) Code 517110 with a business size standard of 1,500 or less employees. All respondents are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business. Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide a capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. Your capability statement, not to exceed 15 pages, should include references. Your capability statement must be received at the address identified in this synopsis by no later than 10 days prior to 12:00 Noon local time on August 17, 2015. An original may be sent to the NIDDK Acquisitions Branch at 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 700W, Bethesda, MD 20892, Attn: Linda Smith. Electronic submissions will be accepted and can be sent to Linda.Smith2@nih.gov. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed to 301-480-4228 or emailed to Linda Smith, Contract Specialist, Linda.Smith2@nih.gov. Please reference solicitation number -NIHLM2015-009688 on all correspondences. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provided feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate response to a solicitation. Any Solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 445 N. 5th Street, Phoenix, Arizona, 85027, United States
- Zip Code: 85027
- Zip Code: 85027
- Record
- SN03829067-W 20150809/150807235103-26f45bf7085454928ef8fd4e80afd4f3 (fbodaily.com)
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