MODIFICATION
D -- OPTION - OPTION -SAP HANA Professional Services and Training
- Notice Date
- 9/30/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- Contracting Office
- 1735 N. Lynn St. (SA-06A), Arlington, VA 22209
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- 1045535221
- Response Due
- 9/30/2015
- Archive Date
- 3/28/2016
- Point of Contact
- Name: Melissa Tyson, Title: Contract Specialist, Phone: 7038750144, Fax:
- E-Mail Address
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TysonMR@state.gov;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- AMENDMENT NOTICE: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.The solicitation number is 1045535221 and is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein.The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-84. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541519 with a small business size standard of $27.50M.This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids.The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2015-09-30 17:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com.FOB Destination shall be in the Statement of Work. The Department of State requires the following items, Meet or Exceed, to the following: Base Period of Performance: 09/30/2015 - 09/29/2016 LI 001: Firm-Fixed Price Labor to provide SAP HANA Professional Services & Training. To be perform tasks in accordance with the Statement of Work., 1, LOT; LI 002: Contractor Travel Costs for SME?s, reimbursed for reasonable actual costs in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations, incidental expenses stipend approved in advance by the COR in accordance with the Statement of Work. Not to Exceed., 1, LOT; Option 1 Period of Performance: 09/30/2016 - 09/29/2017 LI 001: Firm-Fixed Price Labor to provide SAP HANA Professional Services & Training. To be perform tasks in accordance with the Statement of Work., 1, LOT; LI 002: Contractor Travel Costs for SME?s, reimbursed for reasonable actual costs in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations, incidental expenses stipend approved in advance by the COR in accordance with the Statement of Work. Not to Exceed., 1, LOT; Option 2 Period of Performance: 09/30/2017 - 09/29/2018 LI 001: Firm-Fixed Price Labor to provide SAP HANA Professional Services & Training. To be perform tasks in accordance with the Statement of Work., 1, LOT; LI 002: Contractor Travel Costs for SME?s, reimbursed for reasonable actual costs in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations, incidental expenses stipend approved in advance by the COR in accordance with the Statement of Work. Not to Exceed., 1, LOT; Option 3 Period of Performance: 09/30/2018 - 09/29/2019 LI 001: Firm-Fixed Price Labor to provide SAP HANA Professional Services & Training. To be perform tasks in accordance with the Statement of Work., 1, LOT; LI 002: Contractor Travel Costs for SME?s, reimbursed for reasonable actual costs in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations, incidental expenses stipend approved in advance by the COR in accordance with the Statement of Work. Not to Exceed., 1, LOT; Option 4 Period of Performance: 09/30/2019 - 09/29/2020 LI 001: Firm-Fixed Price Labor to provide SAP HANA Professional Services & Training. To be perform tasks in accordance with the Statement of Work., 1, LOT; LI 002: Contractor Travel Costs for SME?s, reimbursed for reasonable actual costs in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations, incidental expenses stipend approved in advance by the COR in accordance with the Statement of Work. Not to Exceed., 1, LOT; Solicitation and Buy Attachments ***Question Submission: Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' feature at www.fedbid.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** For this solicitation, Department of State intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Department of State is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time bids.All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com.Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process.Should offerors require additional clarification, notify the point of contact or FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com.Use of FedBid: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Failure to comply with the below terms and conditions may result in offer being determined as non-responsive. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation ? Commercial Items (see term listed below). The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.217-4, Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award, applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options, applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services, applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract,, applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply: 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/. (a) The Government will award a contract 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 Technical factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Listed in descending order of importance. Factor 1. Demonstrated Knowledge and Understanding of Work to be performed Technical Approach and Competencies Factor 2. Experience Factor 3. Qualification and Experience of Proposed Key Personnel Other factors included Price and Past Performance. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of provision) If this is a ?Brand Name Only? procurement, Seller certifies that it is an authorized distributer of the brand name product being sold to the Department of State and that it has the certification/specialization level required by the manufacturer, to support both the product sale and product pricing, in accordance with applicable manufacturer certification/specialization requirements. Unless otherwise specified, Seller warrants that the products are new and in their original box(es). In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) so that they are received no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. Submissions can be sent to clientservices@fedbid.com. This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to FAR 4.1102 and other applicable regulations and guidelines. Information can be found at www.sam.gov. All Bids must be valid for 30 days from the closing date for this solicitation. No exceptions or qualifications. New equipment ONLY, NO grey market or refurbished products. Items must be in original packaging, never used, and not altered in any way. Components of the requested equipment, to include memory, must be manufacturer-approved and may not be compatible, remanufactured, or refurbished equipment. All items must be covered by manufacturer?s warranty and procured through a manufacturer approved distribution channel. Sellers must be able to document their ability to provide items through manufacturer approved distribution channels upon request. The Seller confirms to have sourced all products submitted in this Bid from manufacturer-approved channels for Federal sales, in accordance with all applicable laws and manufacturer?s current applicable policies at the time of purchase. Seller must be able to support both the product sale and product pricing, in accordance with applicable manufacturer certification / specialization requirements. If software is provided or included, Seller shall, upon request, provide Buyer with a copy of the End User License Agreement. Seller certifies that all software is licensed originally to Buyer as the original licensee authorized to use the software. All bid prices must include shipping FOB Destination. No partial shipments are permitted, unless otherwise specified by Contracting Officer at time of award. Work under this task order shall be performed at various DoS locations in the Washington metropolitan area, to include the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA) located at 600 19th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006 and at locations within a 30 mile radius of CA. Services shall also be performed at the Denver, Colorado and Culpepper, Virginia locations. CA/CST will attempt to consolidate locations where possible. The Contractor shall perform the services of this Task Order between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Government holidays. The Contractor shall provide sufficiently skilled and experienced resources capable of meeting both the technical and project management requirements for this Task Order. Skilled personnel requirements apply to team members and key personnel. The contractor shall provide team resources that will be required to demonstrate relevant technical and subject-matter experience in SAP HANA, ability to develop solution and architecture that can integrate with other environments, i.e. Oracle database and Exadata platform, SQL Server, Oracle Siebel CRM tool. Other responsibilities may include: ?Bring first-hand knowledge of successful HANA implementation similar in size and scope ?Develop/provide guidance on alternate solutions ?Coach development team in best practices Travel will be limited only to domestic DoS locations. In addition to the Washington metropolitan DoS sites, travel will be required to Denver, Colorado and Culpepper, Virginia. International travel is not anticipated. A facility security clearance at the SECRET level is required for Task Order performance in accordance with the DD Form 254, Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification. All contractor personnel assigned to this Task Order shall possess a SECRET personnel security clearance issued by the Defense Security Service prior to Task Order performance. All DD Forms 254 for subcontracts shall be forwarded to DS/IS/IND for certification prior to issuance to the subcontractor. No subcontractor personnel can be submitted for performance until the DD Form 254 is certified and issued to the subcontractor. Security clearance requirements for contractors accessing DoS information systems shall be in accordance with Volume 12, Foreign Affairs Manual and Section 600. Furthermore, while at DoS locations, the contractor shall comply with applicable DoS regulations relative to the protection of classified and/or sensitive information. The Office of Information Security (DS/IS/IND) is responsible for inspecting the Contractor?s activities at DoS locations. Visit requests are to be sent to DS/IS/IND, SA-20, 13th floor, Rosslyn, Virginia 22209. JPAS Summary Sheets issued by the Defense Security Service must be attached to all Visit Authorization Requests (VARs). All personnel who resign, are transferred, terminated, or otherwise removed from the contract shall be debriefed by the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and/or the contractor?s Facility Officer (FSO) on the last day of work on site and shall turn in their DoS badge to the COR or ISSO. The visitor authorization request previously sent to DS/IS/IND must be cancelled. Each employee under this contract is individually responsible for the protection of information and shall be required to sign an agreement regarding the confidentiality of the work performed under this contract. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS/IS/IND will advise the Contractor?s Facility Security Officer (FSO) of any security violations by contractor employees. The offeror shall ensure that upon termination from the contract and immediately upon such termination, cleared contractor employees will be debriefed and sign a Security Debriefing Acknowledgement portion of the SF 312, and ensure any and all building passes/ID cards are returned to the State Department. Upon completion of this contract, all SBU and/or classified information shall be returned to the government. Final inspection and acceptance of all work performed, reports and other deliverables will be performed at the place of delivery. The COR and/or Government-designated Point of Contact (POC) will review all deliverables and services and will either accept or provide feedback for corrective actions. The offeror shall attach with their FedBid quotation a separate Technical Proposal in either PDF or Word Format. The Technical Proposal shall be limited to 10 pages, excluding resumes limited to two pages each; excluding the past performance data; and excluding one cover page; at a minimum the technical proposal shall include all Evaluation Factors listed under FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items term.
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