SPECIAL NOTICE
49 -- Maintenance and support for Juniper network switches
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition & Grants Office, SSMC2 11th Floor, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NEEN6100-17-00229
- Archive Date
- 4/13/2017
- Point of Contact
- MABEL WONODI, Phone: 301-628-1324
- E-Mail Address
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mabel.wonodi@noaa.gov
(mabel.wonodi@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.603-Streamlined solicitation for commercial items under FAR Part 13 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Request for Quotation number NEEN6000-17-00229 is issued with the attached enclosures. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested. This Request for Quotation incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circulars 2005-95. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541519 Other Computer Related Services and the business size standard is $27.5M. The National Environmental Information Center under The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), requires maintenance and support for Juniper network switches for NCEI-CO for a period of six (6) months a period of performance of 03/31/2017 – 09/14/2017. *Note: The Juniper devices are used to operate various parts of the NCEI network infrastructure. Proper operation of these devices is critical to the continued availability of NCEI's data centers and public presence. In order to ensure that these devices remain capable of supporting the NCEI network, hardware maintenance will need to be renewed. The maintenance will allow for prompt and proper remediation in the event of a hardware failure or software issue involving the Juniper equipment. The maintenance will also ensure availability of the latest software and security updates for the devices. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: To renew Juniper provided maintenance support for the following: Qty (7) Part # SVC-ND-EX455032T, Juniper Care Next Day Support for EX4550-32T Juniper network switches, Serial Numbers: LY0215414154, LY0215414177, LY0215414187, LY0215414191, LY0215414194, LY0215414200, and LY0215414227. Potential offerors should submit their quote via the attached excel sheet marked as attachment one (1), and include quotes for each line AND include official quote with Company Letter Head and signature of authorized individual. All responsible sources shall submit a quotation to NOAA, Acquisition and Grants Satellite Information Acquisition Division, 1325 East West Highway, Bldg. SSMC2, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 7th Floor or submit quotation electronically by email to: Mabel.Wonodi@noaa.gov by March 29, 2017,11:00 A.M. Est. Quotations will not be accepted after March 27, 2017, 11:01 A.M. Est. All quotes shall be FOB destination. The Acquisitions & Grants Division of NOAA anticipates awarding a firm fixed price purchase order from this solicitation. The following FAR Clause provisions apply to this solicitation. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (JAN 2017); 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (OCT 2014) (a) The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price 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. Award will be made to the lowest price technically acceptable offeror. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Price (2) Past Performance (3) Technical capability –Support must be from an authorized distributor of Oracle in accordance with the Brand Name Justification marked as attachment 2. When combined price is more important than technical and past performance. The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (JAN 2017) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (JAN 2017); FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Jan 2017). CAR 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority. (APRIL 2010) CAR 1352.201-72 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) (APR 2010) http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfcara.htm (a ) Mark Sleeper hereby designated as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). The COR may be changed at any time by the Government without prior notice to the contractor by a unilateral modification to the contract. The COR is located at: NOAA/NCEI Attn: Mark Sleeper NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI 325 Broadway, E/NE71 Boulder, CO 80305-3328 (b) The responsibilities and limitations of the COR are as follows: CAR 1352.233-70 Agency protests (APR 2010) CAR 1352.233-71 GAO and Court of Federal Claims protests (APR 2010) CAR 1352.239-70 Software license addendum (APR 2010) (End of clause) CAR 1352.246-70 Place of acceptance (APR 2010) (a) The Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative will accept supplies and services to be provided under this contract. (b) The place of acceptance will be: NCEI-CO. CAR 1352.270-70 Period of performance (APR 2010) (a) 6 Months from 31MAR2017-14SEP2017 The Following NOAA Acquisition Clauses and Provisions apply; NAM 1330-52.203-71 Notice of Post-Government Employment Restrictions (OCT 2015) NOTICE OF POST-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS (OCT 2015) By submission of an offer in response to a NOAA solicitation or acceptance of a contract, the contractor acknowledges the restriction on current NOAA employees regarding contact with offerors regarding prospective employment and the corresponding obligations for contractors who engage them. The contractor further acknowledges that it has provided notice to former NOAA employees who will provide service to NOAA under the contract of post-Government employment restrictions that apply to them. Such restrictions include, but are not limited to, those set forth in: (a) 41 U.S.C. § 2103 regarding contacts between a federal employee working on a procurement and an offeror about prospective employment; (b) (b) 18 U.S.C. § 207 regarding the restrictions on former federal employees having contact with a federal agency on behalf of another person or entity concerning a specific party matter with which the former employee was involved as a federal employee or for which the former federal employee had official responsibility; (c) (c) 18 U.S.C. § 207 regarding the restrictions on former senior employees and senior political employees from having contact with his former federal agency on behalf of another person or entity concerning any official matter; and (d) (d) 41 U.S.C. § 2104 regarding the restrictions on a former federal employee involved in an acquisition over $10,000,000 from accepting compensation from a contractor. (End of solicitation and contract language) NAM 1330-52.215-70 Schedule of Deliverables (SEPT 2005) F.1. SCHEDULE OF DELIVERABLES following is a schedule of all deliverables, including administrative deliverables, required during the period of performance of this contract: Item Description Quantity Due Date Deliver to Reference See attached CLIN Sheet marked as attachment 1. NAM 1330-52.242.70 Submittal of Invoices (FEB 2011) The Contractor shall prepare and submit an invoice to the COR for approval [with a copy to the contracting officer for information]. All invoices shall be submitted by the 10th day of the subsequent month. To constitute a proper invoice, the contractor’s invoice shall be prepared in accordance with, and contain all elements specified in, the paragraph titled, “Contractor’s Invoice,” of the applicable prompt payment provision of the contract. For contracts and orders for commercial items and services, paragraph (g) of FAR 52.212-4, titled, “Invoices,” applies. If the invoice does not comply with the applicable prompt payment provision of the contract, the COR will return it to the contractor within seven days after the date the designated office received the invoice along with a statement as to the reasons why it is not a proper invoice. NOTICE FOR FILING AGENCY PROTESTS NOAA, Office of Grants and Acquisitions: The Ombudsman for Agency Protests investigates agency protest issues and resolves them without expensive and time consuming litigation. The Ombudsman is an independent reviewer. Interested parties are encouraged to seek resolution of their concerns within the NOAA as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) forum rather than filing a protest with the GAO or some external forum. Interested parties may seek resolution of their concerns informally or opt to file a formal agency protest with the Contracting Officer or Ombudsman. Informal Forum with the Ombudsman. Interested parties who believe a specific NOAA procurement is unfair or otherwise defective should first direct their concerns to the applicable Contracting Officer. If the Contracting Officer is unable to satisfy their concerns, interested parties are encouraged to contact the NOAA Ombudsman for Agency Protests. Under this informal process the agency is not required to suspend contract award performance. Use of an informal forum does not suspend any time requirement for filing a protest with the agency or other forum. In order to ensure a timely response, interested parties should provide the following information to the Ombudsman: solicitation/contract number, contracting office, Contracting Officer, and solicitation closing date (if applicable). Formal Agency Protest with the Ombudsman. Prior to submitting a formal agency protest, protesters must first use their best efforts to resolve their concerns with the Contracting Officer through open and frank discussions. If the protester's concerns are unresolved, an Independent Review is available by the Ombudsman. The protester may file a formal agency protest to either the Contracting Officer or as an alternative to that, the Ombudsman. Contract award or performance will be suspended during the protest period unless contract award or performance is justified, in writing, for urgent and compelling reasons or is determined in writing to be in the best interest of the Government. Protests shall include the information set forth in FAR 33.103(d) (2). If the protester fails to submit the required information, resolution of the protest may be delayed or the protest may be dismissed. To be timely protests must be filed within the period specified in FAR 33.103(e). Formal Agency protests filed should be submitted electronically to the Contracting Officer and Rafael Roman, AGO Ombudsman at Rafael.Roman@noaa.gov.
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