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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF APRIL 26, 2019 FBO #6363
SOURCES SOUGHT

70 -- Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Technologies

Notice Date

4/24/2019
 

Notice Type

Synopsis
 

NAICS

541519 — Other Computer Related Services
 

Contracting Office

NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC), Building 1111, Jerry Hlass Road Stennis Space Center MS 39529
 

ZIP Code

39529
 

Solicitation Number

80NSSC19QGSA
 

Response Due

5/13/2019
 

Point of Contact

Justin Noel, IT Specialist, Phone (816) 926-5037
 

E-Mail Address

justin.noel@gsa.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

1. GENERAL INFORMATION: Document Type: Request for Information Posted Date: 4/24/2019 The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) is conducting market research on behalf of the GSA technical authority. NASA will not be the contracting agent. Please contact the GSA Technical Point of Contact listed in paragraph 8 of this Sources Sought Notice. 2. DESCRIPTION: Sources Sought Notice (herein referred to as a Request for Information) are issued on behalf of the General Services Administration (GSA) in performing market research to determine industry interest, best practices, and capabilities and availability. This is a Request for Information announcement only. This is not a solicitation or request for proposal and in no way commits the Government to award a contract. The Government does not intend to award a contract(s) based solely on the submission of this Request for Information nor does it intend to pay for any costs incurred in response to this announcement. The GSA reserves the right to terminate this request and change its requirements and/or timeline if needed. Responding to this notice does not guarantee participation in future GSA activities. Original Tier 1 Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) technology providers, henceforth known throughout this document as "Provider/s" failing to respond with a completed response to this RFI cannot participate in any subsequent solicitation(s) associated with this RFI, should one be released. Responses to this RFI will only be accepted from Tier 1 HCI technology providers. However, any authorized reseller shall be permitted to respond to any subsequent solicitation on the accepted software configurations resulting from this RFI. The RFI data will be used to determine the most appropriate solution to meet GSA-IT needs. 3. SCOPE: The GSA-IT organization is performing market research for HCI technologies. The requirements for this initiative are defined as a complete hardware and software solution suite that will meet the organization's need for providing a standard compute, storage, and hybrid cloud platform for GSA data centers and Regional Office Buildings (ROB). GSA-IT is interested in proven, production solutions that provide innovative hybrid cloud and automated service management. Due to program scheduling constraints, this process must be completed under the compressed timeline shown in the following table: TABLE 1: RFI Timeline April 24 - RFI Released May 13 - Tier 1 providers who plan to participate must respond and identify dedicated sales and technical points of contact (name and telephone numbers). Tier 1 providers shall provide a written response demonstrating capabilities able to meet the requirements listed within this RFI. Responses should be made to Justin Noel May 17 - GSA-IT shall release questions back to Tier 1 providers May 27 - Tier 1 providers will provide final responses. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (24-APR-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/NASA/NSSC/NSSC1/80NSSC19QGSA/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage (NCCIPS) Complex Stennis Space Center, MS

Zip Code: 39529

Country: US
 

Record

SN05291320-F 20190426/190424230021 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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