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D -- SMARTNET MAINTENANCE ON CISCO ROUTERS 2501, 4000, AGS+/4, 4500 SOL M67400-96-R-A005. Due 061096. Contact: Rick Maberry, 011-81-6117-45-1504, or 3974; FAX 011-81-98-8-93-6024/Contracting Officer: C.E. KING. 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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation M67400-96-R-A005 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-37. SmartNet Maintenance is required on the following items: CLIN 0001: Ten (10) CISCO AGS+/4 ROUTERS (PN CON-SNT-F4); S/N: 4000P5N, S/N: 40004821, S/N: 4000P5R, S/N: 4000BXP, S/N: 400069W, S/N: 400069V, S/N: 400069X, S/N: 40006619, S/N: 4000BXR, S/N: 400069V. CLIN 0002: Fifty-eight (58) CISCO 2501 ROUTERS (PN: CON-SNT-2501); S/N: 25254526, S/N: 25283333, S/N: 25257564, S/N: 25257566, S/N: 252678992, S/N: 25268973, S/N: 25283329, S/N: 25257365, S/N: 25254012, S/N: 25268996, S/N: 25267950, S/N: 25283335, S/N: 25257833, S/N: 25254528, S/N: 25267952, S/N: 25254020, S/N: 25283337, S/N: 25254524, S/N: 25257369, S/N: 25268971, S/N: 25268977, S/N: 25254530, S/N: 25257568, S/N: 25254515, S/N: 25257831, S/N: 25283366, S/N: 25273273, S/N: 25160073, S/N: 25243399, S/N: 25253336, S/N: 25274641, S/N: 25257572, S/N: 25273279, S/N: 25283327, S/N: 25274639, S/N: 25254001, S/N: 25273623, S/N: 25273275, S/N: 25259540, S/N: 25273621, S/N: 25254983, S/N: 25160081, S/N: 25406492, S/N: 25259753, S/N: 25273271, S/N: 25268994, S/N: 25257562, S/N: 25160089, S/N: 25259543, S/N: 25257570, S/N: 25273277, S/N: 25259755, S/N: 25274636, S/N: 25254016, S/N: 25254522, S/N: 25268975, S/N: 25406463, S/N: 25254966. CLIN 0003: Nineteen (19) CISCO 4000 ROUTERS (PN: CON-SNT-4000): S/N: 44005825, S/N: 44535310, S/N: 44013404, S/N: 44554526, S/N: 44013401, S/N: 44005789, S/N: 44013402, S/N: 44005824, S/N: 44005792, S/N: 44005790, S/N: 44506648, S/N: 44005791, S/N: 44506647, S/N: 44554528, S/N: 44013403, S/N: 44506645, S/N: 44506646, S/N: 44526586, S/N: 44528422. CLIN 0004: One (1) CISCO ROUTER 4500 (PN: CON-SNT-4500): S/N: 45502697. This requirement also includes two Option Years: 1 Oct 96 - 30 Sep 97, and 1 Oct 97 - 30 Sep 98. The USMC Regional Contracting Office has a firm fixed price requirement for SmartNet Maintenance on 88 CISCO ROUTERS. The Maintenance shall consist of one hour telephone callback for equipment configuration and software problems by the Technical Assistance Center (6 AM-6 PM) Pacific time, Monday-Friday; Telephone support access is required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for Emergency Net-Down support, E-Mail inquiries and responses. Major software updates, and software maintenance releases are required. New manuals are required with each software update. Access to Cisco Information Online (CIO) is required and a guaranteed 3 day delivery of advanced replacement parts (when the request is received before 3 PM Pacific time). All services shall be delivered FOB destination to: A/CS G-6, MCB Camp Smedley D Butler, Bldg 5715, Camp Foster, Unit 35001, Okinawa, Japan. Required services are from date of award through 30 Sep 96. Acceptance will be made at destination. Clause FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Oct 1995) applies to this acquisition. Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial items applies to this acquisition. The following factors, listed in descending order of importance, will be used to evaluate offers: (1) Price. The evaluation of this factor shall be based on comparison to costs of any known recent procurements of the same or similar items by this or other commands; comparison of prices obtained on this solicitation; and comparison to catalog prices. (2) Technical Proposal. The evaluation of this factor shall be based on the offeror's written demonstration to provide trained, experienced and certified technical support personnel to include back-up personnel who are immediately available for contract performance. (3) Past Performance. Offeror shall submit the following information concerning similar services furnished during the past two (2) years: Name, address, telephone number, point of contact, total dollar amount of contracts or orders from Federal, State, Local Government agencies or private companies in which the offeror has performed similar services. In addition, the offerors may provide information on problems encountered while performing those contracts or orders and t he offeror's corrective action used to resolve those problems. Price is an important evaluation factor for award; however, technical proposal and past performance factors when combined are approximately equal to price. The offeror is required to submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Oct 1995). DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial items and DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions required to implement statutes or Executive Order applicable to Defense Acquisitions of commercial items with your offer. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (Oct 1995) applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items is incorporated in this solicitation. The following additional FAR Clauses are applicable to this acquisition: This is a sole source procurement in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 and pursuant to the authority of 40 USC Section 759(g) as amended and 41 USC Section 253(f)(1). FAR 52.212-5(d)(1)(2)(3) applies to this acquisition. Proposal closing date will be 10 June 96 at 1500 hours, Japan Standard Time. For additional information, contact Rick Maberry at 011-81-6117-45-1504/3974 or FAX 011-81-988-93-6024. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. (134)

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