Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement & Grants Office, Contracts & Purchases Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry Rd, N.E, Rm 419, Atlanta, GA 30305

70 -- MVS -- COMPATIBLE MAINFRAME PROCESSOR COMPLEX SOL 97-36(N) DUE 042197 POC Sherry A. Smallwood, Contract Specialist, (404)842-6520 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are hereby being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is solicitation number 97-36(N), and 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- 45. This procurement is unrestricted, and has no set-aside requirements. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a requirement for a MVS-Compatible Processing Complex. Proposals are requested for a processor complex which must: be compatible with existing and subsequent releases of MVS/ESA, JES2, DFSMS/MVS, and other OS/390 components; execute application and utility software currently running on Government-owned IBM ES/9000 9021-740 with no changes to source, object, JCL or load modules; support existing peripheral devices the same as the existing system; be capable of processing at a rate equal to or higher than 40 Million Service Units (MSU) per hour of task or SRB execution time; be based on a uni-processor with a performance rating equal to or higher than 8 MSU per hour; have 1.0 GB or more of memory sub-dividable into main and expandable; have 32 parallel channels compatible with IBM parallel channel protocol with data transfer rates up to 6.0 MBPS; have 40 fiber optic channels compatible with IBM ESCON protocol with data transfer rates up to 17 MBPS. Configuration must include all required Service Processors, System Consoles, and Power/Coolant Distribution Units. Configuration must require less than 30 KVA power, have a total heat output of less than 98 KBTU/HR, must require no more than 330 square feet of floor space including service clearance, and must fit within a rectangular area approximately 12 by 28 feet. The processor complex must be Year 2000 compliant as defined in FAR 39.002. Equipment will be acquired through a 36 month lease to ownership which includes an option to purchase. Offerors must propose 36 equal monthly lease payments, as well as a purchase price for the Government's option to purchase, and a factor for each of the 36 months of the lease term that the Government can apply to the purchase price or the monthly lease payment to determine the cost of terminating the lease and acquiring title to the equipment at any point during the lease. Separate prices must be proposed for each item of equipment included in the processor complex. Offerors must also propose the following optional items: one or more additional instruction processors as required to increase the processor complex performance to a total of 58 MSU per hour or higher, an additional 512 MB storage, 16 additional ESCON compatible channels. Prices for optional items must include separate 36 month lease and purchase prices for these items in each of the first two option years, and a factor for each of the 36 months of the lease term that the Government can apply to the purchase price or the monthly lease payment to determine the cost of terminating the lease and acquiring title to the equipment at any point during the lease. All prices offered must include delivery, installation, and a 36 month warranty which includes 24 hour, seven day per week maintenance (both parts and labor). Warranty maintenance must include preventive maintenance performed following OEM recommended procedures and frequencies, on-call remedial maintenance within two hours of notification that equipment is inoperative, use of new standard OEM parts in effecting repairs, and all engineering changes sponsored by the OEM. If on-call maintenance personnel fail to arrive on site within two hours, the contractor shall grant the Government a credit of $100 per hour for each hour or part thereof beginning with notification and ending with the time of arrival. If the processor configuration remains inoperative due to malfunction through no fault or negligence of the Government, for a total of 6 consecutive hours or more than 8 total hours during any 24 hour period, or for more 22 total hours during any 30 consecutive days, the contractor shall grant the Government a credit of $100 per hour for each hour or part thereof during which the configuration is inoperative. CDC's Government-owned IBM ES/9000 9021-740 (including 9027 and 9022) is offered for exchange-sale. Offerors must include any price offered for this equipment in the proposal. Awarded contract will contain a base period plus five option years. All equipment ordered will be ordered within the base period and first two option years, with the remaining optional periods used for completion of lease and warranty provisions. Delivery for the base system will be FOB destination to CDC, Building 16, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30333 by July 1, 1997. Delivery of optional items shall be 45 days from exercise of option. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items is applicable to this acquisition. Award shall be made to the eligible, responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, is determined most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. EVALUATION FACTORS: (1) Technical conformance: The proposal must include equipment descriptions, specifications, product literature, etc., sufficient to substantiate that the configuration offered meets requirements. The Government reserves the right to require validation of proposed configuration and to obtain information for use in the validation from any and all sources, including sources outside the Government. (2) Past Performance: Past performance will be used as an evaluation factor in determining the most advantageous offer to the Government. Offerors shall provide a list of the last five contracts completed during the past three years and all contracts currently in process, that are similar in size and complexity to this acquisition. Contracts listed may include those entered into by the Federal Government, agencies of state and local Governments, and commercial contractors. Technical conformance and past performance, when combined, will be approximately equal to price. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except communications conducted for the purpose of minor clarification). Therefore, initial offers should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. Price will be evaluated based on the sum of the 36 month lease payments for the base system and optional items, and an average of the cost to purchase the base system and optional items over the life of the 36 months, based on one month chosen in each of the three years. Exchange-sale price offered and/or any guaranteed residual value will be included in the cost evaluation. Configuration proposed will be considered to have value-added if uni-processor speed exceeds 47 MIPS or if other features, capabilities, or capacities of proposed equipment provide specific benefits to CDC. Offerors must include a copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Conditions -- Commercial Items, with its offer. The clauses at 52.212-4 (Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items) and 52.212-5 (Contract Terms and conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items) apply. In addition, the awarded contract will include FAR clauses 52.207-5, Option to Purchase Equipment and 52-217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. Proposals in an original and three copies are due by 2:00 p.m. EST on April 21, 1997 at the CDC Procurement and Grants Office, Room 204, 255 East Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30305. Questions regarding this acquisition can be directed to Ms. Sherry Smallwood at 404-842-6520. (0085)

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