Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations Branch, MS2500, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817

70 -- HIGH SPEED BACKUP SOFTWARE OPERATING ON AUSPEX NFS FILE SERVERS SOL 3901 DUE 012898 POC Dottie Quinn (703) 787-1365 or Wm. C. Mallonee (703) 787-1363 E-MAIL: Wm. C. Mallonee, Contracting Officer, william.mallonee@mms.gov. This notice is a combined Synopsis/Request for Quotation (RFQ) for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; OFFERS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN RFQ WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is 3901 and is issued as a RFQ. The RFQ and provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 97-02. The SIC is 5045, the small business size standard is 100 employees. The Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS) requires software to backup two Auspex NFS File Servers. Software installation will be directly on an Auspex NFS File Server, and is to be installed and operational no later than February 28, 1998, at the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Office, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., New Orleans, LA. Purchase will include software, installation, integration, maintenance, and long term resolution on any software bugs and upgrades. Installation to consist of up to 40 hours of software implementation assistance which may be used for onsite installation, training, and consulting. Integration will consist of the installation and tuning of the software to work across the Auspex Storage Processors (SPs) directly attached via SCSI channels to 10 Quantum DLT Tape Drives configured in an ATL 12/352-7000 jukebox unit. The 10 DLT Tape drives will be connected to a single jukebox robotics unit configured inside of the ATL 12/352-7000 unit. Maintenance includes 90-day warranty and 10 months service for a total of 13 months, and includes 4 hours of telephone support, response, patches, documentation, bug fixes, and major releases. The covered software includes the Jukebox Manager. The software must provide seismic data backups (non-compressed) to the DLT Tape Drive at 4.5MB/sec per drive in native (non-compressed) transfer mode. The software must be able to backup a total of 81 GB per hour to 5 DLT Drives on each Auspex NFS File Server. The current architecture contains 3 terabytes of disk storage, which will expand to 7-10 terabytes. The software must be certified by Auspex that it will perform under the Auspex operating system, and be certified to operate with the ATL drivers. All correspondence must reference RFQ 3901. The following provisions/clauses are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items(Oct 95); FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (Oct 95); FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Jun 96); FAR 52,212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Oct 95); and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or executive Orders-Commercial Items (Aug 96)with the following additional FAR clauses: 52.225-3, Buy American Act Supplies; and FAR 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment. In accordance with FAR 39.106 the software shall be certified to be year 2000 compliant. Offerors may request a copy of provisions and clauses by calling Dottie Quinn on 703/787-1365, or by sending a fax request to 703/787-1387. Questions should be faxed 703/787-1387. Please include with your question(s) your full name, RFP number & title, your organization, complete address, and telephone and FAX numbers. While telephone questions are strongly discouraged, written, E-mail or faxed inquiries are encouraged. Facsimile quotations WILL BE ACCEPTED. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure that his/her offer is received AT or BEFORE the date/time set forth below. Prices should be FOB Destination, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Office, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., New Orleans, LA, ATTN: Mark Zimmer. Responses to this RFQ are due by 4:00pm EST January 28, 1998, to the following address: Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations Branch, 381 Elden Street -- MS2500, Herndon, VA 20170-4817, ATTN: Wm. C. Mallonee. For information call Wm. C. Mallonee between 7:00am-4:00pm EST Monday-Friday at (703) 787-1363 or FAX (703) 787-1387. (0014)

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