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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 10,1998 PSA#2071Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Washington Detachment 901
M.Street, S.E. Bldg. 200 4th Flr., Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC
203 70 -- PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS SOL N00600-98-R-1669 DUE 041798 POC
Matthew A. Maciarello, phone 202-433-0955. fax: 202-433-2401 The
purpose of this synopsis is to amend the synopsis/solicitation
N00600-98-R-1669, which was submitted to the Commerce Business Daily on
March 6, 1998. ALL INQUIRES concerning this solicitation SHALL be
submitted IN WRITING to the above listed fax number. The closing date
is not changed, and remains April 17, 1998, 2:00PM local time. The
following are responses to technical questions submitted by fax to
date; 1. Question (Q). In the CBD, there is a sentence that says, "the
contractor will ship the fully assembled and configured computers FOB
Destination," yet, the CLIN's ask for price, including the shipment
price. Should shipping charges be included? Answer (A). Shipping
charges should be included in the price. 2. Q. Per the notice posted on
3/20/98: Has there been an additional amendment issued or posted? If so
when? A. Yes, the synopsis/solicitation was amended on April 2, 1998.
This amendment changed the closing date from April 3, 1998 at 2:00 PM
local time, to April 17, 1998 at 2:00PM local time. 3. Q. Please
clarify: CLIN 0001: software to be installed, "Microsoft Windows 95 or
Microsoft NT 4.0 where required," without given exact quantities for
each of the software needed, we are unable to provide a fixed pricing
for each unit. Please also clarify if this is an additional cost to be
added by the contractor during on-site installation. A. Microsoft
Windows 95 will be required for all PCs. Microsoft NT 4.0 will not be
required for any PC's. No additional on-site will be required. 4. Q.
This is a request that you make the following changes to increase
competition: Delete the requirement for local installation & warranty
service in Japan. A. Local installation & warranty service will be
required in Japan. 5. Q. CLIN 0001 also states that an "Ethernet
adapter (3Com) or 16/4 Token Ring adapter (Olicom where required)" is
wanted. Where would Olicom be required? A. Only the Ethernet adapter
(3Com) will be required. 6. Q. One vendor can do the required, "180 day
next day on site warranty," of replacement parts and service, but due
to the location of Sasebo, end-users would have to mail or carry
defective parts to Yokosuka. Is this acceptable? A. The 180 on-site
warranty includes Sasebo. 7. Q. Are there any more details regarding
on-site instillation? Are all the units in each location in one area?
A. Location of the units can be in different sites within the same
general area. 8. Q. Are all the units replacing existing PCs or are
some of them new nodes on the network? A. The contractor will only be
required to install units at existing nodes. 9. Q. Two types of network
cards are specified, 3COM and Olicom. Can you provide a count of each
model needed and which sites use which model? A. Ethernet 3COM cards
will only be required. 10. Q. The machine specification requires one
AGP slot on the motherboard. Is the use of an AGP video card required,
or is the desired for future expansion? A. The AGP video card is
required. 11. Q. Are there any additional cabling requirements that are
not stated, i. e. network patch cables, etc? A. No, there is no
additional cabling required. 12. Q. It is stated that systems are to be
delivered "fully assembled and configured." Is the network
configuration to take place on site during delivery and acceptance or
are the network configuration details to be provided in advance? A. The
network configuration can be provided in advance. 13. Q. Are the
delivery dates absolutes, and have considerations been given for
possible shipping and export allowances/ delays? In addition, would we
be responsible for the export license application? A. The Contractor
is responsible for shipping and delivering the units on time. 14. Q. As
for the export systems, is the export version of Windows to be used, or
the US version? A. The US version of Windows will be used. 15. Q. Is
the on site installation to take place during normal business hours or
after hours? Is full site access (within reasonable limits) to be
granted, or is the use of an escort official required? A. The
installation of the units will take place during normal business hours.
16. Q. Is it a requirement that the systems be manufactured in the US?
If so, may the sub-components (drives, cards) be manufactured
elsewhere and systems assembled in the US. A. There is no requirement
to manufacture the system in the US. 17. Q. What is the type of your
hub/switch, Ethernet or Token Ring based, and what is the quantity of
each? A. Ethernet will be required for all units, no Token ring is
required. 18. Q. What is the Network Operating System (NOS) of the
environment? Novell? Windows NT? or Unix? Do you expect the vendor to
install and configure applications as part of the price quotation? Do
all required locations (Japan, US) have the same NOS environment? A.
Novell is the operating environment for all locations. 19. Q. CLIN
0001- Out of 173 quantities, how many NIC will be for 3COM 10/100 fast
Ethernet adapter, and how many will be for Olicom 16/4 Token Ring
Adapter? A. Ethernet cards will be required for all units. 20. Q. CLIN
0005 and 0006-We would like to know whether the government wants us to
ship directly to Japan or to a US base, and then have the government
ship the products to Japan directly? Shipping directly to Japan
requires us to get export license/document before shipment. If we can
ship to a US base, it would be much more cost effective to the
government. Would you please consider this alternative? A. The
Contractor will be required to ship to Japan directly. 21. Q. Will the
computers purchased of SOL#N00600-98-R-1669, need to be hooked up and
configured to the existing networks at each location? A. The
Contractor will be responsible for hook up and configuration to operate
on the existing networks. 22. Q. You request 2 ISA, 4 PCI, 1 AGP
Expansion Slots. As most manufacturers do not provide this
configuration, will 1 ISA, 3 PCI, 1 ISA/PCI shared, 1 AGP be
acceptable? A. 2 ISAM, 4PCI, 1 AGP Expansion Slots are required. 23. Q.
You request that all units comply with Energystar guidelines. As you
probably know, the Processor class you have requested is on the edge of
that standard in terms of power consumption. Once you add in the
options you requested (PCMCIA, Network Card, etc), most system
manufacturers will not be able to legally make this claim. Is there any
flexibility in this requirement? If not, will alternate, lower power
processors be considered? A. Energystar guidelines are required. 24. Q.
What is the Government expecting the vendor to do relative to ensuring
the proper operation of Government furnished applications (i. e.
APADE, Scorpions, SMB Spool, FastLan and SPS)? A. The vendor will not
be responsible for the Government furnished applications. The units
must function in the applications environment. 25. Q. Will the vendor
be required to load these applications or test functionality, either
prior to or at the time of delivery? A. The vendor will not be required
to load or test the Government application. 26. Q. The Intel Pentium II
based systems do not comply with the EPA's Energystar requirement that
the system consume less than 30 Watts of power in sleep mode. Please
remove the Energystar requirement for the system unit. A. The
Energystar requirement is valid as this primarily deals with the
monitor. 27. Q. Reference: CLINs 0005 and 0006, Shipments to Yokosuka
and Sasebo Naval Bases in Japan. Will the Government provide FPO
addresses to ship the items to the above bases via the United States
Postal Service (USPS) or will non FPO addresses be supplied? Shipments
via the USPS to FPO addresses are considerably cheaper than shipment
via commercial carrier to Japan. A. The Contractor is responsible for
shipping, and the FPO addresses will not be used. Full text versions of
all referenced FAR and DFAR clauses will not be provided by this
office. FAR and DFAR Clauses are located at
http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. All other terms and conditions remain
unchanged. 28. Q. Reference: "The contractor will be responsible for
the installation, set up and configuration of the computers to properly
operate under the current Automation of Procurement and Accounting Data
Entry System (APADE) environments (Scorpions, SMB spool, and Fast LAN),
as well as the soon to be activated Standard Procurement System (SPS)."
Would the awardee be responsible for installing Government provided
software to enable the provided systems to operate in the referenced
environments? If so, when would the software be provided to the
contractor? Would this software be installed on site? Or can it be
installed and configured at the contractor's facilities? Furthermore,
would any other type of software "configuration" (such as network
addressing or other related protocols) be required? A. The awardee will
not be responsible for installing Government software. Only the units
will operate with the current operating system. 29. Q. Reference: "The
contractor will also be required to provide a 180 day, next day
response on-site warranty for the complete installation." We interpret
the reference question to require that the contractor: Provide a total
of 180 day, on-site warranty form the date of successful installation.
Provide on-site service within the next business day after receipt of
notification of failure from the Government. Is this a correct
interpretation of the requirement? A. The contractor will provide a
total 180-day warranty from the date of installation, and on-site
service within the next business day after the receipt of notification.
30. Does the "lockable" requirement, refer to physical access to the
inside of the case or software access to the system? A. Lockable Mid
-Tower case refers to physical access not software access. 31. Q. Does
the end-user, want a video card in the system at all? If so, 2 or 4
MEG? A. A 4 MEG video card is required for all units. 32. Q. One of the
systems we will be quoting only has support in Yokosuka; Sasebo would
have to take the parts to Yokosuka for service if need be. Is this
acceptable? A. A one-day response time is required for both sites in
Japan. (0098) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0330 19980410\70-0005.SOL)
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