Dept. of the Army, Directorate of Contracting, Attn: ATZS-DKO-I, P.O. Box 12748,Fort Huachuca, AZ 85670-2748

D -- CISCO IT MAINTENANCE / WARRANTY SUPPORT SOL DABT63-99-R-0007 DUE 122998 POC Sandy Broten, Contract Specialist, (520) 533-9844 (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, the test program in FAR Subpart 13.6, 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. Solicitation number DABT63-99-R-0007 is used as a request for proposal (RFP). (ii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through the 1997 reissue of the FAR. (iii) Notice of award on a sole Source basis from CISCO direct, under Standard Industrial Classification Code 7378. (iv) GENERAL INFORMATION: Submit proposal to Dept. of the Army, Directorate of Contracting, Attention: Sandy Broten, Building 21112, Hines Road, Ft Huachuca, AZ 85613. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has 7302 employees worldwide, with 2,000 personnel at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The USAID's field structure is made up of missions and donor/coordinator sites (for a total of 79 locations with direct hire employees) in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Near East as well as Europe and the New Independent States. Through this structure the Agency pursues six specific objectives as part of its strategic framework for sustainable development: (1) encouraging broad-based economic growth and agricultural development, (2) strengthening democracy and good governance, (3) building human capacity through education and training, (4) stabilizing the world's population and protecting human health, (5) protecting the world's environment for long-term sustainability, and (6) saving lives and reducing suffering associated with disasters, and re-establishing conditions necessary for political and economic development. A management objective has been established that USAID remains a premier development agency. The purpose of this acquisition is to provide maintenance renewal for IT requirements at Headquarters USAID and overseas. The objective of this project is to provide continued IT maintenance/warranty support for a maximum of one year, with one optional year, total of two years. The contractor shall provide maintenance for one year of the following: CLIN 0001 Software License and Net Smart Hardware Maintenance; CLIN 001a Upgrade License for CW-3.01 OVS CISCOWORKS for HP Openview/SUN 3 Copies each; CLIN 001b Maintenance for 2500 CISCO Routers Model 2514, 83 Units each; CLIN 001c Maintenance for 2500 CISCO Routers Model 2503, 7 Units each; CLIN 001d 01d Maintenance for 2500 CISCO Routers Model 2503, 8 Units each; CLIN 001e Maintenance for CISCO Modular Multi Protocol Router, Model 4000-M, 4 Units each; CLIN 001f Maintenance for CISCO router Model 5200, 1 Unit each; CLIN 001g Maintenance for CISCO Model 7000, 1 Unit each; CLIN 001h Maintenance for CISCO Model 7000, 10 Units each; CLIN 001j Maintenance for 2500 CISCO Routers, Model 2514, 15 Units each; CLIN 001k Maintenance for 2500 CISCO Routers, Model 2514, 3 Units -S/N: 25643551; 5643553;25643555; CLIN 001l Maintenance for 250 CISCO Routers, Model 2503, 1 Unit each; CLIN 001m Maintenance for CNT-SNT-PKG4, Model 2509, 1 Unit each; CLIN 001n Maintenance for NETSYS V3.01, CON-SAU-CT-SUN, 1 Unit each; CLIN 001p Maintenance for NETSYS V3.01, CON-SAU-PT-25, 1 Unit each; CLIN 001q Maintenance for CWSI V1.1, CON-SAU-NMS-SI-NV, 1 Unit each; CLIN 001r Maintenance for CON-SNT-PB-FE-TX (Copper Probe-S/N: 63073569, 1 Unit each; CLIN 0002 Hardware Maintenance, 002a Smart Net Maintenance on Catalyst 5000 Ethernet Switching Model, 63 Units each; 002b Smart Net Maintenance on Catalyst 2901, S/Ns: 65004733: 65008639, 2 Units each. After award of these items/services, the Government has limited rights in accordance with DFAR Clauses 252.227-7013 "Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (b)(3) Limited Rights." (v) Date of delivery: 1 January 99 through 31 December 99. (vi) Place of delivery/services: Services are to be performed in all worldwide locations of USAID and atthe Contractor's sites. (vii) Solicitation provision at FAR 25.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Jun 1997) is hereby incorporated by reference. (viii) Solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-2(a), Evaluation -- Commercial Items. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (l) technical capability of the Contractor offering services to meet the Government's requirement; (2) past performance; and (3) price. Factors are listed in their relative order of importance. Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. Proposal is due by 5:00 p.m. (mountain standard time), December 29, 1998. (ix) Offeror's are reminded to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification — Commercial Items (Jan 1997), with proposal. (x) Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Condition -- Commercial Items (May 1997), is hereby incorporated by reference. (xi) Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Item (Aug 1996), is hereby incorporated by reference. The following paragraphs apply to this solicitation and any resulting contract (b)(2) 52.203-10, (b)(3) 52.219-8, (b)(6) 52.222-26, (b)(7) 52.222-35, (b)(8) 52.222-36, (b)(9) 52.222-37. (xii) Additional Contract Terms and conditions applicable to this procurement is Type of Contract: A firm fixed-price contract will be awarded. (xiii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems (DPAS) assigned rating for this procurement is DO-C9. NOTE: 22. Posted 12/21/98 (W-SN282389). (0355)

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