Department of the Interior, National Business Center, Acquisition and Property Management Branch, Code D-2940, 7301 W. Mansfield Avenue, Denver, CO 80235-2230

70 -- TAPE COPY SOFTWARE SOL NBCD0Q00023 DUE 062900 POC Steve Rawlings, 303-969-7226 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, Steve_D_Rawlings@nbc.gov. This is a Combined/Solicitation for Commercial Items (CI) in accordance with the format in 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 is issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation number is NBCD0Q00023. This solicition document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-17. This action is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification applicable to this contract action is 7372. The small business size standard is $18 million. The National Business Center (NBC) has a requirement for software to migrate tape datasets from older tape technology to newer tape technology, increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs. Required Technical Capability: The tape migration software must provide high-speed copying of data. The datasets must be consolidated and stacked when migrating, maximizing the utilization of the new media. It must migrate data from any tape device to any other tape media device and must provide total control of manual and automated tape library systems. The software must be easy to use and able to manipulate data via any number of selectable parms, including, but not limited to; creation date, media type, volser ranges and high level qualifiers. This software must be compatible with NBC's current tape management system, BMC's Control-T, the current operating system OS/390 2.8, and IBM's 3494 Automated Tape Library and Virtual Tape System. Also, the software must be GA (General Availability). The Contracting Officer will evaluate products offered on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for location or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. Inspection/ Acceptance FOB:Destination. Delivery Schedule: 10 days after receipt of order. The Contractor shall provide total charges, including shipping and handling codtd, if applicable. Upon delivery of supplies the Contractor shall mail payment invoices to the address listed on the purchase order. Note: Contractor's shall not invoice the Government for supplies or services until after the supplies have been delivered or the services have been rendered. Any award resulting from this RFQ will be issued on a SF-1449 and will contain all clauses required by Law and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as appropriate for the dollar value of the award. The following Provisions and Clauses are applcable to this RFQ and the subsequent purchase order: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors CIs (no addenda); 52.212-2 Evaluation CIs, Evaluation Factors 1) Technical Capability of the software to meet the Government's requirements and 2) Price. Price is slightly less important than technical capability; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications CIs (include with offer); 52.212-4 Contract Terms & Conditions CIs (no addenda); and 52.212-5 Contract Terms & Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Exective Orders CIs. The following additional FAR clauses are applicable to this acquisition: 52.203-6 Alt I,52.219-8, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-3, 52.232-34. No CBD notes apply. This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions/clauses by reference, with the same force & affect as if they were given in full text. Upon request the Contracting Officer will make their full text avilable. Quotations shall be firm for 30 days unlles otherwise stated. Offers must include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions & provisions included in this solicitation. Offerors must include their DUNS number with their offer. Offers may be submitted in the Contractor's format. Offers shall be delivered to the NBC, Acquisition Services, Room 200, 7301 W. Mansfield Ave., Denver,CO 80235-2230, Attn: Steve Rawlings, telephone 303-969-7226, NLT 3:00 pm local time June 29, 2000. Facsmile quotations will not be accepted. All proposals/quotations received by the specified due date will be considered by the Government. Posted 06/22/00 (W-SN467756). (0174)

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