Huntington District Corps of Engineers, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, WV 25701-2070

D -- INTERNET-BASED BACKUP AND RECOVERY SERVICES SOL DACW69-00-T-0131 DUE 090100 POC Mary L. Newman, Contract Specialist, (304) 529-5228, Shelia Lewis, Contracting Officer This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items. It is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 13, including Part 13.5. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation document and is the RFQ. A written solicitation package is not available. This procurement is a 100% small business set-aside. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 7379 with a size standard of $18 Million (average annual receipts for the preceding three years). The solicitation number for this RFQ is DACW69-00-T-0131. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-18. The clause at 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certification -- Commercial Items (required with quote) is applicable to this acquisition. The clauses at FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions —Commercial items, apply to this acquisition. Also, the clause at 52.212-5 Contract Terms & Conditions required to implement Statues or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition including paragraph (b), subparagraphs (1) 52.203-6, (5) 52.219-8, (7) 52.219-14 (11) 52.222-21 (12) 52.222-26, (13) 52.222-35 (14) 52.222-36 (15) 52.222.37 (22) 52.232-33, and (25) 52.239-1. The clauses at 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, 52.204-2 Security Requirements, 52.216-18 Ordering, 52.216-19 Order Limitations, 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity and 252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative also apply to this acquisition. The Huntington District has approximately 30 file servers and over 900 PC and laptop computers. Current server storage is 168Gb. Each PC and Laptop has up to 20Gb hard drives with most current averaging 10Gb. The contractor shall provide the capability to securely backup each PC and Server. All of the servers will be added over a two month period. PC's will be added as service is required by the end user. The contractor shall provide the following services: 1) Internet-based backup and recovery; 2) Already existing and proven offsite backup service based on Internet and client/server technologies providing the capability to back up data on PC's laptops, and servers for local, mobile, and remote users and networks-quickly and securely. No design services will be entertained; 3) System must use DES and triple-DES encryption/security of data for both transport and storage; 4) Support delta file transfers at the byte level; 5) Support elimination of redundant file transfers and storage for redundant files; 6) Support file compression; 7) Support daily random time scheduling of backups during off-peak hours; 8) Data must be stored and retrievable via the public internet on a 365x24x7 basis; 9) Entire data sets must be retrievable by alternate means and media such as CD-ROM or small re-usable servers; 10) System must be able to support an initial repository of 200gb and scale to allow a minimum of 1400gb; 11) System must be able to support files transfers to internet connections from 56k v.90 modems to T-3 speeds; 12) System must maintain a minimum of 20 revisions of an active file and allow the retrieval of deleted files up to one(1)year and; 13) System account maintenance must be available via web browser. This scope of work requires that the contractor provide non-personal, professional services to the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, specifically the Huntington District, for Internet-based backup and recovery services which include, but are not limited to, an offsite backup service based on Internet and client/server technologies providing the capability to back up data on PC's, laptops, and servers for local, mobile, and remote users and networks -- quickly and securely. The area of coverage will include all of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division including two Division Regional Offices located in Cincinnati, OH and Chicago, IL and districts located in Chicago, IL, Buffalo, NY, Detroit, MI, Pittsburgh, PA, Louisville, KY Nashville, TN, and Huntington, WV. Initially the contract services will be provided for the Huntington District with possible expansion to other offices in the Division. Approximate time will begin on date of contract award and continue for one calendar year. There are three additional one year option periods. This contract will be Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery Type, competitively negotiated. Award will be made as a whole to the offeror whose quotation conforms to the solicitation and has been determined to be the most advantageous to the Government, considering price, past performance and experience. Information shall be submitted on said factors showing the contractor's capability to perform the required services. Monthly work orders will be issued to the contractor for backups for two categories -- PC's and Servers. PC's include laptops and desktops. Backups for the PC category are broken down into two categories -- Full backup and Data-Only backup. Full backup is further broken down by quantity and is priced per each. CLIN 0001 is full backup up to the minimum of 50 PC's, CLIN 0002 is 101 to 500 PC's, CLIN 0003 is 501 to 800 PC's, CLIN 0004 is 801 to 1500 PC's, CLIN 0005 is 1501 to 3000 PC's. Data Only Backups are broken down the same as the Full Backup and priced per each. CLIN 0006 is up to the minimum of 50 PC's, CLIN 0007 is 101 to 500 PC's, CLIN 0008 is 501 to 800 PC's, CLIN 0009 is 801 to 1500 PC's and CLIN 0010 is 1501 to 3000 PC's. Backups for servers have two categories -- up to 300MB worth of changes per month and backups of changes over 300MB. CLIN 0011 is priced per each server for up to 300 MB of changes per month. CLIN 0012 is price per each MB over 300MB per month. All 12 CLINS are the same for each of the three option periods. Monthly payment will be processed after submission, approval and acceptance of invoice. Payment will be made in accordance with the prompt payment clause. Price of the bid schedule shall include all overhead, profit, and labor. Provide prices for all 12 CLINS in the based period listed above and for each option period, specifically CLINs 0013 thru 0024 for the 1st option period, CLINs 0025 thru 0036 for the 2nd option period and CLINs 0037 thru 0048 for the 3rd option period. The price breakdown should include a unit price for each of the 48 contract line items. The Government reserves the right to place orders against this contract for any item or combination of items in a total amount (including option year(s)) not to exceed $500,000.00. The Government guarantees to order $6,250.00 during the period of the contract. Quotes must contain sufficient information to demonstrate the vendor's ability to meet the Government's needs as described in the statement of work and include an explanation of how the contractor will provide the services requested. Also required is a quote on CLINs 0001 thru 0048 as described above. Quotations are due by 3:00 PM EST on September 1, 2000 and MUST include a copy of the provisions in 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification -- Commercial Items which may be downloaded along with any other clauses from http://www.arnet.gov/far. Winning contractor must be registered with Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register with CCR at www.ccr2000.com . All quotations shall be FAXED to the US Army Corps of Engineers Attn: Mary Newman (304) 529-5281 or sent E-MAIL to maryn@lrh.usace.army.mil. For information call Mary Newman at (304)529-5228. Posted 08/24/00 (W-SN489846). (0237)

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