70 -- LINUX WORKSTATION AND NODES

Notice Date

June 20, 2001

Contracting Office

ESC/PKOP, Services Branch, Operational Contracting Division, 104 Barksdale St., Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1806

ZIP Code

01731-1806

Solicitation Number

F19650-01-Q-0026

Response Due

June 29, 2001

Point of Contact

Tyrone Frey, Contracting Specialist 781-377-2560 Christine Dolan, Contracting Officer 781-377-2236

E-Mail Address

Click Here to E-mail the POC (tyrone.frey@hanscom.af.mil)

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared 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. Solicitation number: F19650-01-Q-0026. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-27 This is a 100 % small business set-aside. The associated North American Industry Classification (NAICS) is 334111 with a size standard of 1000 employees. Listed below is the Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) being procured: CLIN 0001 LINUX Workstation Configured as Follows: Case: MidTower ATX Chassis with 300-Watt Power Supply VIA Chipset Motherboard, 200MHz Bus AMD Athlon ThunderBird 1.2GHz CPU, 200MHz Bus with heat sin and fan 512Mb ECC-PC-133 SDRAM 3.5" Floppy (2) 18Gb Ultra SCSI3 160 10,000 RPM Hard Drives Adaptec 29160 Ultra SCSI 160 Controller 4/8GB DDS2 DAT Drive 52X CD-Rom (2) 10/100 Network Adapters ATI Xpert 98 with 8MB AGP Video Card 17" SVGA monitor 104 Keyboard 3-button mouse LINUX latest version installed and configured for Beowulf cluster including installation of MPICH and PBS Scheduler Qty of Head Nodes: (1) Slave Node: 2U Rackmount ATX chassis with 300-Watt power supply Sliding adjustable rails VIA Chipset Motherboard, 200MHz Bus AMD Athalon Thunderbird 1.2GhZ CPU, 200MHz Bus with heat sink and fan 256Mb PC-133 ECC SDRAM 3.5" Floppy 10.1GB Ultra DMA66 7200 RPM SVGA PCI Card 10/100 Network Adapter Adjustable Sliding Mounting Rails LINUX latest installed and configured for Beowulf cluster installation of MPICH and PBS Scheduler Qty of Slave Nodes: (8) CLIN 0002 8 Additional Slave Nodes CLIN 0003 Additional 10 Outlet Rackmount Power Strips Place of Delivery and Acceptance is AFRL 29 Randolph Road. Hanscom AFB, MA 01731. MARK FOR: Contract Number F19650-01-XXXX, Purchase Request Number F1GPL111560700. FOB: HANSCOM AFB, MA 01731. Provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition, and there are no addenda to this provision. Provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (As Amended), applies. Evaluation criteria is as follows: The Government will award a contract resulting form this solicitation to the responsible low offeror whose offer is determined technically acceptable. The following factors, in descending order of importance, shall be used to evaluate offers: (a) Technical Description: Offerors shall submit a technical description of the items offered as an "or equal" product. Offerors who fail to submit a technical description supported by product literature or other documents, as necessary) may be deemed unacceptable. (b) Warranty: Offerors are required to provide standard warranty information to demonstrate a minimum warranty of parts and labor for one year. Should the Standard Warranty be more extensive than the minimum specified, the contractor shall include the information as part of the offeror's proposal. (c) Delivery Terms: Offeror shall submit with its proposal a Schedule for Delivery. The Government will evaluate equally, regarding time of delivery, offers that propose delivery of each quantity within the applicable delivery period specified herein. Offers that clearly propose delivery that will not fall within the applicable required delivery period specified in FAR 52.212-4 (Addenda), may be considered unacceptable and rejected. The Government reserves the right to award under either the required delivery schedule or the proposed delivery schedule, when an offeror offers an earlier delivery schedule than required above. If the offeror proposes other delivery schedule, the required delivery schedule will prevail. (d) F.O.B. Destination Only (Reference FAR 47.305-4): F.O.B. Destination-only offers are desired, and evaluation of offers will be made on a F.O.B. Destination-only basis. Offers that are submitted on any other basis may be rejected as unacceptable. (e) Past Performance: Offerors shall submit the information specified in clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, paragraph (b) (10). A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action to either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. Offerors are advised that a copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items shall be submitted with its offer. Copies of this can be obtained from the Government Printing Office or on the Internet at: www.http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Offers will not be accepted after Friday June 29, 2001 The successful offeror will be Central Contractor Registered. For question or assistance on this matter call 888 227 2423 The Clause at 52.212-4 does apply to this acquisition and includes the following addenda: Receiving Hours for Deliveries: Daily between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., excluding Saturday, Sunday, and Federal Holidays. Time of Delivery: 30 days ARO Warranty of Supplies of a Noncomplex Nature 52.246-17, (MAR2001): [Reference 46.710(a) (1)] Fill-Ins Required by Clause: Time period to be included in paragraph (b) is one (1) year after delivery. Paragraph (c) is thirty (30) days after discovery of defect. Remittance Address: Offeror completes when applicable if Remittance Address differs from offeror's mailing address. Interested parties are hereby notified that all offers in response to Solicitation F19650-01-Q0026 are due by Close of Business on Jun 29, 2001 at 4:30 EST. Submissions may be made via Fax number (781) 377-4324, e-mail at (tyrone.frey@hanscom.af.mil) or through standard mail (ESC/PKOP, Attn.: Tyrone Frey, 20 Schilling Circle 3rd Floor, HAFB, MA 01731). See Numbered Note 1.

Web Link

ESC Business Opportunities Web Page (http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010622/70SOL001.HTM (D-171 SN50P590)