MODIFICATION
70 -- Amended: (See Auction Terms) Blue Arc Hardware and Software
- Notice Date
- 5/10/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 06-184-1036
- Response Due
- 5/19/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/8/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- AMENDMENT NOTICE: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR 13.5, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 06-184-1036 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 05-07. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334119 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit a quote. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on Friday, May 19, 2006 at 12:00:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Gaithersburg, MD 20899- The National Institute of Standards & Technology requires the following items, EXACT MATCH ONLY, to the following: LI 001, This is a purchase for maintenace for the BlueArc hardware and software. Period of performance: 01/11/2007 through 01/10/2008. BlueArc Premium Hardware Support for the NIST Gaithersburg site., 1, YR; LI 002, BlueArc Premium Hardware Support for NIST Boulder site. Period of performance: 01/11/2007 through 01/10/2008., 1, YR; LI 003, BlueArc Software Support for NIST Gaithersburg site. Period of performance: 01/11/2007 through 01/10/2008., 1, YR; LI 004, BlueArc Software Support for NIST Boulder site. Period of performance: 01/11/2007 through 01/10/2008., 1, YR; For this solicitation, National Institute of Standards & Technology intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing quotes, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. National Institute of Standards & Technology is taking this action in a an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time offers. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their offer using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make an offer on www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith offers, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, contact Cheryl Coxen at cheryl.coxen@nist.gov or FedBid.com at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Buyers and Sellers understand that FedBid ranks all bids by price, regardless of the evaluation criteria used by the Buyer; however, pursuant to applicable acquisition regulations and/or departmental guidelines, Buyers may use criteria other than price to evaluate the offer. Please note that any such evaluation criteria must be articulated in the solicitation to the extent required by such regulations and/or guidelines. CCR Requirement - Company must be registered on Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disable Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans; 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Products; 52.225-3(a) Buy American Act; 52.225-13, Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country End Products; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronics Funds Transfer Delivery shall be made within 30 days or less after receipt of order (ARO). Authorized resellers only. Award Evaluation Critera: Technically acceptable Lowest Price. Must review and comply with the attached IT Security Clauses If this is an electronic and Information Technology (IT) item, it must meet all or part of the applicable accessibility standards issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board at 36 CFR Part 1194; in other words, it must be Section 508 compliant. If an item is not compliant you must submit a completed waiver signed by the NIST 508 Coordinator (Dan Benigni). See information concerning 508 at the NIST webpage and http://www.section508.gov/. Vendors MUST Submit the following to Clientservices@fedbid.com 1)TO HAVE A BID CONSIDERED FOR AWARD ALL VENDORS MUST PROVIDE PROVIDE QUOTES FOR THE BRAND NAME LISTED IN THIS SYNOPSIS. NO EXEPTIONS. FAILURE TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION WILL RESULT IN A 'NON RESPONSIVE' BID AND REMOVAL FROM AWARD CONSIDERATION (Specs with no pricing are due into clientservices@fedbid.com before or at the exact END Time/Date of this request). Due to the proprietary nature of the Blue Arc equipment, this maintenance and support must be from an authorized Blue Arc vendor. The Blue Arc equipment was developed and copyrighted by and are marketed and maintained solely by the Blue Arc Corporation. Only the developer has the technical expertise and access to proprietary code to provide the level of support requested and to develop and make available temporary patches to fix errors. NIST currently runs a production environment for NIST-wide applications. These applications are deemed critical to the operation of the agency and must be online and available with little or no system outages. The current NIST environment consists of Blue Arc hardware and software and the system must be maintained from only a Blue Arc vendor.
- Web Link
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www.fedbid.com (a-27083, n-2336)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
- Zip Code: 20899-
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20899-
- Record
- SN01045262-W 20060512/060510220403 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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