MODIFICATION
70 -- SOFTWARE
- Notice Date
- 1/29/2007
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- 1701 North Fort Myer Dr, Rosslyn, VA 22219
- ZIP Code
- 22219
- Solicitation Number
- 1019-731849
- Response Due
- 1/30/2007
- Archive Date
- 7/29/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MODIFICATION NOTICE: This is a sources sought notice, which constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 1019-731849 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). If your company can provide the product/services listed on the solicitation and comply with all of the solicitation instructions, please respond to this sources sought notice. To view the specifications, please go to www.FedBid.com and reference Buy No. 36457_02. GSA Schedule Bids Only: Sellers bidding on this opportunity MUST have the items requested on an existing GSA Schedule. The Schedule must either be in the seller's name or the seller must be able to document its ability to act as an agent of a partner's Schedule. Sellers may offer Open Market items only in accordance with the approved Terms and Conditions of their respective GSA Schedule AND upon approval from the soliciting Contracting Officer. Information regarding GSA Schedules can be found at www.GSA.gov. This requirement is unrestricted and only qualified sellers may submit bids. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2007-01-30 13:30:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Washington, DC 20520 The Department of State requires the following items, Exact Match Only, to the following: LI 001, PSG-ONSITE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES (DAILY)manuf part# APSS0010, 4, EA; LI 002, EXPRESS SERVER + EFTS + PDF/A MANUF PART# AEXP0014, 4, EA; LI 003, EXPONENT MANUF PART# AEPP0010, 4, EA; LI 004, OCR SERVER MANUF PART# AOCP0011, 4, EA; LI 005, SMP-EXPRESS SERVER MANUF PART# AEXM0010, 1, EA; LI 006, SMP-OCR SERVER MANUF PART# AOCM0010, 1, EA; LI 007, SMP-EXPONENT MANUF PART# AEPM0010, 1, EA; For this solicitation, Department of State 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. A Seller may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Department of State is taking this action in an effort to improve both seller access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time bids. All responsible Sellers that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com. Sellers that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Sellers that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Sellers may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, 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 Sellers require additional clarification, contact FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. Use of FedBid: 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; however, pursuant to applicable acquisition regulations and/or departmental guidelines, Buyers may use criteria other than price to evaluate offers. Accordingly, please note that, unless otherwise specified herein below, to the extent required by applicable regulations and/or guidelines, award will be made to the responsible Seller whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Buyer on the basis of price, technical capability, delivery, and past performance. Agencies may require registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) prior to receipt of order. Information can be found at www.ccr.gov FOB DESTINATION CONUS ALL BOXES AND CONTAINERS MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE REQUISITION REFERENCE NUMBER FOUND IN BLOCK 4, OF 347 ORDER FOR SUPPLIERS AND SERVICSE. SHIPPING DOCUMENTS WILL CELARLY LIST EACH ITEM AND THE QUANTITY SHIPPED AS CONTAINED WITHIN BOXES OR CONTAINERS. IF SINGLE LINE ITEMS HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED INTO MAJOR COMPONENT, SHIPPING DOCUMENTS MUST ACCOUNT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS SHIPPED WITHIN THE MAJOR COMPONENT Agencies may require registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) prior to receipt of order. Information can be found at www.ccr.gov New equipment ONLY, NO remanufactured products, and NO "gray market" BIDS MUST BE VALID FOR 30 DAYS. NO EXCEPTIONS OR QUALIFICATIONS. NEW ONLY. NO REFURBISHED. NO RECONDITIONED ITEMS ARE ACCEPTABLE. The Office of Acquisition Management (LM/AQM), Department of State (DoS), is processing this acquisition at the request of the Bureau of Information Resource Management, (IRM/SMART). This Justification and Approval (J&A) is for the acquisition of various products developed by AdLib Software which make up their PDF/A conversion suite. This software is required in order to convert native format documents into the PDF/A standard for storage in the official Department of State archive. The chose of this document format (PDF/A) has been approved by NARA. This purchase includes a subscription service that includes software fixes, technical support, and new product updates. The Adlib Software PDF/A application software will be used as an automated conversation tool to convert 300+ different file formats into the approved open standard PDF archive format. This conversion will allow access to archival documents far into the future and is also approved by NARA (National Archives Records Administration). A search of the internet and technical documents was done to obtain a list of venders that produced enterprise server based products to fulfill this requirement. This list was narrowed down to three different products. These products were brought in-house and evaluated. It was determined during this evaluation that the AdLib Software product was the best fit to our requirements for a number of reasons. ? IT-CCB - As SMART moves to deployment all the products that make up the core will have to go through and be approved by the IT-CCB/IA and DS processes by limiting the number of new unknown applications this process will be smoother and quicker to accomplish. ? Ease of use - One of the goals of the evaluation was to find a product that met our requirements and also was easy to install, configure and use. ? Scalability ? Currently licensing of the product allows us to add additional conversion servers as we need to meet processing demands without having to purchase additional licenses. ? Cost ? This product came in closest to the initial estimates we set aside for the PDF/A solution within SMART.
- Web Link
-
www.fedbid.com (b-36457_02, n-5003)
(http://www.fedbid.com)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, DC 20520
- Zip Code: 20520
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20520
- Record
- SN01221122-W 20070131/070129220312 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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