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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 09, 2008 FBO #2356
SOLICITATION NOTICE

N -- Interactive Whiteboard with Integrated Unifi Projector.

Notice Date

5/7/2008
 

Notice Type

Modification/Amendment
 

NAICS

334310 — Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Army, Army Contracting Agency, South Region, ACA, Fort Bragg, ACA, Fort Bragg, Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: SFCA-SR-BR, Building 1-1333, Armistead & Macomb Streets, Fort Bragg, NC 28310-5000
 

ZIP Code

28310-5000
 

Solicitation Number

W9124708T0053
 

Response Due

5/12/2008
 

Point of Contact

Stephanie Murphree, 910-907-5101
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

The purpose of this amendment is to provide questions, answers, clarifications and a revised Statement of Work. Section (v) of the original Combined Synopsis/Solicitation is replaced in its entirety below. Interested parties should submit their quotes with this amendment. Clarifications. Server partitioning and shared drive set up will be performed by Government IT Specialists. Server integration is not a part of this requirement. Questions and Answers. 1.It is still unclear where new CAT5 Cabling is required and where EMT conduit needs to be run. Would you please clarify this? CAT5 Cable is no longer a requirement. Government IT Specialists will handle all issues with server integration. 2.You did clarify in Question 3 in amendment 4 that the room connect to the network via CAT5. May I ask for confirmation that it is in fact CAT5? CAT5 is not necessary, G6 will take care of this portion of the customers requirement. 3.Please clarify Question 6 in amendment 4. No server integration is required. 4.Should there be a 2 port network switch provided at each PC? Yes, an AB switch. 5.Why is this needed? To go back and forth and avoid damages to the equipment. 6.If so, is there a preferred model of switch? (many networks dont like strange network appliances on them). This is not a network switch, it should be a hard copper disconnect switch. 7.Is this a security switch, and does it need to pass any Tempest Certification? No. 8.How far from each desktop PC to Smartboard (on average). They will be right next to each other. Smartboard to PC will go down the wall into the PC. Maximum cable length 15ft to PC. 9.Will the VGA & USB cables from the PC to the projector & board need to be run along the floor inside a rubber cable cover and up the wall in raceway? Yes. 10.Is there a local monitor on each desktop PC? Yes. 11.Repeat of Question 7 in amendment 4. The answer was Please see breakout below of classroom power equipment needs but there is no breakout below answering this question. Power and network requirements are not relevant to what is being quoted as amended here. The only information provided and needed is the individual classrooms on the second and forth floors. 12.Is electrical power being provided separate from this requirement or does our quote need to provide for electrical power as well? This is a separate requirement and should not be included in the quoted price. 13.Will there be an IT specialist available to load Smart Technologies software on Government Provided Systems? These will be password protected and preconfigured, so Government IT help will be required. Yes. 14.Will the IT folks set up the Shared folders on the server for each room prior to our work? This is a Government network function and an outside contractor will not have access to do this. Yes. 15.You specified that work must be done on weekends. We have done other classroom projects in Bank Hall during weekday evenings. Is this a possibility? There is a possibility that this could be coordinated. Coordination would be required to clear out the classrooms, even for the weekend work will require coordination to clear out the classrooms which contractors will be installing the Smartboards for the day. Possibility, however, this cannot be guaranteed. 16.Is there a date required for project completion? As soon as possible. 17.Are there enough open ports in the IDF closets for an additional 52 network drops? If not, we would need to add additional patch panels. This question should be mute based on the information provided above. Network integration is no longer a requirement. 18.CLIN 0003 Denotes connecting to equipment that is currently installed, Rooms 236 and 266. Please elaborate on this capability. Need Ysplitter and audio cable to go from the PC to the smartboard. 19.Is plenum rated cable is acceptable in lieu of conduit. Yes. Conduit should no longer be required, plenum rated cable should only be required on the wall and to the floor for the SmartBoard to PC connection. 20.We assume that each classroom already has connectivity for the student computers. The solicitation requirement is to connect to the network the computer which is attached to the interactive whiteboard. We assume that it would be acceptable to place a network switch on one of the existing/working network pors and to connect to the switch the device that was previously connected on that port plus the computer connected to the interactive whiteboard. It sounds like the assumption is here there is more than one computer, there is only one computer in each classroom which will be connected to the smartboard. Section (v) of the original Combined Synopsis/Solicitation is amended to reflect: (v) This requirement is to supply and install 52 smart boards in 52 rooms at Bank Hall, Fort Bragg, NC to meet the training guidance and support the demands of enhanced testing standards. The Contractor shall provide all labor and equipment necessary to successfully install the 52 smartboards in the 52 classrooms of the language training facility at Bank Hall to meet guidance to realign the Special Operations Language Training (SOLT) program to satisfy enhanced testing requirements. The Contractor shall provide Smartboards, Unifi 35 projector size 25-7/8W x 14-3/8H x 48D, remote connection panel, Smartboard interactive whiteboard, size: 54-3/4W x 41-5/8H x 5-1/8D active screen area. Unifi projector features unifi on-screen interface, including interactive tools for controlling the projector, making notes over images and saving Scrapbook page to a USB storage device. Projector head shall include: focus ring and a side-mounted access door for lamp changes display. Projector display technology (DLP,DDR), featuring close projection technologies from 3M brightness 1500 ANSI lumens (aspect radio: 4:3) (Native: support 16:9), contract radios: 1500:1. The Interactive Whiteboard with Integrated Unifi Projector provided under this requirement shall enable language instructors to write on the board, display authentic/real world foreign language reading and listening (video streaming) materials, and provide the capability to save the instructors written instructions, character scripting, grammer notes, and cultural vocabulary for the target area of responsibility, plus allow the students to capture and save displayed images/graphic exercises written on the board to the students laptop and portable thumb drives, to take home for use at night on the students laptop in accordance with instructor customized language homework assignments. The Smartboards shall also have the capability to allow the customer when using DVDs initially to run the program content, to ensure that the linked PDFs will display properly in the appropriate foreign language font. (This is recognized as more of a computer function, but want to ensure that all offerors recognize the delivery protocol.) Installation shall be performed on weekends (Saturdays/Sundays), however, classroom coordination will be required to clear out the classrooms the Contractor will be working on each day. There may be a possibility to coordinate some of the classrooms for install on weekday evenings, but this cannot be guaranteed. The Contractor shall connect the Smartboards to desktops in all 52 classrooms. All classrooms currently have Whiteboards, the smart boards shall be mounted over the whiteboards. There are 38 rooms on the second floor and 14 rooms on the forth floor, the smartboards on the second floor shall be mounted on the concrete wall with an arm and the smartboards on the forth floor shall be provided with a standard stand with sufficient capacity to hold the smartboard. The stand(s) shall have two legs, prop up against the wall as to not tip forward and have 4 to 5 adjustable heights. The room breakout is provided in CLINs 0001 and 0002 below. The Contractor will be required to provide an AB switch in each of the rooms to allow the instructors to switch back and forth between the language network and the internet, the switch shall be a hard copper disconnect switch. The Smartboards and the PC will be located next to each other. The Contractor shall provide a maximum of 15ft cable to connect the smartboard to the PC which will be down the wall and into the PC. The Contractor shall run the Y Splitter and audio cable from the PC to the projector and board along the floor inside a rubber cable cover and up the wall in raceway. Government IT Specialists will be available to load software on Government Provided Systems as these will be password protected and preconfigured. The IT Specialists will also set up the Shared folders on the server for each room prior to the Contractor commencing work. The Contractor shall warrant all equipment furnished to be new, undamaged, and free from defects and in conformity with the requirements specified within this document. The Contractor shall remove, repair or replace, ship, re-install and test, without charge to the Government, all or any parts of the system found to be defective due to faulty materials or workmanship for a period of 12 months after system installation. The Manufacturers warranty shall be provided and honored all the equipment installed under this contract. The Contractor shall provide at least 4 days of formal, hands-on training, using the purchased and installed equipment. This training shall cover all aspects of system operation, management, troubleshooting, system administration and maintenance. The cost of this training shall be included in the contract price. The Contractor shall also provide the access to the online training available for this equipment. The Contractor shall also provide and install Y Splitters and audio cable for rooms 236 and 266. These rooms currently have smartboards in them and the cable is needed to go from the PC to the Smartboard. CLIN 0001 Interactive Whiteboard with Integrated Unifi Projector to be mounted on concrete wall with an arm. Quantity 38 x _____ unit price = ________ extended price. (Rooms 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 212S, 212N, 211NE, 211NW, 211SW, 211SE, 216, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 245, 246, 247, 248, 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272). CLIN 0002 Interactive Whiteboard with Integrated Unifi Projector to be installed on the 4th floor, will not be mounted on wall. The Contractor shall provide a standard stand with sufficient capacity to hold the smartboard. The stand(s) shall have two legs, prop up against the wall as to not tip forward and have 4 to 5 adjustable heights. Quantity 14 x ______ unit price = ______ extended price. (Rooms 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438). CLIN 0003 Provide all equipment and labor necessary to successfully install all 52 smartboards in each of the 52 designated classrooms in accordance with the requirements provided in Section V of the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. Quantity 1 x ______ unit price = ______ extended price. CLIN 0004 Provide equipment and labor to install the Y Splitter and audio cable in rooms 236 and 266 where smartboards have already been installed. Quantity 1 x ______ unit price = ______ extended price. CLIN 0005 Additional erasers for smartboards. Quantity 15 x ______ unit price = ______ extended price. CLIN 0006 Additional marker sets for smartboards. Quantity 15 x ______ unit price = ______ extended price. CLIN 0007 Replacement lamps for projectors. Quantity 6 x ______ unit price = ______ extended price. CLIN 0008 Training in accordance with section v of the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. Quantity 1 x ______ unit price = ______ extended price.
 

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Place of Performance

Address: ACA, Fort Bragg Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: SFCA-SR-BR, Building 1-1333, Armistead & Macomb Streets Fort Bragg NC

Zip Code: 28310-5000
 

Record

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