Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141

59 -- FIBER CHANNEL STORAGE AREA NETWORK SOL 541-261-98 DUE 092898 POC Jeanelle Wright, Contract Specialist, (440) 838-6091 This is a combined solicitation/synopsis for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This notice constitutes the only solicitation and a written solicitation will not be issued. This Request for Proposals (RFP) is submitted in accordance with the provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 97-06. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) is 5045. Clauses and Provisions in effect for this solicitation are 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Evaluation- Commercial Items; 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certification, Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items and 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. This action is a 100% small business set -- aside and small business size standard is 500. Offers shall provide a price proposal for the following items: Item (1): Fiber Channel Storage Area Network, 4-seat solution consisting of a minimum of 1-each, 8-bay enclosure containing 8 each seagate 18-GIG 7200 RPM disk drives and interfaced into 3 each avid systems and including 1-each interface for an NT based system. To include all parts and materials for installation. Item (2): Fiber Channel Storage Area Network, 3-seat solution consisting of a minimum of 1-each, 8-bay enclosure containing 8 each seagate 18-GIG fiber channel hard drives and interfaced into 2 each avid systems and including 1-each interface for an NT based system. To include all parts and materials for installation. Item (3): 250 GOG AIT Back-up tape library (1 each) advanced intelligent tape library system. Shall include 1 each 25-GIG AIT ULTRA SCSI WIDE DRIVE, 10-EA AIT TAPE CARTRIDGES, restrospect back-up and driver software. Quantity requested is three (3). Delivery of Item (3) is as follows: (1) unit to VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Bldg. 48, Attn: Don Sanders, #1 Jefferson BarracksDrive, St. Louis, MO. 63125; (1) unit to VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, 500 Foothill Blvd, Attn: Dan Mayew, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148 and (1) unit to VA Medical Center, Washington, Attn: Ed Negron, Room 1J137, 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20422. Deliveries for Item (1) (4-seat) is to: VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Attn: Dan Mayew, 500 Foothill Blvd, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148 and Item (2) (3-seat) shall be delivered to VA Medical Center, Washington, Attn: Ed Negron, Room 1J137, 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20422. Proposals shall include (1) year immediate replacement warranty, delivery charges, and all installation costs. The contractor shall design, deliver, install and test the Fiber Channel Networks. The contractor shall furnish all equipment, software, and materials needed to connect the required AVID editing systems, Windows NT and Macintosh based graphic support platforms and massive storage unit into a network which can recognize, communicate and transfer data to the workstations and storage system within the network. In St. Louis, MO, the contractor will use the existing fiber cable to connect workstations to the network. Contractor to provide Fiber interfaces with appropriate patch cable to the ST connectors in the existing wall plates. ST patch cords to patch the optic circuit to the equipment room and any other appropriate media interface adapters to the concentrator and other devices as necessary. In St. Louis and Salt Lake City, contractor will connect (3 each) Avid Systems. (1) each NT Graphic System, Central Storage System and Tape back-up system into the network. In Salt Lake City, the complete fiber cable requirements will be provided by the contractor and installed enclosing the fiber cable in conduit or enclosure which will conform to local requirements stated by the local facility. The fiber cable will be tested using EIA/TIA standard specs. In Washington, D.C., the contractor will connect (2 ea) Avid Systems, (1) ea. NT Graphic System, Central storage and tape back-up system into the network. The contractor will provide the fiber cable and all required interfaces and fiber enclosures required to meet the local requirements. The evaluation factors for this procurement are as follows:(1) Show documentation of avail. network equipment capable of interfacing NT based, Macintosh and Avid workstations in a single fiber-network; (2) Ability to show evidence of similar turn-key network installations with customer contact info. (3) Provide evidence of capability to deliver, install and provide technical support and site warranty repair.(4) Capability to stripe the database across all disks in the Array, allowing data integrity. (5) Capability of the Network allowing users to work from any work station on network without having to move a dongle; (6) Ability to provide single channel communication across the fiber channel network without the need for an additional Ethernet connection; (7) Ability to provide installation and services to all (3) sites by a single vendor and (8)Show evidence of company financial stability. A signed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Representations and Certifications must be submitted with proposal. FAR 52.212-3 can be obtained off the Internet @ www.arnet.gov./far. Submit proposals to the attention of Jeanelle Wright, Contract Specialist, 90C(B), Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, Ohio 44141. Fax # (440) 838-6052. The Government intends to award a firm fixed contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the items listed above will be the most advantageous to the Government. Posted 09/24/98 (W-SN254084). (0267)

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