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The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs has awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract to FCN Inc., a woman-owned small business, to replace end-of-service NetApp data storage and backup equipment at the Berlin Clay Caserne location. The contract includes support services with secure 24x7 parts delivery for 24 months, as well as the upgrade of 12 existing data storage drive shelves to enable support for the newer and more secure CDOT 9.2 operating system and data encryption requirements. This contract has a potential value of $113,628.00 and is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. FCN Inc. holds a $300 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Agriculture to provide enterprise telecommunications solutions, and has previously worked as a prime contractor and subcontractor on IT projects for various federal agencies.

Approval flow edit: rpso approver group deleted by julie gardiner on FRI SEP 15 09:24:13 EDT 2017 reason deleted: assist with integration for joann carroll's group approval flow edit: berlin fiscal review added by joerg isenhardt on TUE AUG 29 03:59:27 EDT 2017 reason added: selected approver – -------------------------------------------------------------- price after trade-in credits $111,486.61 see attached quote – 1. Item or service being requested. Replacement of end of service netapp data -storage and -backup equipment in berlin clay caserne, plus service SE secure,7X24,4HR parts delivery, VA service period duration: 24 months, non returnable disk plus, Y service period duration: 24 months upgrade of all mission germany, 12EA, DS-4342 drive shelf's (9 years old) so they capable of supporting the faster and more secure CDOT 9.2 OS and the data at rest encryption requirements. 2. Justification for requirement. Current filer head was installed more that 4 years ago and is end of service, part delivery including the harddrive replacement for the devices ends NOV. 2017. Systems are holding important mission germany data. Systems are also used for required offside data replication between amcongen frankfurtus embassy berlin. DS-4342 drive shelf's are 9 years old upgrade required to support faster and more secure CDOT 9.2 OS and the data at rest encryption requirements. 3. Suggested vendors. If none, please type N/a . FCN INC., 12315 wilkins AVE. Rockville, MD 20852 (FCN holds BPA for DOS data storage systems 4. Funding source. For example, OBO 7901. If unknown, please type N/a . N/a