243-24-RFP-00002 Amendment No. 00001 Questions and Answers.pdf

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

FACILITY CODE

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15C. DATE SIGNED

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

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6. ISSUED BY CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X)

CODE

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

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Amendment No. 00001

The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions received. See attached Questions and Answers.

The RFP is hereby updated to reflect the changes made due to questions received.

Alaska Area Native Health Service 4141 Ambassador Drive, Suite 300 Anchorage, AK 99508

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Questions and Answers:

Question: Does the customer expect training on-site or virtual? Item #9 references on-premise and in C.1 Backup Solution Technical Requirements, D. Training reference In-person, (see below)

Item #9 RA-TRN-VTL-PP, Public 4-Day Introduction to 1 JB

Rubrik Security Cloud Virtual Bootcamp. For customers with on-premise workloads like VMs, Filesets, Databases. NOT for SaaS/ UCL exclusive customers.

Answer: The “with on-premise” is hereby deleted as the training will be virtual.

C.1 Backup Solution Technical Requirements

D. Training: Onsite Training at the Alaska Area Office.

• In-person instructor-led training course at customer site, local offices, or virtual.

Answer: The Virtual Bootcamp will be online. As a result, it is reworded as follows:

D. Training:

• Training will be virtual instructor-led at the Alaska Area office.

Question: Section C.1 Backup Solution Technical Requirements, A. Hardware/Software/licensing reference two 48TB Appliances. One for New Mexico and the other for Alaska. Does the customer expect the vendor to ship the second Appliance to New Mexico?

The Alaska Area Office site will receive an onsite backup appliance(s), software to run and integrate with IHS systems (Windows, VMware, SQL, Oracle), and licensing to operate:

• AKA – Appliance with 48TB Usable storage for backups, with SFP+ connections;

The following site will be the DR site for the above locations. This site will host a backup appliance and be the target for replication:

• Albuquerque, NM – Appliance with 48TB usable storage for replication, with SFP+ connections.

Answer: Yes, we expect one (1) each to be shipped to Alaska and to New Mexico. See SECTION F, F.1 Ship To Addresses and Place of Performances.