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AMENDMENT 0003 - Questions and Answers for 045 through 074 for RFP HC1028-11-R-0104
| SECTION NAME |
| OS Requirements |
| SECTION TEXT |
| For Operating system/s listed under each chipset, the Contractor will provide the most current operating system; additionally provide solution to support two versions back. The Government defines the most current version as N and the two proceeding versions as minus two (-2). Therefore N-2 is used to describe an OS current version and two major releases back (supportable by the OEM). An example being for the RHEL (Red Hat) 6, RHEL 5, and RHEL 4. |
| QUESTION |
| "For Operating system/s listed under each chipset, the Contractor will provide the most current operating system; additionally provide solution to support two versions back." Does this requirement mean the Contractor must have OS images in its library and provide OEM technical support for them? Is it only OEM support? Clarify? |
| ANSWER |
| ‘N’ designations include support for minor releases and editions within the specified ‘N’, ‘N-1’ and ‘N-2’ major releases. The Contractor would also provide OEM support. |
| SECTION NAME |
| OEM Technical Support |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide high-availability options for OS (clustering) at the local site for tying hardware together. |
| QUESTION |
| What is the total range of clustered servers required per cluster? |
| ANSWER |
| Clustering is for local site high availability within the same data center space. The contract should define their technical solution. |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide an “image” of the CSD operating environment. The “image” will not run on the capacity services hardware. The “image” will be purchased for customers in the IT development stage prior to transitioning their projects to CSD. Purchase of the “image” for customers is intended to reduce transition issues. This image should include all operating system software, monitoring software, etc that would normally be provisioned via service. This service should be priced as a one-time purchase. |
| QUESTION |
| The CSD operating environment comprises many pieces. Can you give more detail on what this image needs to be? Is it each OS within the CSD environment based on the chipset? Is there a specific format required for the image? |
| ANSWER |
| The “image’ refers to the baseline O/S image that would be used to provision a base operating environment. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Virtual Environments |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide solution that recognizes Virtual VMware environment as standard infrastructure for the x86 environment. The Government support staff will manage the ESX environment (hosts), placements, relocating environments (vmotion), and the VIC. The Virtual Environment software will be included in the processor utility service. Contractor will provide the underlying infrastructure, tools, software, licensing, and licensing agreements to support the VMware Virtual infrastructure as well as native virtual capabilities for HP-UX and Solaris. |
| QUESTION |
| Is the Contractor responsible for providing and managing licenses for ESX hosts and vCenter and any possible VMware toolsets, enhancements, and capabilities, or are we to assume since the Government support staff will manage the environment that they will maintain ownership of the vCenter components? |
| ANSWER |
| The contractor's solution should address provisioning and licensing for both ESX and vCenter. The contractor will not have an administration role through vCenter. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Virtual Environments |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide solution that recognizes Virtual VMware environment as standard infrastructure for the x86 environment. The Government support staff will manage the ESX environment (hosts), placements, relocating environments (vmotion), and the VIC. The Virtual Environment software will be included in the processor utility service. Contractor will provide the underlying infrastructure, tools, software, licensing, and licensing agreements to support the VMware Virtual infrastructure as well as native virtual capabilities for HP-UX and Solaris. |
| QUESTION |
| If the Contractor is responsible for obtaining and managing vCenter licenses, what role will the Contractor have in the administration of the virtual environment through vCenter? |
| ANSWER |
| The contractor’s solution should address provisioning and licensing for both ESX and vCenter. The contract or will not have an administration role through vCenter unless the technical solution requires the access. |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Contractor shall provide all Preventative maintenance actions as required by the OEM, Predictive and Remedial Maintenance, on all equipment delivered as a part of this contract. Solution will include provider’s ability to schedule and perform maintenance with no disruption to production operating environment; Day to day operations management of the hardware does not require Contractor intervention; software components are capable of remote management and compatible with current DISA dedicated management network. All maintenance requirements are included in the “utility” pricing. |
| QUESTION |
| What level of control will Contractors have to put ESX hosts in maintenance mode as a means of providing maintenance in a virtual environment with no downtime? Will Contractors have insights into the cluster architecture and resource allocation for virtual workloads? |
| ANSWER |
| If the contractor requires "maintenance events" (e.g., firmware upgrades), the contractor will coordinate these events with the Government. Then, the Government will initiate the necessary maintenance actions. The contractor will not have an administration role through vCenter. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Maintenance Repair and Response Time |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide 24x7x365 problem escalation/resolution support for hardware, operating system software, and capacity management. The contractor will provide a multi-level solution for response time after being notified by the Government, to commence remedial maintenance for hardware, operating system software, VMWare, as well as, any other software required for the Contractor solution to operate. Each orderable system will be identified to a level of response based on Government need. All maintenance requirements are included in the “utility” pricing. |
| QUESTION |
| In any discussion of capacity management , a number of architectural and operational dependencies to any capacity-management decision can emerge. Can the Government provide more details on the processes involved and the levels of 24x7x365 support for capacity management? For example, the CSD operations staff is notified of a performance issue after normal business hours. After investigation it is concluded that there is an unexpected increase in physical resource utilization that impacts production performance. What would be the expectation of performance for the Contractor? |
| ANSWER |
| For any increased capacity, the Government will initiate a call order for the additional resources and may request expedited delivery. The vendor should address this in their solution. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Delivery and Installation |
| SECTION TEXT |
| The Contractor shall provide processor hardware necessary to support contract requirements. The Contractor will acquire, install, uninstall, transport, provide the necessary hardware (including cabinets/racks), hardware maintenance, operating systems software, VMWare, as well as any other software required for Contractor solution to operate, and services to support the processor infrastructure associated with the contract. |
| QUESTION |
| What about cabling (CAT6, FC patch cables)? |
| ANSWER |
| Vendor is required to provide all cabling contained within the rack. Cabling for DISA storage and communications is not one of the objectives. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Delivery and Installation |
| SECTION TEXT |
| The Contractor shall provide processor hardware necessary to support contract requirements. The Contractor will acquire, install, uninstall, transport, provide the necessary hardware (including cabinets/racks), hardware maintenance, operating systems software, VMWare, as well as any other software required for Contractor solution to operate, and services to support the processor infrastructure associated with the contract. |
| QUESTION |
| Is there a rack space or power and cooling limit to the components provided by offeror to implement and manage the proposed solution? |
| ANSWER |
| Rack, power and cooling standards are defined in Attachment 5 of PWS. |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide provisioning servers to support the infrastructure. These servers must be provided by the Contractor in order to image hardware with the current agreed upon images. Provisioning cannot be accomplished via the wide area network (WAN). |
| QUESTION |
| Are there any port or protocol restrictions in place that would prohibit an offeror from successfully implementing a provisioning solution? If so, what it the process for requesting opening up ports to a proposed solution to operate? |
| ANSWER |
| The provisioning servers will be located in the Government's VPN mesh. If the solution proposed by the vendor does not utilize the VPN mesh, the vendor will be required to identify the ports needed in their technical solution. |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide IBM Mainframe Capacity Backup (CBU) feature for the temporary activation of Central Processors for Disaster Recovery. Annually, DISA routinely conducts 50-70 days of testing for each of the two sites. Testing days will be included in the processor utility service. Invocation fees will be identified and priced separately. |
| QUESTION |
| Is this required if offeror is only bidding x86 chipset? |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide processing capacity that is moveable. If this requires the movement of equipment the first move of each piece of equipment shall be at no cost to Government. Movement is defined as the transfer of equipment within the same DISA site or from one DISA site to another DISA site within CONUS. There will be a “Relocation Services” CLIN to support this requirement. Once the free move has been used for specific hardware, subsequent moves are billable via a call order. |
| QUESTION |
| Is this requirement only physical capacity (Server hardware, Memory, CPU, etc) or does this include moving Operating Systems or OEs to different locations? |
| ANSWER |
| This requirement is for physical hardware (and the associated software ordered with that hardware) only. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Integration\Interfaces |
| SECTION TEXT |
| All equipment provided must work with the existing DISA infrastructure and network. |
| QUESTION |
| Can you provide the specs for the existing DISA infrastructure and interfaces? For example, do you support 10GB or 1GB Ethernet to the server? Do you support 4GB or 8GB Fibre Channel? |
| ANSWER |
| 1GB Ethernet current standard with 10BG becoming available over the next 5 years. 4GB Fibre Channel current standard with 8GB becoming the new standard in next 2 to 3 years. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Integration/Interfaces |
| SECTION TEXT |
| The Contractor shall provide infrastructure that interoperates with DISA’s specified enterprise systems management (ESM) architecture. The ESM environment is identified in ATTACHMENT THREE. |
| QUESTION |
| What level of integration will DISA allow the offeror with these systems? For example, will the offeror be able to get performance data feeds for Operating Systems running on our physical infrastructure from NetCool\Omnibus to validate SLAs? Integrate with the CSD Service Desk for ticketing? Develop web services communication capabilities between systems for closer integration in monitoring of environments? How does DISA envision this level of integration? |
| ANSWER |
| The contractor provides a technical solution to describe how they will integrate these items. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Integration/Interfaces |
| SECTION TEXT |
| The Contractor shall provide solution to ensure all infrastructure components provided are capable of being managed remotely via a dedicated DISA management network. |
| QUESTION |
| How will offeror access DISA management network for access to management interfaces? |
| ANSWER |
| Upon validation of access requested, access will be through VPN profiles which connect via TCP/IP to DISA management network for personnel associated with contract vendor. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Performance\Availability |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Processor capacity shall deliver 99.95% availability per orderable system with options to provide up to 99.999 % availability per orderable system. |
| QUESTION |
| Is this hardware availability only? For example, if as indicated in PWS 6.5, “The Government pulls and installs the OS upgrade package for capacity hardware in use under this contract.” How is the offeror uptime metrics impacted if an OS upgrade causes unexpected hardware failure? |
| ANSWER |
| Yes. The measurement of 99.95% availability relates to everything delivered by the vendor under this solicitation. J-2, Requirements Document, para 5.0 and J-5, PWS para 6.5 has been revised. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Installation\Configuration |
| SECTION TEXT |
| All installation, uninstalls, and power-up configuration will be completed by the contractor based upon Government approval. The Government will perform final configuration as required. |
| QUESTION |
| Are there any requirements or limitations to creating PXE boot environments for bare metal provisioning of servers? |
| ANSWER |
| PXE boot servers are subject to standard security posture and connection approval processes. In addition, the solution must address specific boot server requirements to ensure proper understanding of the vendor’s proposed solution, process and operational requirements for this service. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Facilities and Racks |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Contractor shall include ancillary equipment such as MPDUs, grommets, blanking panels. |
| QUESTION |
| We understand the current process to be that the Contractor delivers and racks equipment in the DECC, then must wait for DISA facilities and comms staff to plug power and networking services to the equipment prior to OS provisioning. If Contractor is providing MPDUs that are already powered on, will the process change so that the Contractor will be able to power on the equipment when it is installed in the racks and initiate provisioning? |
| ANSWER |
| DISA will make power available prior to vendor installation. Network cables are installed AFTER vendor installation and DISA will coordinate provisioning. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Ordering\Payment Process |
| SECTION TEXT |
| The Contractor must provide an ordering process to effectively manage the introduction or termination of technology, as well as changes to current and existing capacity offerings. |
| QUESTION |
| Can you identify any DISA ordering systems available for integration in an offeror ordering system? If integration is possible, what interfaces are supported? |
| ANSWER |
| There is no interface requirement. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Required Distribution |
| SECTION TEXT |
| X Contractor |
| QUESTION |
| Will the required personnel impacted on the Contractor side only be those entering a Government facility or remotely performing duties of a technical nature on processor systems? Can you please also clarify which positions require an IT position sensitivity level of IT-I? |
| ANSWER |
| Correct, the personnel impacted will be those entering a Govt facility, entering a Govt facility to perform duties of a technical nature on processor systems and remotely connecting to perform duties of a technical nature on processor systems. All positions that perform duties of a technical nature on processor systems, |
whether physical or remote, require a Secret clearance with IT-I access.
| DOCUMENT |
| Conformed RFP, Section L and Attachment L-2 Past and Present Performance Information Format |
| PAGE |
| Page 43 of 73, AND Page 52 of 73 |
| SECTION NO. |
| Section L, 2.2, Volume III; AND Attachment L-2, a. and b. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Organization/ Page Limits, Volume III Relevant Past Performance |
AND
Past and Present Performance Information Format, a. Contents, and b. Past and Present Performance Information Sheets
| SECTION TEXT |
| Volume III, Relevant Past Performance, 40 pages |
Complete Attachment L-3 for a minimum of two references for the offeror/prime, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner (within the same division or cost center) and a minimum of two references for each subcontractor as stated in L-2 para b. Cannot exceed a total of 10 maximum, 4 pages each
a. Contents. The offeror must submit a Past Performance Volume containing the following:
2. Summary Page describing the role of the offeror and each subcontractor, teaming partner, and /or joint venture partner that the offeror is required to provide Past Performance Information Sheets on in accordance with paragraph b. below.
| b. | Past and Present Performance Information Sheets. |
| 3. | The total Performance Information sheets will not exceed ten (10)- two of which must be from the offeror/prime. Total page count will not exceed 40 pages. |
| QUESTION |
| Attachment L-2 Section “a.” requires a Summary Page but the table in Section L, 2.2 does not define page limits specifically for the Summary Page, and the 40-page limit applies to a maximum of 10 references at 4 pages each. Will the Government allocate 2 pages to provide offerors enough space to respond to the Summary Page requirements outside the 40-page limit for references? |
| ANSWER |
| The table in Section L, para 2.2, 40-page limit applies to Attachment L-3, Past Performance Information Sheets. Summary sheet is restricted to 1-page and will not be counted against the 40-page limit. RFP HC1028-11-0104, |
Section L, Attachment L-2, Paragraph a.2. and Section L, Attachmate L-2, Paragraph g is revised accordingly.
| DOCUMENT |
| Conformed RFP, Section L and Attachment L-2 Past and Present Performance Information Format |
| PAGE |
| Page 43 of 73, AND Page 52 of 73 |
| SECTION NO. |
| Section L, 2.2, Volume III; AND Attachment L-2, a. and b. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Organization/ Page Limits, Volume III Relevant Past Performance |
AND
Past and Present Performance Information Format, a. Contents, and b. Past and Present Performance Information Sheets
| SECTION TEXT |
| Volume III, Relevant Past Performance, 40 pages |
Complete Attachment L-3 for a minimum of two references for the offeror/prime, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner (within the same division or cost center) and a minimum of two references for each subcontractor as stated in L-2 para b. Cannot exceed a total of 10 maximum, 4 pages each
a. Contents. The offeror must submit a Past Performance Volume containing the following:
4. Subcontractor/Teaming Partner Consent Letters executed by each subcontractor, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner, authorizing the release of past performance information so the offeror can respond to such information. A sample consent letter is Attachment L-6.
| b. | Past and Present Performance Information Sheets. |
| 3. | The total Performance Information sheets will not exceed ten (10)- two of which must be from the offeror/prime. Total page count will not exceed 40 pages. |
| QUESTION |
| Attachment L-2 Section “a.” requires Subcontractor/Teaming Partner Consent Letters but the table in Section L, 2.2 does not define page limits specifically for the Consent Letters, and the 40-page limit applies to a maximum of 10 references at 4 pages each. Please confirm the Consent Letters are not page limited and will be evaluated outside the 40-page limit? |
| ANSWER |
| The Consent Letters are not counted against the 40-page limit. RFP HC1028-11-R-0104, Section L, Attachment L-2, Paragraph g is revised accordingly. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Conformed RFP, Section L and Attachment L-2 Past and Present Performance Information Format |
| PAGE |
| Page 43 of 73, AND Page 52 of 73 |
| SECTION NO. |
| Section L, 2.2, Volume III; AND Attachment L-2, a. and b. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Organization/ Page Limits, Volume III Relevant Past Performance |
AND
Past and Present Performance Information Format, a. Contents, and b. Past and Present Performance Information Sheets
| SECTION TEXT |
| Volume III, Relevant Past Performance, 40 pages |
Complete Attachment L-3 for a minimum of two references for the offeror/prime, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner (within the same division or cost center) and a minimum of two references for each subcontractor as stated in L-2 para b. Cannot exceed a total of 10 maximum, 4 pages each
a. Contents. The offeror must submit a Past Performance Volume containing the following:
5. Client Authorization Letters for each identified effort for a commercial customer authorizing release to the Government of requested information on the offeror’s performance.
| b. | Past and Present Performance Information Sheets. |
| 3. | The total Performance Information sheets will not exceed ten (10)- two of which must be from the offeror/prime. Total page count will not exceed 40 pages. |
| QUESTION |
| Attachment L-2 Section “a.” requires Client Authorization Letters but the table in Section L, 2.2 does not define page limits specifically for the Client Authorization Letters, and the 40-page limit applies to a maximum of 10 references at 4 pages each. Please confirm the Client Authorization Letters are not page limited and will be evaluated outside the 40-page limit? |
| ANSWER |
| The Client Authorization Letters are not counted against the 40-page limit. RFP HC1028-11-R-0104, Section L, Attachment L-2, Paragraph g is revised accordingly. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Conformed RFP, Section L and Attachment L-2 Past and Present Performance Information Format |
| PAGE |
| Page 43 of 73, AND Page 52 of 73 |
| SECTION NO. |
| Section L, 2.2, Volume III; AND Attachment L-2, a. and b. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Organization/ Page Limits, Volume III Relevant Past Performance |
AND
Past and Present Performance Information Format, a. Contents, and b. Past and Present Performance Information Sheets
| SECTION TEXT |
| Volume III, Relevant Past Performance, 40 pages |
Complete Attachment L-3 for a minimum of two references for the offeror/prime, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner (within the same division or cost center) and a minimum of two references for each subcontractor as stated in L-2 para b. Cannot exceed a total of 10 maximum, 4 pages each
b. Contents. The offeror must submit a Past Performance Volume containing the following:
6. Organization Structure Change History—See paragraph e below.
| b. | Past and Present Performance Information Sheets. |
| 3. | The total Performance Information sheets will not exceed ten (10)- two of which must be from the offeror/prime. Total page count will not exceed 40 pages. |
| QUESTION |
| Attachment L-2 Section “a.” requires Organization Structure Change History but the table in Section L, 2.2 does not define page limits specifically for the Organization Structure Change History, and the 40-page limit applies to a maximum of 10 references at 4 pages each. Please confirm the Organization Structure Change History is not page limited and will be evaluated outside the 40-page limit? |
| ANSWER |
| The Organization Structure Change History are not counted against the 40-page limit. RFP HC1028-11-R-0104, Section L, Attachment L-2, Paragraph g is revised accordingly. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Conformed RFP and PWS |
| PAGE |
| Conformed RFP page 43 |
| SECTION NAME |
| Proposal Organization |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Volume II Techincal/Management – Response to SOO (PWS Template) Page Limit 75 pages |
| QUESTION |
| Does the Government want the Contractor’s PWS responses dropped into the areas of the PWS labeled Provide Offeror Solution? If this is correct, please confirm the existing 32 pages of PWS template do not count towards the 75-page limit. Alternately, may the Contractor make a PWS outline mapped to the headings where the Government stated Provide Offeror Solution Here to maximize the response space (within 75-page limit). |
| ANSWER |
| Yes, the Offeror solution should be addressed in the PWS in the appropriate para. The 75-page limit includes the 32 pages of PWS template. The Offeror solution should be addressed in the PWS. A separate document outside the PWS is not acceptable and will not be evaluated. |
| SECTION NO. |
| (b.13) 52-219-9, |
| SECTION NAME |
| 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2011) |
| SECTION TEXT |
| _X_ (13)(i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (JAN 2011) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)). |
| QUESTION |
| the Government has checked this clause as applicable and in Section L lists the DoD goals as percentages. Based on the technical requirements of the RFP it is unlikely that there are sufficient opportunities to achieve these goals. In light of this fact we assume it would be acceptable for offerors to submit SB subcontracting plans that have goals below the DoD goals. Is this assumption correct? |
| ANSWER |
| Offerors can submit plans with goals below DoD goals. |
| SECTION NAME |
| 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2011) |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (Contracting Officer check as appropriate.) |
_X__ (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965 (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).
_X__ (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 1989) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).
_X__ (3) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act--Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (SEP 2009) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).
| QUESTION |
| The Government has checked these clauses as applicable; however, the RFP neither includes a Wage Determination nor indicates what if any labor categories it considers subject to the SCA. Recommend the Government remove this clause or, if the Clause remains, please include a copy of the applicable Wage Determination. |
| ANSWER |
| These clauses will be removed at this time. The Service Contract Act (SCA) will only apply if the offeror does not certify the services as commercial in provision 52.212-3(k)(2). If not exempt, the awardee will be provided the Wage Determination and subject to SCA. |
| SECTION NO. |
| Section M, Paragraph B |
| SECTION NAME |
| Number of Contracts to be Awarded |
| SECTION TEXT |
| The Government intends to award five single award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts (one per chipset/operating system), but reserves the right to make no award at all. |
| QUESTION |
| The Government has stated that it intends to make five awards (one per chip set/operating system). We assume it is possible for an offeror to receive multiple awards (e.g., CLIN 2 & CLIN 4). Is this assumption correct? We assume each CLIN set proposed may be submitted as a separate proposal by the offeror. |
| ANSWER |
| Your assumptions are correct. |
SECTION NO.
| SECTION NAME |
| X86 Tier Definitions |
SECTION TEXT
| QUESTION |
| We are uncertain as to how the Government wants offerors to price Virtual Machine OEs based on the tier structure provided for x86. Tiers 1 and 2 look to be aligned to VMWare ESX licensing models, and we assume any orders for tier 1 or 2 will be a physical server and the ESX operating system. For tiers 3-5 we interpret the language to mean any orders for tiers 3-5 will be a physical server and a non-virtualized OS (Windows, RedHat, SUSE, Solaris). Since the offeror will be responsible for owning and providing all operating systems running on the capacity hardware, what tiers do the Virtual Machine OEs fall under? This question is based on the understanding that VMs are created based on the number of CPUs per VM, which will align more toward CPU cores than socket model (as indicated in tiers 1 & 2) – and because it is not normal practice to assign VMs with a minimum of 8 cores (as indicated in tiers 3-5), it is unclear how the Government wants the offeror to price the OEs that will be Virtual Machines. |
| ANSWER |
| Tiers 1 and 2 should include the hardware, ESX operating system, and the operating systems that can run on x86 (Windows, RedHat, Suse, Solaris). The Government would like the vendor to propose their recommended solution for the type of licensing for those operating systems mentioned above (e.g., unlimited license, datacenter, multi-user, etc). The vendors are not required to price virtual machines. For Tiers 3-5, the |
orders will be for physical servers and the base operating system.
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| SECTION TEXT |
| All proposals must be submitted no later than 2PM CST, 09 Aug 2011 through the DITCO Contracting Opportunities web site as directed in the RFP, Section L, Instructions to the Offerors, para. 2.1.4. |
| QUESTION |
| Given the volume of requirements and regulations along with the importance of this initiative, will DISA consider an extension to November 9, 2011. |
| ANSWER |
| Amendment 0003 extends the proposal due date to 02 Sep 2011, at 2 pm CST. |
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