Marketing Computer SOW.pdf

Request For Quote (RFQ) Montana Army National Guard (MTARNG) Recrutiting and Retention Battalion (RRB)

Marketing Computers

1. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION

The Montana Army National Guard has a Brand Name or Equal requirement for Apple Computers to support the Recruiting and Retention Battalion Marketing Team. This equipment will replace outdated, out-of-warranty, and broken Apple computers currently in use by RRB.

The computers purchased for this requirement will be used for graphic design, video editing, and sounds editing. These computers will need to be compatible to the software currently used- MacADOBE, Dreamstime. The computers must also have access to Icloud which is currently in use by the MTARNG marketing team.

2. INSTRUCTIONS TO QUOTERS

2.1. BASIS FOR SELECTION: The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price delivery order that can provide the supplies/service that represents the best value to the government when evaluating price and other-than-price factors: technical capability, speed of delivery, and past performance.

*Technical Capability: All quoted items shall be on the schedule and meet ALL minimum requirements.

*Quick delivery is important to the customer

* Past performance: Per DFARS 213.106-2(b)(i) past performance will include data pulled from Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) located in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) platform. Evaluation may also include information pulled from CPARS, FAPIIS, EDA, available government databases, and other sources.

2.2 Multiple awards may be made from this RFQ. Vendors are encouraged to submit a quote even if it is only for one of the required items as multiple awards may be made.

2.3 This requirement is a small business set-aside. The NAICS for this requirement is 334111- Electronic Computer Manufacturing -with a size standard of 1250 employees.

2.4 Quote shall include shipping to Fort Harrison, MT 59636. Shipping shall be free on board (FOB) destination CONUS (Continental U.S.) Delivery shall be made to 1956 Mt. Majo Street, Box 4789, Fort Harrison, MT 59636.

2.5 Invoicing shall be through WAWF at https://piee.eb.mil and payment will be Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS).

2.6 New products ONLY; NO re-manufactured or "gray market" items. All items shall be covered by the full manufacturer's warranty.

2.7 All applicable FAR, DFARS & AFARS clauses and provisions apply to this RFQ.

2.8 Quoters shall submit an itemized quote with images, item descriptions, warranty information, service capabilities and individual pricing for all items.

2.9 Quotes shall provide the following information on your quote:

* Point of contact information

* SAM.gov UEI# and CAGE number

* CHESS Contract #

* Place of manufacturing,

* Delivery time after award,

* Business size, and socio-economic status

3. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

3.1 All equipment shall have:

a. Apple Care + to ensure durability and product longevity

b. 24/7 Priority access to experts via chat or phone

c. Extended Warranty Coverage

d. Hardware warranty coverage to include computer, battery, included accessories, memory (RAM), USB SuperDrive, unlimited incidences of accidental damage protection

f. Capability of operating MAC Full Adobe Suite, DreamsLine, and ICloud

3.2 Computers, Quantity 4

3.2.1 Desktop Computers (Apple Mac Pro or equivalent) – quantity of 2

a. OS Sonoma

b. Tower only-no monitor or other auxiliaries needed

c. 24 Core CPU, 60 Core GPU

d. Minimum of the M2 Ultra Chip

e. Minimum 128GB unified memory

f. Minimum 4TB Storage

g. Minimum of six full-length PCI Express gen 4 slots, two x16 slots and four x8 slots . At least One half-length x4 PCI Express gen 3 slot with Apple I/O card installed . . 300W auxiliary power available: Two 6-pin connectors delivering 75W of power each and One 8-pin connector delivering 150W of power

h. Eight Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports

i. Internal connections: One USB-A port (up to 5Gb/s) and. Two Serial ATA ports (up to

6Gb/s)

j. Additional connections: Two USB-A ports (up to 5Gb/s), Two HDMI ports and Two

10Gb Ethernet ports

k. At least one 3.5 mm headphone jack

3.2.2 Laptop Computer (MacBook Pro M3 Pro or Max Chip or equivalent) - Quantity of 2

a. Capable of running OS Ventura

b. Minimum 12-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

c. Minimum 38-core GPU

d. Minimum 16-core Neural Engine

e. Minimum 400GB/s memory bandwidth

f. Minimum 64GB unified memory

g. Minimum 4TB

h. At least one SSD SDXC card slot

i. At least one HDMI port

j. At least on Thunderbolt 4 port

k. At least one 3.5 mm headphone jack

l. At least one MagSafe 3 port

m. 16” screen

n. Include AV1 decode

o. Camera required