ANSWERS_TO_QUESTIONS_FOR_15-T-0047.docx

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR N63394-15-T-0047

Question 1 Per Lenovo, a Chinese company, (who purchased the IBM System X Product Line from IBM), these items are not approved to be sold to the Federal Government, since China is not on the TAA Compliance Country List.

Answer 1 Since the IBM Server Product Line was bought out by Lenovo (a China Based Company), and DoD is prohibited from purchasing from Trade Agreement Act (TAA) non-compliant countries, only items available from aftermarket suppliers can be purchased. Items must clearly identify the Manufacturer as “IBM Corporation” and Country of Origin as “Made in Mexico” (“MX”). Items marked “Manufactured for Lenovo” are acceptable. New equipment only is acceptable. No remanufactured or “gray market” items.

Question 2 Can you please provide the quantities for the following components within the configuration of each IBM blade requested:

8GB (1x8GB, 2Rx8, 1.5V) PC3-12800 CL11 ECC DDR3 1600MHz VLP RDIMM IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD, HS23 Blade Base Basically we need to know how many pieces of memory and hard drive is required per blade.

Answer 2 Revised Description:

IBM Blade Centers HS23 (18 each) consisting of the following:

16 ea, 8GB (1x8GB, 2Rx8, 1.5V) PC3-12800 CL11 ECC DDR3 1600MHz VLP RDIMM 2 ea, IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD HS23 Blade Base Integrated SAS Mirroring - 2 identical HDDs required System Documentation and Software-US English Addl Intel Xeon Processor E5-2658 8C 2.1GHz 20MB Cache 1600MHz 95W Intel Xeon Processor E5-2658 8C 2.1GHz 20MB Cache 1600MHz 95W Packaging - 1U Blade WW Labels for HS23 Blade Base Blade Cover RAID Configuration No Preload Specify 1 ea, 5 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 Next Business Day Response with HDDR.

Question 3 Are you looking for a total (18) IBM Blade Center SERVERS with the specified processors, memory and disk drives? OR, do you want (18) Blade Center chassis that are each filled with (9) IBM Blade Center Servers for a total of (18) Blade Center chassis and (162) Blade Center Servers?

Answer 3 See Answer 2.

Question 4 Can you confirm the exact quantity of 8GB DIMMs required in each blade.

Answer 4 See Answer 2.

Question 5 To ensure compatibility with the existing hardware, can you tell me what BladeCenter chassis type (E, S, H, HT) and power supplies are currently installed?

See Answer 2.

Question 6 Are you willing to consider alternate Tier 1 branded blade solutions such as HP or Dell for this acquisition?

Answer 6 The Government is unable to transition to another blade solution at this time.