Sources Sought Notice.docx

Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Source Sought Number: AMD-SS-NB184000-25-00026_GL Title: Red Hat Ansible Tower and Subscription Licenses (Renewal)

General Information

This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of qualified sources. This notice is strictly for market research and information purposes only. Responses will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible.

NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 541519 Information Technology Value Added Resellers, as those domestic sources having less than 150 employees. Please include your company’s size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice.

This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on activity. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information.

This notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract or other obligating agreement. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.

This is a sources sought notice to identify sources that have the capabilities of providing Red Hat Ansible Tower and Subscription Licenses (Renewal).

NIST is seeking to renew the licenses for an existing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform subscription for its Configuration Management and Infrastructure Automation platform as well as licenses for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Contractor shall provide 24/7 technical support and monitoring for Ansible Automation Platform. Along with onsite response support within 4 hours for critical issues, installation of operating environment updates, and installation of all replacement parts to keep current NIST owned hardware and software up-to-date and fully functional.

Contractor shall provide Phone and Web technical support during the hours of 9AM to 5PM EST monitoring for all Red Hat License Subscriptions as allowed by the product.

Contractor shall provide continuing access to Online support sites for creation of help cases, software download, and product management.

ITEM/SERVICE TO BE ACQUIRED

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Base Year: 12/16/2024 through 12/15/2025 Option Year 1: 12/16/2025- 12/15/2026 Option Year 2: 12/16/2026 - 12/15/2027 Option Year 3: 12/16/2027 - 12/15/2028 Option Year 2: 12/16/2028 - 12/15/2029

Contracting Office Address

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640

Instructions to Responders

Interested parties that have the capabilities to meet the Government’s requirements shall email their capability statement of no more than 5 pages, describing their abilities to meet all requirements to gina.lee@nist.gov no later than the response date of October 9, 2024, 12:00 p.m. EST for this sources sought notice. The report should include relevant information to your capabilities including any requirements that cannot be met or is deemed close to but not meeting an identified requirement.

Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice:

1. Name of company(ies), their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address) that provide the services for which specifications are provided.

2. Indication if the company(ies) are small business and/or any other social economic category(ies). Please highlight if company is an 8(a) and/or owned by an Alaska Native Corporation, Indian Tribe, Native Hawiian Organization, Community Development Corporation; HUBZONE, SDVOSB, EDWOSB or WOSB.

3. Indication of whether the services required are currently on one or more GSA Schedule (i.e. Multiple Award Schedules [MAS]) contracts and, if so, the GSA MAS contract number(s) or NASA SEWP, if so, the NASA SEWP contract number(s).

4. Indication if the company(ies) can provide all, or some, of the services.

5. Suggested alternate NAICS code if it seems to be a better fit for this procurement.

6. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.