EMC brand products

Added: May 14, 2015 4:06 pm

Amendment 0001 - The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to post a question and answer regarding the confirmation of the quantity under Line 9 Part Number CE-ISTU0001 - 1 Training Unit Valid (Isilon) of the parts list. 

The following question was received:
Please confirm that the quantity for Line 9 Part Number CE-ISTU0001 - 1 Training Unit Valid 1 yr (Isilon) EMC Corporation (parts list) is correct?

Here is the Government response:
The training is an hour, so the requirement is for 100 hours of training.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The Solicitation number is N68335-15-R-0083 and is issued as a Request For Quotes (RFQ). The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-76. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334112-ADP Support Equipment, with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. This requirement is a limited competitive Brand name only procurement among the OEM, EMC Corporation and their authorized distributors, no set aside preference, under the authority 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. FAR 13.5 procedures.

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Lakehurst has requirement to procure multiple EMC branded products such as Isilon Data Storage Unit with deduplication, a Data Domain Data-Deduplication backup unit, Networker Backup application licenses as well as software support services.

The current RDT & E network backup infrastructure, which is used to perform automated backups of the existing server infrastructure, consists of the EMC Networker application and the EMC VNX-5300 Network Attached Storage (NAS) hardware. The new system will be used to stand up a high availability Disaster Recovery (DR) and Continuity of Operations (COOP) site which is required for accreditation per DoD Instruction 8500.2, Information Assurance (1A) implementation. This also provides redundancy to allow resource sharing and resolve many requirements with a single solution. Standardization is key to ensuring this interoperability across NAVAIR.

The contract line items for the requirement are as follows:

**See attached parts list**

Requested delivery of the EMC equipment is 02 June 15. Inspection and Acceptance is to be at Destination with delivery FOB destination, Patuxent River, MD 20670.

New equipment only, no remanufactured or "gray market" items.

Proposal must be valid for a minimum of 60 calendar days after close of solicitation.

All changes to the solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps. It is the responsibility of interested vendors to monitor FedBizOpps for amendments that may be issued to this solicitation. No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed. It is the responsibility of the offeror to submit offers to the POC at NAWCAD listed below by the closing date of May 15, 2014, 12:00PM (EST). For information regarding the solicitation please contact the POC below:

POC: Jason Affinito, (732) 323-1074, email: Jason.affinito1@navy.mil

The offeror shall use the United States Postal Service or a commercial carrier using the address provided below:

NAWCAD - Lakehurst Contracts Department

Attn: Jason Affinito

Highway 547, Bldg 562-3

Code 2.5.2.5.1

Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5082

Solicitation (RFP) N68335-14-R-0083

Or email the quote to Jason.Affinito1@navy.mil and Kathryn.Scott1@navy.mil

The Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with SAP procedures FAR 13.5 and award will be made to the responsible Respondent Providing the exact Required Part Numbers and Quantities as the lowest price.

The selected offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions, which are incorporated herein by reference:

FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities

FAR 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition

FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items - the selected offeror must submit a completed copy of the listed representations and certifications

FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, all clauses in paragraph (a); and the following clauses in paragraph (b): 52-203-6, 52.204-10, 52.209-6, 52.219-6, 52.219-14, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.232-33

FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition

FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations

FAR 52.225-18, Place of Manufacture

FAR 52.225-20, Prohibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan-Certification

FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

The following Provision applies: 52.225-25 Prohibition on Engaging in Sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran - Certification

The following DFARS clauses are applicable:

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials;

252.204-0001 Line Item Specific: Single Funding;

252.204-7004 Alt A System for Award Management Alternate A;

252.204-7006 Billing Instructions;

252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation;

252.215-7008, Only One Offer

252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.225-7000 Buy American - Balance of Payments Program Certificate

252.225-7001 Buy American - Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources

252.225-7008 Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals

252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

252.225-7015 Restriction on Acquisition of Hand or Measuring Tools

252.225-7021 Trade Agreements

252.225-7035 Buy American - Free Trade Agreements - Balance of Payments Program Certificate

252.225-7036 Buy American - Free Trade Agreements - Balance of Payments Program

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports;

252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions;

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments;

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Added: May 04, 2015 1:07 pm  

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The Solicitation number is N68335-15-R-0083 and is issued as a Request For Quotes (RFQ). The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-76. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334112-ADP Support Equipment, with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. This requirement is a limited competitive Brand name only procurement among the OEM, EMC Corporation and their authorized distributors, no set aside preference, under the authority 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  FAR 13.5 procedures.

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Lakehurst has requirement to procure multiple EMC branded products such as Isilon Data Storage Unit with deduplication, a Data Domain Data-Deduplication backup unit, Networker Backup application licenses as well as software support services.

The current RDT&E network backup infrastructure, which is used to perform automated backups of the existing server infrastructure, consists of the EMC Networker application and the EMC VNX-5300 Network Attached Storage (NAS) hardware.  The new system will be used to stand up a high availability Disaster Recovery (DR) and Continuity of Operations (COOP) site which is required for accreditation per DoD Instruction 8500.2, Information Assurance (1A) implementation.  This also provides redundancy to allow resource sharing and resolve many requirements with a single solution.  Standardization is key to ensuring this interoperability across NAVAIR.

The contract line items for the requirement are as follows:

**See attached parts list**

 

 

Requested delivery of the EMC equipment is 02 June 15. Inspection and Acceptance is to be at Destination with delivery FOB destination, Patuxent River, MD 20670.

New equipment only, no remanufactured or "gray market" items.

Proposal must be valid for a minimum of 60 calendar days after close of solicitation.

All changes to the solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps. It is the responsibility of interested vendors to monitor FedBizOpps for amendments that may be issued to this solicitation. No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed. It is the responsibility of the offeror to submit offers to the POC at NAWCAD listed below by the closing date of May 15, 2014, 12:00PM (EST). For information regarding the solicitation please contact the POC below:  

POC: Jason Affinito, (732) 323-1074, email: Jason.affinito1@navy.mil

The offeror shall use the United States Postal Service or a commercial carrier using the address provided below:

NAWCAD - Lakehurst Contracts Department

Attn: Jason Affinito

Highway 547, Bldg 562-3

Code 2.5.2.5.1

Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5082

Solicitation (RFP) N68335-14-R-0083

Or email the quote to Jason.Affinito1@navy.mil and Kathryn.Scott1@navy.mil

The Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with SAP procedures FAR 13.5 and award will be made to the responsible Respondent Providing the exact Required Part Numbers and Quantities as the lowest price.

 

The selected offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions, which are incorporated herein by reference:

FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities

FAR 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition

FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items - the selected offeror must submit a completed copy of the listed representations and certifications

FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, all clauses in paragraph (a); and the following clauses in paragraph (b): 52-203-6, 52.204-10, 52.209-6, 52.219-6, 52.219-14, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.232-33

FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition

FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations

FAR 52.225-18, Place of Manufacture

FAR 52.225-20, Prohibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan-Certification

FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

 

The following Provision applies: 52.225-25 Prohibition on Engaging in Sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran - Certification

The following DFARS clauses are applicable:

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials;

252.204-0001 Line Item Specific: Single Funding;

252.204-7004 Alt A System for Award Management Alternate A;

252.204-7006 Billing Instructions;

252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation;

252.215-7008, Only One Offer

252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

252.225-7000 Buy American - Balance of Payments Program Certificate

252.225-7001 Buy American - Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources

252.225-7008 Restriction on Acquisition of Specialty Metals

252.225-7009 Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Articles Containing Specialty Metals

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

252.225-7015 Restriction on Acquisition of Hand or Measuring Tools

252.225-7021 Trade Agreements

252.225-7035 Buy American - Free Trade Agreements - Balance of Payments Program Certificate

252.225-7036 Buy American - Free Trade Agreements - Balance of Payments Program

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports;

252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions;

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments;