Notice of Intent for Commvault Maintenance Renewal

This is a special notice for a brand name only requirement. 10 CONS/LGCB at the United States Air Force Academy received and approved a brand name only justification for the purchase of Commvault Maintenance Renewal with (2) 1 year options.

Commvault is the only brand name and no other item will satisfy the USAFA requirement for the following reasons:

(A) 10 CS currently uses Commvault for backup/restore/archiving. It provides a single integrated solution that supports object level backups or restore of Active -Directory, Exchange and sharePoint objects. It integrates data deduplication without an add-on product. Without data deduplication, files are backed up repeatedly using excess numbers of tapes and restorals of Active-Directory, Exchange and Sharepoint objects. Commvault supports custom definable administrator rights so users only have permissions to backup and restorate data n systems they are authorized to.

(B) Commvault is the only solution on the market that provides all of the capabilities the .edu network requires. This software is also approved to run on AF networks.

Maintenance is required to assure continuity of the Commvault backup and restoragel system. If the system goes down and backups are not completed, the government is at risk of loss of critical data which would have an impact of grave consequences. 10 CS network managers have received extensive training on operations of commvault. To replace commvault with any other system would be cost prohibitive due to exorbitant purchase prices and cost for retraining of employees.

The requirement is for the following:

The USAF Academy has a Brand Name Only requirement to purchase CommVault maintenance for systems under CommCell ID F8F73 is listed below:

Systems:
1 Admin/Web Server Node
10001 CAL-Universal
20 CDSO 1TB Tier-A (1-49TB) CommCell Capacity License
13 CIE- Offline Data Client Connector per host
1 CommCell Disaster Recovery License
1 CommServe
3 DA-Active Directory
5 DA-Exch MB/DB/PF/WF
3 DA Exchange Archiver client pack
10 DA-Linux Advanced Protection Client FS client
3 DA-MS SQL Database Protection Client Windows
2 DA-Oracle (Linux)
2 DA-SharePoint Arc hiver - consolidated client
3 DA-SharePointPortal/MOSS
5 DA-SQL
5 DA-UX-SOL
10 DA-Virtual Infrastructure Host Tier 1
49 DA-Windows Advanced Protection Client FS Client
10 DA-Windows FS client
4 Disk LMS
5 File Archiver for Windows FS client pack
1 Index Node
3 Media Agent (Windows)
12 Shared Storage with iDDs
1 SRM Server - Tier 1
1 Tape Library Sharing Connector (SAN)

Salient Characteristics:
Period of Performance 22-Sep-15 to 21-Sep-16 with two (1) year option periods
Premium Support Coverage 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Provide pricing for the following line items:

Description Qty Each Unit Price Extended Price

LINE ITEM 0001
CommVault Maintenance Agreement
Quantity:  1 
Period of Performance 22-Sep-15 to 21-Sep-16

LINE ITEM 1001
CommVault Maintenance Agreement
Quantity:  1 

Option Year 1
Period of Performance: 22-Sep 16 to 21 Sep 17

LINE ITEM 2001
CommVault Maintenance Agreement
Quantity:  1  

Option Year 2
Period of Performance: 22-Sep 17 to 21 Sep 18

Any offerors believing they can provide the requirement may provide evidence for consideration. Evidence must support the offeror's claim they can provide this brand name. All qualified sources may submit a response, which if timely received, will be considered by this agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement can be conducted. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses must be received NLT 12:00 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST) on 28 August 2015. Responses received after this will be considered late IAW FAR 52.212-1(f) and will not be evaluated.

The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this announcement. Contractors must have a current registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://sam.gov/.
The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract processed IAW FAR 12 and 13.

Questions should be addressed to the Primary POC Wanda Farr, Contract Specialist, (719) 333-2796 or sent via e-mail to wanda.farr@usafa.af.mil Alternate POC is Russell Jordan, Contracting Officer, (719) 333-8267, russell.jordan@usafa.af.mil.

5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (NOV 2012)

(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the Center/MAJCOM/DRU or AFISRA ombudsmen,
Kelly S. Snyder
8110 Industrial Drive, Ste 103
USAFA, CO 80840
Telephone number 719-333-2074
FAX 719-333-9018
email: kelly.snyder@us.af.mil

Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU or AFISRA level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2397, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.

(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer.

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