Palo Alto Networks Firewalls for Navy (Brand Name or Equal)

The solicitation is hereby being amended to provide the attached final revision to “Revision 3 to Attach 2 – Salient Characteristics” excel workbook, which revises the following salient characteristics:

All Models Tab:  Lines #27 and #30

Individual Model Tabs:

Model 1 – Line #62

Model 2  - Line #77

Model 3 – Line #90

Model 4 – Line #103

The proposal due date remains July 7, 2016/4:00PM CST.

[AMENDMENT 3] The solicitation is hereby being amended for the following reasons:

1) Provide the attached third and final round of Q&As, see "Q&As Round 3" excel workbook;
2) Provide the attached final revision to "Atch 1 - EPL MI&RR, Price Workbook_Rev30Jun16" excel workbook, which has been revised as a result of Q&As Round 3; and
3) Extend the proposal due date from July 5,2016/4:00PM CST to July 7, 2016/4:00PM CST.

***Please note: no additional Q&As will be addressed***

The solicitation is hereby being amended for the following reasons:

1) Upload the attached "Q&As Round 2" excel workbook;
2) Upload the attached "Revision 2 to Atch 2 - Salient Characteristics" excel workbook, which has been revised as a result of Q&As Round 2; and
3) Extend the proposal due date from June 27,2016/8:00AM CST to July 5,2016/4:00PM CST

Also, please ensure that any correspondence, to include proposals, are also sent to the secondary POC, Kimberly Hampel.

The solicitation is hereby being amended for the following reasons:

1) Withdraw the Total Small Business Set Aside. This action is now being solicited as Unrestricted (aka Full and Open);
2) Upload the attached "Q&As Round 1" excel workbook. Additionally, the workbook has a new tab titled "Q&As Round 2" designated for potential new questions as a result of this amendment, which are due on June 20, 2016/8:00AM CST;
3) Upload the attached "Revision 1 to Atch 2 - Salient Characteristics" excel workbook, which has been revised as a result of Q&As Round 1; and
4) Extend the proposal due date from June 20, 2016/1:00PM to June 27, 2016/8:00AM CST.

The solicitation is hereby being amended to extend the proposal response date from June 13, 2016/1:00PM to June 20, 2016/1:00PM.  Additionally, the Government is working on a "Questions & Answers" (Q&A) document, for which the solicitation will be amended to post the Q&As.

Although the 3 attachments are embedded within the PDF document, the attachments are now being individually uploaded here on FBO due to some users' Adobe versions not populating the attachments on the current default view settings.

As indicated on the attached letter, this action is being solicited as a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside.

The Government intends to award a single, firm-fixed-price ID/IQ contract to satisfy a Navy requirement to procure new firewall IT equipment for four of its Naval Shipyard locations: Portsmouth; Norfolk; Puget Sound; and Pearl Harbor. The items/services consist of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and incidental services (extended support/maintenance, software subscriptions, etc.). Although the suggested OEM is Palo Alto Networks, this is being solicited as a "brand name or equal" requirement.  The resulting ID/IQ contract will consist of a 5-year base ordering period.

See enclosed combined/synopsis solicitation letter and the 3 Attachments embedded within the PDF document.  (Note: If the attachments are not visible, click on the "View attachments" paperclip icon)