Request for Quote Maintenance of Railroad Enforcement System

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and under the authority of FAR Part 13, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is issued under RFQ No. FRA17RESMAINTENANCE and includes incorporated provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-92-1. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 541512 “Computer Systems Design Services”. This solicitation is being issued as a total small business set-aside. The business size standard is $27.5 Million.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) intends to acquire system and database support for the Railroad Enforcement System (RES). The RES includes the following Web-tool kit:

1. Redhat Linux Enterprise 7 or higher Operating system

2. Oracle 11gR2 database 

3. Java

4. JSP

5. HTML 

6. Oracle Web server 10g

7. Struts 

8. Oracle 10g Developer Suite for case generation reports 

9. AJAX and 

10. PL/SQL

See attached “Request for Quote” for period of performance and deliverables.  The Government anticipates issuing a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract.

Extended Description:

Delivery: The period of performance for this contract should be six (6) months from date of award with four (4), one (1) month optional periods.

The following provisions and clauses apply to the solicitation The FAR Clause at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items.  Each offeror is required to submit their Request for proposal as specified in FAR Provision 52.212-1, Evaluation-Commercial Items, 52.212-2 ; 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Item; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (applicable clauses included as an attachment) and 52.203-98 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements. Interested vendors are reminded that award can only be made to a contractor who is registered in accordance with FAR 52.204-7.

Additionally, in accordance with FAR 12.302, the FAR Clause at 52.212-1 is tailored to include addendum 1 below:

Instructions: Interested vendors shall prepare their quotation in accordance with instructions in attached “Request for Quote”.

Quote Submission: Vendors are encouraged to direct any questions by e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Jomo Haldane at Jomo.Haldane@dot.gov . Questions regarding this combined synopsis/solicitation shall be submitted to the email address above no later than July 7, 2017 at 3:00 PM EST with “FRA17RESMAINTENANCE Questions” in the subject line.

Quotations are due no later than July 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM EST time and should be submitted via e-mail to Jomo Haldane at Jomo.Haldane@dot.gov, with “FRA17RESMAINTENANCE Quote” in the subject line. No late responses will be accepted. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.