Speakerbus Upgrades

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. In accordance with FAR Part 13, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) intends to award a contract on the basis of brand name justification (justification on file/provided with request). FEMA intends to award this contract to a Speakerbus and Avaya Authorized Dealer. The requirement is to upgrade the current Speakerbus Conference Bridges. The existing software is proprietary and patented and only Speakerbus, Inc. possesses the corporate knowledge required to support the existing system. This opportunity is a 100% Woman-Owned Small Business set aside and NAICS 811212 size standards applied ($27.5 million).
The evaluation criteria is lowest price/technically acceptable. In order for an Offeror to be considered technically acceptable the Offeror must (a) be capable of providing installation and support services (b) be a Speakerbus authorized dealer (c) be an Avaya authorized dealer and (d) have an active Top Secret (TS) facility clearance at time of RFQ due date.
Section L-Solicitation Provisions, FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017), (c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. Period for acceptance of offers is hereby changed to 60 calendar days from 30 calendar days. All other information in the solicitation remains unchanged.
Only one award will result from this RFQ. If you have questions, please contact Stephanie Brock via e-mail at stephanie.brock@fema.dhs.gov with "RFQ WX01988Y2019T questions" in the subject line. No questions will be entertained by the Government after 9:00 AM local time on 07/12/2019. Due date for receipt of responses to this RFQ will be 11:00 AM local time, 07/15/2019 to Stephanie Brock at email address: stephanie.brock@fema.dhs.gov with "RFQ WX01988Y2019T response" in the subject line.
Amendments to this RFQ will be published in the same manner as the initial synopsis/solicitation.

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