MODIFICATION
70 -- Blanket Purchase Agreement for Information Technology (IT) Products
- Notice Date
- 12/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 443120
— Computer and Software Stores
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Office of Procurement, P. O. Box 1450 - Mail Stop 6 600 Dulany Street, MDE, 7th Floor, Alexandria, VA, 22313-1450, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 22313-1450
- Solicitation Number
- ITBPA2007
- Response Due
- 1/3/2007
- Point of Contact
- Sylvia Van Dyke, Contracting Officer, Phone 571-272-6568, Fax 571-273-0284,
- E-Mail Address
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sylvia.vandyke@uspto.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 70 - General purpose information technology equipment. The solicitation number is ITBPA2007. THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS IS REVISED TO 11:00 AM EST, JANUARY 3, 2007. Updates to this synopsis/solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov), as well as the USPTO Office of Procurement homepage at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/currproj.htm. This solicitation shall not be construed as a commitment of any kind. beyond that time? The current BPAs have two remaining options, if exercised, which will extend out to 6/30/2009. It is up to the USPTO if it wishes to exercise the options. 10. Will you provide extensions to current BPAs to match that of the new BPAs that you will be awarding in the future? No. The current BPAs were awarded with a basic period of two years, and three one-year options, for a potential of five years. The new BPA will have a five-year period of performance, as with the previous BPAs. It is unknown at this time whether the current BPAs will be allowed to expire on 6/30/2009, or re-competed. 11. Will the Government contemplate relaxing the requirement in Item C of the Supplemental Instructions, Factor #2(b), to permit quotations from vendors with less than 5 long-standing customers at less than $50,000.00/year volume, and if so, what would the volume be? No. The USPTO has already lowered the requirement from the previous BPA. The previous BPA included the requirement that the company furnish references that had an established relationship for over one year, and sales in excess of $100,000 for the year. 12. Attachment 2 ? Nortel Data Switches: It appears that several of the specifications called out are obsolete technology and we assume that it is acceptable for us to bid the latest technology that will either meet or exceed the published specifications, could you please confirm that this is acceptable to the USPTO? Yes. Specifically, the combined synopsis/solicitation stated: ?If a part number has changed or been replaced for the hardware or software as a result of an upgrade by the manufacturer, the offeror is to price the most recent version or replacement part number. The offeror shall note the new part or version number on its pricing documentation.? 13. Is this BPA based on an existing contract? There were BPAs awarded in 2004 for IT Products, the same as this. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued to add to those awarded in 2004. 14. Does this Small Business Set-Aside BPA require products to be provided from small business manufacturers? Will the non-manufacturer rule apply? As the purpose of this RFQ is to establish a BPA and specific requirements are not identified at this time, the nonmanufacturer rule does not apply. If it is determined necessary to seek a waiver of the nonmanufacturer rule, the USPTO contracting officer will contact the SBA. 15. If we are a Prime on this BPA with a team of various small businesses that we currently partner with would all PO's come through our company (small business) or would they or could they go directly to some of our partners who are HUBZone, SDV-O, & Minority-owned to meet some of your socio-economic goals? The BPA will be issued to the prime only and orders will only be issued to the prime. 16. The RFP states that $30 million of IT purchased in FY 2006 were fulfilled by BPA Holders for IT products. Please clarify if the $30 million is for the BPA currently being competed or does this figure include other IT BPA's? As stated in the synopsis/solicitation: ?The USPTO?s IT product requirements for FY 2006 were approximately $95.5 million, approximately $30 million of which was (emphasis added) fulfilled by the BPA Holders for IT Products.? No, the $30 million is not for the BPA currently being competed. This is the amount of requirements which were fulfilled in FY2006 utilizing the existing BPAs. The approximate figure of $30 million was disclosed so companies would have a better understanding of the volume that the USPTO procured in FY 2006 using the existing BPAs. 17. Reference Attachment 6 and 7 - PowerEdge 2850 and PowerEdge 1850: Due to recent technology refreshes the PowerEdge 2850 and 1850 have recently been transitioned to the PowerEdge 2950 and 1950, we assume that it is acceptable for us to bid the latest technology that will either meet or exceed the published specifications, could you please confirm that this acceptable to the USPTO? Yes. Specifically, the combined synopsis/solicitation stated: ?If a part number has changed or been replaced for the hardware or software as a result of an upgrade by the manufacturer, the offeror is to price the most recent version or replacement part number. The offeror shall note the new part or version number on its pricing documentation.? 18. Reference Quotes for Dell PowerEdge 2860 servers: Dell no longer offers the 2850, but offers the 2950. In this case the specs for the 2950 are different. Is there any chance the end user my issue new specs for these requests? New specs will not be issued since it is not the USPTO?s intent to issue any orders at this time. The purpose of providing the specifications for specific items is to obtain pricing information to conduct price evaluation. As specified in the combined synopsis/solicitation, ?If a part number has changed or been replaced for the hardware or software as a result of an upgrade by the manufacturer, the offeror is to price the most recent version or replacement part number. The offeror shall note the new part or version number on its pricing documentation.? Reminder: The receipt date and time for proposals is 11:00 a.m. EST, January 3, 2007. Updates to this synopsis/solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov), as well as the USPTO Office of Procurement homepage at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/currproj.htm. This solicitation shall not be construed as a commitment of any kind. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (13-DEC-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 25-JUN-2007, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/PTO/OPDC20220/ITBPA2007/listing.html)
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