SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Request for Information Passport Card Printers
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333244
— Printing Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- passport_card_printers
- Archive Date
- 4/18/2014
- Point of Contact
- Adrienne Y. Bell, Phone: 703-516-1667
- E-Mail Address
-
bellam@state.gov
(bellam@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A FULL AND OPEN SOURCES SOUGHT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (SS-RFI) ONLY 1.0 Overview: The Department of State (the Department) requests that interested businesses provide specific evidence that they are capable of meeting or exceeding the Department's minimum objectives identified below. The Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA), Office of Consular Systems and Technology Services (CST), is issuing this Full and Open Sources Sought/Request for Information (SS-RFI) for planning purposes only in support of the Department's market research. This does not constitute an Invitation for Bids or a Request for Proposals (RFP). The Department does not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this SS-RFI, or any subsequent RFP. This announcement is only a request for information and in no way commits the Department to award a contract. Responses to this notice will not be considered as offers and cannot be accepted by the Department to form a binding contract. 1.1 Background: DoS, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), developed and implemented U.S. card-format travel cards: the Passport Card and Border Crossing Card. The Passport Card is an accepted alternative to the traditional book-style passport at U.S. land ports of entry and certain sea ports-of-entry (POEs) since June 1, 2009. The Passport Card is functional in the DHS ReadyLane system, an integrated, automated border-crossing identification system including programs such as NEXUS, Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection (SENTRI), and Free and Secure Trade Program (FAST). The Department also issues a Border Crossing Card (BCC) to qualified citizens of and residents in Mexico. The BCC allows them to enter defined border zones in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas for business and pleasure. The BCC is effectively a visitor visa that, when presented together with a valid Mexican passport, allows the holder to travel for business or pleasure to anywhere in the United States. The Department personalizes the Passport Card and Border Crossing Card with the Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System Printers. 1.2 Scope: The Department is seeking detailed information on a vendor to provide training, preventive and remedial (routine and priority) maintenance, and technical support services of the Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System Printers and related equipment involved in the printing of Passport Card and Border Crossing Cards. The Department is seeking detailed information on the vendor's ability to provide new Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System and related equipment involved in the printing of Passport Card and Border Crossing Cards to include replacement parts, printer maintenance kits, in-line inspection systems, and in-line mailing systems as well as warranties. 2.0 Vendor Submission Instructions: Vendors that believe they possess the expertise and experience to fulfill all or portions of the requirements listed in the Statement of Objectives (SOO) section 3.1 are invited to please: 1. Provide company name; address; e-mail address, telephone number, points of contact, ; and the size classification of its business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). Please provide your companies level of facility security clearance and also identify if your solution is under any GSA schedule or GWAC. 2. Submit a written description of technical and management capability and experiences. 3. Provide the following: 3.1 Statement of Objectives (SOO): The primary objectives CA/CST expects to achieve include information on the following products and services: Maintenance and Services • Technical Support • Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System Preventative and on-call Remedial Maintenance • Certified Operator / User Training • Certified Instructor Training • Maintenance Options Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System and Accessories • Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System • SDK for Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System • Replacement parts for Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System • Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System Maintenance Kit for onsite preventative maintenance • Annual SW Maintenance Agreement/Printer • Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System Laser Module • In-line Automatic Inspection System • In-line Mailing System • Stand-alone mailing system • Postage Meter Interface • Single Laser Module • Card Inspection System • Card Delivery System - Inline • Card Delivery System - stand-alone Miscellaneous • Extended Warranties on Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System • Laser Diode Warranty • Annual Software Maintenance Agreement 3.2 Maintenance and Services The Department requires the vendor to submit maintenance approach to support the Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System and associated equipment for DoS's existing stock of MX6000 printers. This approach shall include preventive and remedial maintenance required on the printers, as well as long-term care and a statement of life expectancy for each equipment model submitted. This information shall also include: • Description and maintenance requirements of replacement laser module and other major components of Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System • Training information and appropriate documents for DoS staff to perform maintenance and Firmware/SDK upgrades in the field • Hourly support rates and response times of Vendor engineers for any non-warranty work 3.3 Department requires the vendor to provide information on the ability to provide Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System and accessories with proposed prices. • Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System Features o Please see data sheet on Datacards' website: http://www.datacard.com/downloads/ViewDownLoad.dyn;jsessionid=55C2F4B9B46345B39A80746021193008?elementId=repositories/downloads/xml/MX6000_brochure_060414.xml&index=0&repositoryName=downloads • Datacard® MX6000 TM Card Issuance System Locations Location Address BN (Boston) 10 Causeway Street, Suite 247 Boston, MA 02222-1094 BU (Buffalo) Genesee Gateway Building 111 Genesee Street, Suite 101 Buffalo, NY 14203 CG (Chicago) Kluczynski Federal Building 230 S. Dearborn Street, 18th Floor Chicago, IL 60604-1564 DA (Dallas) Earle Cabell Federal Building 1100 Commerce St, Suite 1120 Dallas, TX 75242 DE (Detroit) 211 West Fort Street, 2nd floor Detroit, MI 48226-3269 EP (El Paso) 303 N. Oregon St. Suite 700 El Paso, TX 79901 HN (Houston) Mickey Leland Federal Building 1919 Smith Street, Suite 1400 Houston, TX 77002-8049 LA (Los Angeles) Federal Building 11000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1000 Los Angeles, CA 90024-3615 MM (Miami) Omni Center 1501 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 210 Miami, FL 33132 MN (Minneapolis) 212 3rd Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55401 NY (New York) Great New York Federal Building 376 Hudson Street 10th floor New York, NY 10014 SD (San Diego) 401 West A St., Suite 1000 San Diego, CA 92101 PRI (San Juan) Torre Norte, Piso 9 Avenida Jose de Diego, Parada 22 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940 SE (Seattle) Fifth and Yesler Building 300 5th Avenue, Suite 600 Seattle, WA 98104 VT (St Albans) 50 South Main Street, Suite 101 St. Albans, VT 05478 WPC (Western Passport Center) 7373 East Rosewood Street Tucson, AZ 85710 APC (Arkansas Passport Center) 191 Office Park Drive Hot Springs, AR 71913 TPC (Tucson Passport Center) 7333 East Rosewood Street Tucson, AZ 85710 3.4 Miscellaneous Extended Warranties- Laser Diode and Card Printer System Laser Diode The extended warranty available on the laser module in the MX6000 system will cover the beam train assembly (MX6000 system = 566787-001) in the laser module. (The entire module will not be covered under this extended warranty.) The beam train assembly includes many of the major and most expensive working components of the laser module including: • Laser head assembly • Fiber cable • Laser diode assembly 4. Discuss any implementation considerations you believe are relevant to the initiative as a whole. This discussion may include salient risks and mitigation measures, lessons learned from other projects or agencies, contracting approaches, or any other pertinent information. 5. Provide relevant examples of previous work or solution implementations, to include client points of contact (POCs). 6. Do not provide sales brochures, videos, and other marketing information materials. These are not solicited and will not be reviewed. To the maximum extent possible, submit Non-Proprietary Information. All information received in this SS-RFI that is appropriately marked "Proprietary" will be handled accordingly. Responses to this SS-RFI will not be returned nor will receipt be confirmed. Respondents are requested to format their response with the following sections and adhere to the page limits shown: 1. Proposed technical concepts, products, and deliverables (not to exceed 15 pages) 2. Past performance directly related to the identified products addressed throughout this document (not to exceed 3 pages) 3. Pricing - to the extent practicable, historical pricing related to actual past performance examples, or established catalog, market, or pre-priced agreements. (no page limit) No phone calls related to this SS-RFI will be accepted. All correspondence must be via email. All responses need to be provided in electronic format (.doc or.docx preferred). Font should be Times New Roman, size 12. All packages submitted by email must be free of any computer virus. If a virus is found, the package will be destroyed and a replacement will be requested, which must be provided within three days after notification. Please submit responses no later than 1:00 p.m EST, April 3, 2014, to bellam@state.gov. NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Any questions concerning this RFI should be emailed to Adrienne Bell (bellam@state.gov) NLT 1:00 pm Friday March 21, 2014. There is no guarantee that any or all questions will be answered. Any interpretation or additional information will be provided in writing by Adrienne Bell. Respondents are reminded to follow explicitly the instructions provided in the SS/RFI. Your cooperation and compliance will ensure a prompt and thorough review and analysis of your submission.
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