DOCUMENT
D -- Cisco Enterprise SMARTnet Recompete - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 9/2/2014
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Technology Acquisition Center;23 Christopher Way;Eatontown NJ 07724
- ZIP Code
- 07724
- Solicitation Number
- VA11814R0548
- Response Due
- 9/15/2014
- Archive Date
- 10/15/2014
- Point of Contact
- Brandon Caltabilota
- E-Mail Address
-
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- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown, New Jersey 07724 intends to enter into a contract on the basis of other than full and open competition for the procurement of an Enterprise Service Agreement (ESA) covering all VA, Office of Information and Technology managed Cisco equipment worldwide. Cisco SMARTnet maintenance and support is a proactive and reactive technical support service that provides anytime access for VA staff to Cisco engineers and Cisco.com resources to resolve critical issues related to Cisco Networking, Telephony, Unified Communications, TelePresence, and Unified Computing (server and converged virtualization) devices and applications. Cisco SMARTnet provides the following support for all covered products: registered access to Cisco.com for online technical assistance; software updates and support on devices and licensed operating system software (including all maintenance, minor, and major releases); access to the Cisco Technical Assistance Center 24 hours a day/seven days a week; equipment firmware updates; and, advanced replacement of failed hardware either by 8x5x next business day or 24 hours a day/seven days a week/four hour delivery (24X7X4), depending on the type of equipment and its criticality to on-going operations. Cisco Advanced Services provide support for network optimization consisting of design support, software strategy, performance engineering and optimization, knowledge transfer and mentoring service modules. The Statutory Authority for this effort falls under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 entitled, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 541519 size standard of 150 employees. This notification shall close on September 17, 2014. This is a notification of intent, not a request for proposals. Attached to this pre-solicitation announcement is a DRAFT SOLICITATION. This draft solicitation foreshadows the formal Solicitation announcement which will be posted in the near future and will request formal proposal submission. Offerors are encouraged to submit comments and questions as they relate to this DRAFT solicitation. Questions regarding this action shall be directed to Brandon Caltabilota, Contract Specialist at Brandon.Caltabilota@va.gov and Charles Ross, Contracting Officer, at Charles.Ross@va.gov with the subject line as the synopsis number, VA118-14-R-0548. Please refer to sections A.3 and A.3.1 of the draft solicitation for further instructions.
- Web Link
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- Document(s)
- Attachment
- File Name: VA118-14-R-0548 VA118-14-R-0548_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1608109&FileName=VA118-14-R-0548-000.docx)
- Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1608109&FileName=VA118-14-R-0548-000.docx
- File Name: VA118-14-R-0548 DRAFT VA118-14-R-0548.pdf (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1608110&FileName=VA118-14-R-0548-001.pdf)
- Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1608110&FileName=VA118-14-R-0548-001.pdf
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- File Name: VA118-14-R-0548 VA118-14-R-0548_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1608109&FileName=VA118-14-R-0548-000.docx)
- Record
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