SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- VIRTUAL MONITORING TOOL
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Mobility Command, 6th Contracting Squadron, 2610 Pink Flamingo Ave, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621-5119, United States
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5119
- Solicitation Number
- FA4814_VIRTUAL_MONITOR
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Marc Villanueva, Phone: 8138280485
- E-Mail Address
-
marc.villanueva@us.af.mil
(marc.villanueva@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The 6th Contracting Squadron (6 CONS) at MacDill AFB issues this Sources Sought Synopsis for information only to locate sources who are capable. USCENTCOM has a requirement to obtain a Virtualization Monitoring Tool. This applications will be used to empower the administrative staff with the toolsets needed to enable real-time, live visibility, forensics and threshold metrics of infrastructure virtualization health. Requirement details are as follows: 1. Contractor shall perform a successful on-site deployment, implementation, configuration and training of a virtualization environment monitoring solution software for the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM). a. The tool shall identify available desktops and resources per VDI pool, datacenter, cluster, and virtualization hosts b. The tool shall be licensed for at least 6000 virtual desktops c. The tool shall be licensed for at least 1000 virtual servers d. The tool shall identify problem desktops, servers and resources e. The tool shall monitor all application server VMs to include all ESXi Hosts f. The tool shall have the ability to capture user logon times and provide visibility into the general user experience from a performance perspective g. The tool shall have the ability to capture VM responsiveness metrics including but not limited to, storage, networking, CPU, and memory and it shall do this inside and outside the virtual machines, products/etc. h. The tool shall provide the metrics to identify under and over-provisioned virtual/physical resources i. The tool shall integrate (preferably via Management Packs) with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2012 R2 and Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor j. The tool shall provide licensing to allow USCENTCOM to use the software at all locations (sub network, different sites and varying classification levels) k. The tool shall correlate events to put network anomalies in context, enabling root cause analysis l. The tool shall provide a comprehensive dashboard of overall virtualization infrastructure, including physical and virtual component health for each network m. The tool shall automate root cause analysis to the maximum extent possible n. The tool shall provide output in configurable multiple formats that balance basic analysis and use across the spectrum of users from layman, novices, technical managers and technicians o. The tool shall provide active monitoring of available storage on hosts, SANs, virtual disks and physical hosts p. The tool shall have the capability to identify the guest Operating System procesS(es) running that may contribute to the overall degradation of the virtual environment q. The tool shall provide analytics to monitor trends and enterprise performance changes over time This Sources Sought is an advance notice for information and planning purposes only and is not a solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System is 541519 and the size standard is $27.5M. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities, and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 10:00 AM local time on 31 May 2016. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice. Sources shall include in their information: 1. A detailed capabilities statement stating their experience in providing the same or similar work/item described in this notice 2. A point of contact with phone and e-mail information 3. Business status (Socio-Economic Factors: 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business), business size based on NAICS 541519 4. A positive statement of interest to submit a proposal. This request for information is not a commercial solicitation and the Government will not pay for any information submitted, or for any costs associated with providing the information. Interested parties capable of performing this requirement should send e-mail to: marc.villanueva@us.af.mil.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AMC/6CS/FA4814_VIRTUAL_MONITOR/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USCENTCOM, MACDILL AFB, TAMPA, Florida, 33611, United States
- Zip Code: 33611
- Zip Code: 33611
- Record
- SN04127287-W 20160526/160524234720-18d26ec0234445aab0fd43b398fe9f50 (fbodaily.com)
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