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70 -- SOFTWARE LICENSE,MAINTENANCE,TECHNICAL SERVICES SOL N00140-97-R-1756 DUE 041897 POC POC EILEEN FLANIGAN, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, 215-697-9636, CONTRACTING OFFICER J. J. SWIZEWSKI, 215-697-9636 E-MAIL: CLICK HERE TO CONTACT THE BID OFFICER, SYNOPSIS@PHIL.FISC.NAVY.MIL. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information contained in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposal are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation N00140-97-R-1756 is issued as a Request for Proposal. This acquisition is restricted to the software Publishers or distributors for electronic distribution of the software products since they are the only sources able to provide the required licenses, software upgrade licenses, maintenance and technical services. Software licenses, maintenance and services are required for five (5) years. All software licenses, upgrades, and new versions must be provided via Electronic Distribution Technology (EDT) downloading from the Internet. EDT encrypts the software and creates an electronic container for transmission over the Internet. A password is then Emailed to the customer to unlock the encrypted container. EDT security features must include verification of authorized Internet domain, three levels of encrypted password verification, Microsoft approved software encryption technology, unlinked secure URL location, previously approved Email address for software unlock key, and self-checking containers to ensure product has not been infected with a virus or otherwise corrupted during shipment. All software updates, upgrades and new versions shall be available via Internet same day received from the publisher; notice of availability shall be sent to the end-user. Fourteen hard copies of media and documentation shall be required for each software product initially and as products are revised or updated. Software maintenance level required is Premier Level as defined by Microsoft to include a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM), 24x7 technical support, Premier Service desk, 600 technical support incidents per year. Technical Issue Escalation, On-site Orientation & Planning Session, One Supportability Review per year (3-day on-site), One scheduled on-site TAM visit per quarter, and Nine subscriptions of TechNet and MSDSN Library. Approximately 1000 hours per year of technical services are required over the five year period to provide expertise in architectural planning, design and guidance. Award will result in a firm fixed price IDIQ contract. The contract minimum is 10% of the value of the basic quantity and the contract maximum will be the total value of the basic quantity. Estimated Quantities, Base Year: (Microsoft) CLIN 0001 Windows 95, 23000 EA, CLIN 0002 Windows NT Workstations, 14000 EA, CLIN 0003 Office Professional 37000 EA, CLIN 0004 Project, 2225 EA, CLIN 0005 Publisher, 100 EA, CLIN 0006 Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 250 EA, CLIN 0007 BackOffice Client Access License, 37,700 EA, CLIN 0008 BackOffice Server, 700 EA, CLIN 0009 Commercial Internet, 10 EA, CLIN 0010 PSS Premier Support, 1 EA, CLIN 0011 Technical Services, 1000 HRS, (CyberMedia Inc) CLIN 0012 First Aid Deluxe 95, 37000 EA, (Intessera Technology) CLIN 0013 VueFinder V4.2, 37000 EA. Estimated Quantities: Option I (Microsoft) CLIN 0014 Windows 95, 19461 EA, CLIN 0015 Windows NT Workstations, 29000 EA, CLIN 0016 Office Professional 48461 EA, CLIN 0017 Project, 2225 EA, CLIN 0018 Publisher, 100 EA, CLIN 0019 Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 250 EA, CLIN 0020 BackOffice Client Access License, 48461 EA, CLIN 0021 BackOffice Server, 700 EA, CLIN 0022 PSS Premier Support, 1 EA, CLIN 0023 Technical Services, 1000 HRS, (CyberMedia Inc) CLIN 0024 First Aid Deluxe 95, 48461 EA, (Intessera Technology) CLIN 0025 VueFinder V4.2, 48461 EA. Estimated Quantities: Option II (Microsoft) CLIN 0026 Windows 95, 15922 EA, CLIN 0027 Windows NT Workstations, 44000 EA, CLIN 0028 Office Professional 59922 EA, CLIN 0029 Project, 2996 EA, CLIN 0030 Publisher, 100 EA, CLIN 0031 Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 250 EA, CLIN 0032 BackOffice Client Access License, 59922 EA, CLIN 0033 BackOffice Server, 700 EA, CLIN 0035 PSS Premier Support, 1 EA, CLIN 0036 Technical Services, 1000 HRS, (CyberMedia Inc) CLIN 0037 First Aid Deluxe 95, 59922 EA, (Intessera Technology) CLIN 0038 VueFinder V4.2, 59922 EA. Estimated Quantities: Option III (Microsoft) CLIN 0039 Windows 95, 6383 EA, CLIN 0040 Windows NT Workstations, 59000 EA, CLIN 0041 Office Professional 65383 EA, CLIN 0042 Project, 2996 EA, CLIN 0043 Publisher, 100 EA, CLIN 0044 Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 250 EA, CLIN 0045 BackOffice Client Access License, 65383 EA, CLIN 0046 BackOffice Server, 700 EA, CLIN 0047 PSS Premier Support, 1 EA, CLIN 0048 Technical Services, 1000 HRS, (CyberMedia Inc) CLIN 0049 First Aid Deluxe 95, 65383 EA, (Intessera Technology) CLIN 0050 VueFinder V4.2, 65383 EA. Estimated Quantities: Option IV (Microsoft) CLIN 0051 Windows NT Workstations, 66844 EA, CLIN 0052 Office Professional 66844 EA, CLIN 0053 Project, 3642 EA, CLIN 0054 Publisher, 100 EA, CLIN 0055 Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 250 EA, CLIN 0056 BackOffice Client Access License, 66844 EA, CLIN 0057 BackOffice Server, 700 EA, CLIN 0058 PSS Premier Support, 1 EA, CLIN 0059 Technical Services, 1000 HRS, (CyberMedia Inc) CLIN 0060 First Aid Deluxe 95, 66844 EA, (Intessera Technology) CLIN 0061 VueFinder V4.2, 66844 EA. Deliveries shall be made to Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), 8725 John J Kingman Road, Ste 1246 (CAN), Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-6221, DLA subordinate locations worldwide and DoD Procurement Offices. Software licenses and maintenance shall be required on an enterprise purchase, annual basis only for approximately 45000 to 65000 PCs and 700 servers over the five year period. Not all PCS and servers will require all software licenses, upgrades or maintenance. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 90-45. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation, is determined most advantage to the Government price and technical factors considered. The evaluation will consider technical equal in importance to price. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: price and technical, the technical evaluation factors of delivery mechanisms and past performance are of equal importance, FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. The following numbered subparagraphs under paragraph (b) of this apply: (1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (15), (16) and (17). The following DFAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference. DFAR 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items and 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items. Offerors shall demonstrate in sufficient detail a delivery mechanism that will successfully accomplish the SOW. Offerors should describe the risks associated with the SOW and any risks associated with the Offeror's proposed delivery mechanism; describe any techniques, methods, and actions that will be used by the offeror to mitigate the risk(s) identified in the SOW and in the offeror's proposed delivery mechanism and provide an explanation of whether the techniques and methods identified for risk mitigation have been successfully used by the offeror. The Government will evaluate the quality of the offeror's past performance in distinct and separate evaluation from the Contracting Officer's responsibility determination. The assessment of the offeror's past performance will be used as means of evaluating the relative capability of the offeror and other competitors to successfully meet the requirements of the solicitation. The offeror shall describe its past performance on directly related or similar contracts held within the last five (5) years which are of similar scope, magnitude and complexity to that which is detailed in the solicitation. Offerors which describe similar contracts shall provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the similarity of the contracts to the requirements of the solicitation. The Government will consider Termination for Default, delinquencies, failure to comply with specifications and/or SOW requirements, cost overruns, amount of rework and any other information which reflects the overall quality of the offeror's past performance. The offeror shall provide the following information regarding past performance -- Contract number(s), name and reference POC at the federal, state or local gov't or commercial entity for which the contract was performed, dollar value of the contract, detailed description of the work performed, names of subcontractor(s) and number, type and severity of any quality, delivery or cost problems in performing the contract, the corrective action taken and the effectiveness of the corrective action. The Government reserves the right to obtain information for use in the evaluation of past performance from any and all sources including sources outside the Government. Offerors lacking relevant past performance history will receive a neutral rating for past performance. However, the proposal of an offeror with no relevant past performance history, while rated neutral for past performance, may not represent the most advantageous proposal to the Government and thus may be an unsuccessful proposal when compared to the proposal of other offerors. The offeror must provide the information requested above for the past performance evaluation or affirmatively state that it possesses no relevant directly related or similar past performance. An offeror failing to provide the past performance or to assert that it has no relevant directly related or similar past performance will be considered ineligible for award. The Government reserves the right to award the contract to other than the lowest priced offeror. Vendors wishing to respond to this solicitation should provide this office with the following as a minimum: a price proposal on company letterhead or SF 1449 for the requested items showing unit price, extended price, technical information, delivery mechanism, past performance, prompt payment terms, remittance address and copies of FAR 52.212-13 and DFAR 252.212-7000. Copies of the FAR/DFAR clauses and provisions be provided upon request. Responses to this solicitation are due close of business, 18 Apr 97. All offers shall be sent to FISC Philadelphia, attn: Ms. Eileen Flanigan code 02P22B and should reference solicitation N00140-97-R-1756. (0091)

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