GSA, FTS, 819 Taylor St. (7ZRE), Fort Worth, TX 76102-6105

70 -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS TECHNICAL SOL 7T-98-2009 DUE 053098 POC Judy Kaitala, Contracting Officer, 817-978-3230 E-MAIL: Judy Kaitala's Email address, judy.kaitala@gsa.gov. 17(i). This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, the Test Program in FAR Subpart 13.6, and and FAR Part 15, as supplenented with additional information included in those notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requestd and a written solicitation will not be issued!! 17(ii). Solicitation Number 7T-98-2009. Request for Proposal!! 17(iii). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-02. 17(iv). This is a full and open procurement. 17(v). Description. There are several contract line items, which are not optional: ITEMS LISTED!! 17(vi). Description: The purpose for the Request for Proposal is to acquire the following UniSolution, Inc., storage array. The equipment is to be utilized to support the functional requirements of a network containing a storage array almost identical to the one requested in this purchase. This equipment must be compatible with the existing hardware and the network infrastructure currently in place. 1 ea EXB-210 Tower Tapbe Library w/140-GB Capacity (under compression), 70 GB Capacity (without compression), Two Eliant 820 8mm Tape Drive, Optical Bar Code Reader, One Exabyte 8mm Cleaning Cartridge, 10 Exabyte, 8mm Data Cartridges, Narrow SCSI Cables & Narrow SCSI Terminator, Licenses Legato Network Addition with Auto-changer, Support for 5 Clients and 10 Slot Auto-changer, Part Number USI-EXB210-EIIANT-LEG-2620-2613; 1 ea USI 8-Bay Tower Chassis, RAID Controller, 72-GB RAID Unit w/two CRD-5640-002 RAID Controller, 128-MB Data Cache, two Wide-Differential Ultra-SCSI Host Channels, twoWide/Single-ended Ultra-SCSI Disk Channels, eight 9-GB Ultra SCSI Disk Drives, one 8-Bay Tower Chassis, eight Hot-Swap Disk Carriers w/LED, Fan Lock, two Hot- Swap Power Supplies, two Hot-Swap Cooling Fans, one External SCSI Host Cable 10 Ft., four Terminators, two Sbus Ultra-Fast Wide Differential Cards, Part Number UT8-H2-D2-8HDD9G-25640-128M; 1 ea Verital Server Suite Volume Manager & File System for Sun U or U2 Series, Direct Assist for Volume Manager & File System, Part Number FSS-VM-FS-D5 (Note: All disk drives will be formatted, labeled, tested, and integrated.); 1 ea Spares Kit CRD5500 w/one Host card and one Disk Card (Note: Host card is wide differential. Disk card is wide single-ended.), one Power Supply for Rackmount, one Battery for RAID Controllers, two Terminators for RAID, Part Number USI-SP-KIT17(vii). Date of delivery is no later thn 30 days from receipt of award. Place of delivery and acceptance is: MSgt Ken Lea, AFIWC/APS, Suite 350, 250 Hall Blvd., Kelly AFB, TX 78243-7013, 210-977-3181. 17(viii). Solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial Items (JUN 1997) is hereby incorporated by reference. 17(ix). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible17(vii). Date of delivery is no later than 30 days from receipt of award. Place of Delivery and acceptance is: Mr. Albert Judd, AFIP Annex, Bldg 101, 2nd Floor, 1413 Research Blvd, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 202-782-2411. FOB Destination!! 17(viii). Solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to17(viii). Solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (JUN 1997) is hereby incorporated by reference!! 17(ix). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous, representing the best value to the Government price and o17(ix). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous, representing the best value to the Government price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Evaluation will be based on (1) Technical (a) Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement (b) Past Performance (see below) and (c) Delivery Terms -- ability to meet the required delivery schedule and (2) price. Factors are listed in their relative order of importance. Past performance will be evaluated as follows: Evaluation of past performance shall be based on information provided by the offeror (see below) and any other information the Government may obtain by following up on the information provided by the offeror and/or through other sources (i.e., offeror's performance on previously awarded FAST delivery orders/contracts and/or contracts with other Government entities). The offeror must identify two Federal, state, or local government and private contracts or delivery/task orders for which the offeror has performed work similar to the statement of work in this solicitation. References should include the most recent contracts completed within the last two years. The offeror shall provide a point of contact, current telephone number and fax number for each contract. This list is due by the date established for receipt of proposals!! 17(x). Offerors are reminded to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer!! 17(xi). Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Condition-Commercial Items (MAY 1997), is hereby incorporated by reference!! 17(xii). Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (AUG 1996), is hereby incorporated by reference. The following paragraphs apply to this solicitation and any resultant contract (b)(1) 52.203-6, (b)(2) 52.203-10, (b)(3) 52.219-8, (b)(6) 52.222-26, (b)(7) 52.222-35, (b)(8) 52.222-36, (b)(9) 52.222-37, and (b)(15) 52.225-21!! 17(xiii). Additional Contract Terms and Conditions applicable to this procurement are: This is a firm fixed-price, definite quantity, definite delivery contract. Delivery is to be no later than 30 days after receipt of order!! 17(xiv). The DefensePriorities and Allocations Systems (DPAS) assigned rating for this procurement is unrated!! 17(xv). N/A!! 17(xvi). Signed and dated offers with one original must be submitted to GSA, FTS, 7TRE, 819 Taylor Street, Room 14A02, Ft. Worth TX 76102-6105, Attn: Judy Kaitala, Contracting Officer, at or before 4:30 p.m. (CST), May 30, 1998!! 17(xvii). Contact Judy Kaitala, 817-978-3230***** (0117)

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