99 -- MAINTENANCE OF SILICON GRAPHICS COMPUTER

Notice Date

May 2, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center, Code A, P.O. Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273

ZIP Code

93523-0273

Solicitation Number

RF04-P1FR31006-SNY

Response Due

June 5, 2001

Point of Contact

Steven Yee, Contracting Officer, Phone (661) 276-3332, Fax (661) 276-2904, Email steven.yee@dfrc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Steven Yee (steven.yee@dfrc.nasa.gov)

Description

NASA/DFRC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO)for Maintenance of Silicon Graphics Computer. The Contractor shall furnish software upgrades, , programming help, Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) help desk, and advanced parts exchange for SGI computer systems. Such services shall be supplied in conformance with the terms and conditions of this contract. All software, firmware, and exchanged parts shall be SGI's latest in-production version or release available to the general public at the time of the order, unless otherwise specified by the Government. All systems included in maintenance, regardless of the level of maintenance, shall have access to the SGI help desk. This access will be during the normal working hours of the help desk. There shall be no limit as to the number of people or number of calls made to the SGI help desk. Advanced parts exchange shall involve telephone troubleshooting between a DFRC technician or engineer and the SGI help desk to determine the probable cause of the computer failure. The Contractor shall then send the requested part(s) by next day air to DFRC. The broken part does not need to arrive at the Contractors or be in the mail before the Contractor sends the new part. All parts sent as advanced exchange should be at the latest SGI revision level. Software-only care shall involve access to the SGI help desk and software updates. Latest releases of software will be supplied as soon as they are available without request by the Government. The software shall be supplied on the media specified in the MASTER CLIN list for that particular system. This is a firm fixed price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for computer maintenance to be procured by issuance of delivery orders. The Government is responsible for installation. Delivery shall be F.O.B., Dryden Flight Research Center, Warehouse 6, Edwards, CA 93524 within 20 days After Receipt of Order (ARO). No purchases of hardware/software are associated with this requirement. Period of performance may be one-year basic plus four (4) one-year options. Vendors may propose on hardware maintenance only, software maintenance only or both. The Government may have multiple awards. This procurement will be conducted under the NASA Midrange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. The original award of the system was competed. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541519 and $18 million respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The Government reserves the exclusive right to award to other than low offer on this "Best Value" procurement. The evaluation factors for this procurement are as follows: 50% Cost, 25% Past Performance, and 25% Technical compliance/expertise. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on June 5, 2001. 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. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97- 24. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html The draft solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office 97 format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/DFRC Business Opportunities page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=24 The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about June 5, 2001 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about July 5, 2001 An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency Click here for the latest information about this notice URL: http://procurement.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=24# RF0-4-P-1-FR-31006 SNY E-mail proposals/offers will not be accepted, E-mail address steven.yee@dfrc.nasa.gov

Web Link

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Record

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