SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Vitual Application Delivery Software Product
- Notice Date
- 2/1/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, FSA Acquisitions, Union Center Plaza, RM 91F1, 830 First Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20202-5405
- ZIP Code
- 20202-5405
- Solicitation Number
- ED-FSA-10-R-0022
- Archive Date
- 2/19/2010
- Point of Contact
- Soo Kang, Phone: 2023773798
- E-Mail Address
-
soo.kang@ed.gov
(soo.kang@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial software license and maintenance in accordance with FAR 12.603, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid, is soliciting a brand-name or equal to its current Wintel products from Citrix Software listed below. Product Name License Capacity/ Period ofPerformance User Count XenApp Platinum Edition 4.5 94 2/16/2010 - 2/15/2011 with Feature Pack 1 XenApp Platinum from 75 9/16/2010 - 2/15/2011 XenApp Enterprise Upgrade These products currently run on the following hardware in support of multiple Government applications: Make and Model Serial Num. CPUs RAM Non-Prod/Prod Dell PowerEdge R710 CV7PVH1 2-Intel Xeon 72GB Production Quad Core 3.0 GHz Dell PowerEdge R710 CV7QVH1 2-Intel Xeon 72GB Production Quad Core 3.0 GHz Dell PowerEdge 1950 33X2WJ1 2-Intel Xeon 32GB Non-Prod Series III Quad Core 2.0 GHz The Government's current maintenance support for the Citrix products expire on February 15, 2010 and September 15, 2010. Product Name Some Key Features Citrix XenServer -Windows and Linux guests - P2V and V2V Conversion - Shared SAN and NAS storage - Centralized multi-server management - Resilient distributed management architecture - Live Motion - Shared virtual machine template library - Centralized configuration management - Virtual infrastructure patch management - Intelligent server maintenance mode XenApp - Application virtualization solution - Centralized application management to reduce costs - On-demand delivery of virtual applications - Single instance server and application management - Access applications from any device, anywhere - Enterprise class application management infrastructure Windows Server 2003 (Win2K3) R2 - Internet Information Services (IIS) v6.0 - Increased default security - Manage Your Server or Server Role Management Tool - Improvements to Active Directory (AD) - Improvements to Group Policy handling and admin - Enhanced Distributed File System (DFS) management - Centralized management for file and print servers - Centralized admin for extranet application access - Enhanced quota management Instructions to Offerors The proposed software solution shall be comparable or superior to the features and functionalities of the Citrix products and shall be:  a COTS product  Section 504 & 508 compliant Although the government is most interested in identifying small business sources, this solicitation is not a small business set-aside. Interested parties shall submit their response via electronic mail to the individuals identified below in the specified format: A. Comparative matrix of features and functionalities between the proposed product(s) and Citrix Software solution including initial cost for integration/configuration of new product (Maximum of 5 Pages). B. Quote for the license and maintenance of the proposed product(s) including two (2) one-year option periods for maintenance renewal out-years. Quote shall be valid for 180 calendar days from the date of submission. C. 180-Day demo copy of the proposed product(s) at no cost to the Government Responses to this notice shall be sent to Ms. Soo Kang at soo.kang@ed.gov and Mr. Alex Mavroukakis at alex.mavroukakis@ed.gov. The Government shall evaluate offers/quotes on the total cost for product replacement including technical and functional benefit analysis. The award decision shall be based on best value determination. All interested parties must respond by the due date and time. No extensions or exceptions will be granted.
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