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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 06, 2012 FBO #4030
DOCUMENT

R -- Storage of Offsite Media - Attachment

Notice Date

12/4/2012
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541614 — Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Technology Acquisition Center;260 Industrial Way West;Eatontown NJ 07724
 

ZIP Code

07724
 

Solicitation Number

VA11813I0053
 

Response Due

12/13/2012
 

Archive Date

2/11/2013
 

Point of Contact

Brandon Caltabilota
 

E-Mail Address

8-5561<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Request for Information Offsite Media Storage (TAC-13-05705) SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE & REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government. This is NOT a Request for Quotations or Proposals. No solicitation document exists, and a formal solicitation may or may not be issued by the Government as a result of the responses received to this RFI. The Government will not pay for any response or demonstration expenses. Any information received will become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Information Technology (OIT), Enterprise Systems Engineering (ESE) issues this RFI to determine Contractors capabilities in executing the requirements of the attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS). BACKGROUND The mission of the Department of VA OIT ESE is to provide benefits and services to Veterans of the United States. In meeting these goals, OIT ESE strives to provide high quality, effective, and efficient Information Technology (IT) services to those responsible for providing care to the Veterans at the point-of-care as well as throughout all the points of the Veterans' health care in an effective, timely and compassionate manner. VA depends on Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) systems to meet mission goals. OIT ESE Integrated Campus Support (ICS) Division has a continuing requirement to store backup media of all OIT ESE ICS IM/IT systems off site to preserve its integrity and to prevent damage from fire, water or accidental erasure. There is also a continuing requirement (referred to as the Litigation Hold Memo) to store for an indefinite period of time all backup tapes for litigation purposes. VA has a continued need for additional offsite physical storage space and transportation services for storing weekly backup media and media subjected to Litigation Hold Memos. RESPONSE VA is requesting industry to provide a written Statement of Capability to this RFI that includes the following: (1) A Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate for 5 years of performance to include all optional tasks. (2) Describe an approach to transition the secure media (approximately 33,000 tapes) which currently resides at the incumbent contractor's designated facilities which are located within four hours of the VA facilities designated in the PWS. This approach shall include a rough timeline of transition. The contractor shall perform this transition while maintaining the integrity of the media and its chain of custody, and inventory control of all media. During the transition period accessibility to the media shall be uninterrupted. A general explanation if OIT ESE will experience any downtime of accessibility to the media tapes during the transition period. (3) The offeror shall provide evidence that they are able to store the media in facilities that are within four hours of the designated VA facilities in the PWS and that the facilities are fireproof, water proof, and secure. The offeror must also provide evidence that facilities comply with storage requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 1234. (4) The response shall include a brief discussion concerning the inventory tracking system that the offeror would utilize to meet the requirements of the PWS. (5) The page limit for the response is 20 pages. Responses should also include the company profile (to include, but not limited to, history, business size and socioeconomic category, applicable North American Industry Classification [NAICS]. The response should also include a list of all subcontractors proposed and their respective role in the performance of this requirement. Your response should clearly mark any information that is proprietary. Faxed copies are not acceptable. Please send your responses or questions to Brandon.Caltabilota@va.gov, or Charles W. Ross, Contracting Officer at Charles.Ross@va.gov regarding this announcement. All questions shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Brandon Caltabilota. Response due date: no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Acquisition Operations Technology Acquisition Center 260 Industrial Way West Eatontown, NJ 07724 Place of Performance: See attached PWS Primary Point of Contact.: Brandon Caltabilota Contract Specialist Email: Brandon.Caltabilota@va.gov Secondary Point of Contact: Charles Ross Contracting Officer Email: Charles.Ross@va.gov
 

Web Link

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(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/84d055f6d1a2485872c9c3661cd77ad6)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA118-13-I-0053 VA118-13-I-0053.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=542753&FileName=VA118-13-I-0053-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=542753&FileName=VA118-13-I-0053-000.docx

 

File Name: VA118-13-I-0053 RFI - PWS_TAC-13-05705_Off_Site_Media_Storage.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=542754&FileName=VA118-13-I-0053-001.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=542754&FileName=VA118-13-I-0053-001.docx

 

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Record

SN02941705-W 20121206/121204234701-84d055f6d1a2485872c9c3661cd77ad6 (fbodaily.com)
 

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