SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NB480000-13-00770 WebEx Teleconferencing Services
- Notice Date
- 1/14/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB480000-13-00770
- Archive Date
- 2/28/2013
- Point of Contact
- Willie W. Lu, Phone: 3019758259, Chon S. Son, Phone: 301-975-8567
- E-Mail Address
-
willie.lu@nist.gov, chon.son@nist.gov
(willie.lu@nist.gov, chon.son@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6 PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). Simplified Acquisition Procedures shall be utilized. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-63. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 518210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services, with a small business size standard of $30M dollars. This acquisition is being procured as a small business set-aside. Background For almost two decades the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD, has focused on increasing the competitiveness of the United States industrial base by bridging the productivity gap for manufacturers, identifying opportunities for growth, and encouraging technology deployment. MEP provides its manufacturing customers with a wide array of fundamental services in business and process improvements helping them to stay strong and ready to compete in the global market. We focus on the future for manufacturers by making advanced technology adoption a reality for any-sized business. To accomplish our mission MEP has used conferencing services with government and non-government entities to facilitate communications and outreach of the Gaithersburg staff as well as the MEP national system as a whole. The purpose of this acquisition is to obtain teleconferencing services that provide an on-demand, self-service collaboration environment with both web and video-based multi-media conferencing service (i.e., web conferencing and video conferencing) that can be used by government and non-government entities. MEP is looking to save travel costs and time while making meetings more efficient and leverage telecommuting technology by sharing documents, agendas, and recordings, and integrating video in a convenient and accessible online meeting space that provides one unified collaborative meeting area for both web conferences and video conferences allowing people to attend meetings from anywhere, anytime, and on any device inside and outside of NIST's firewalls. A secure, low-cost, low-maintenance, standards-based (non-proprietary) business class/enterprise cloud software-as-a-service provider with bundled licensing options including meeting applications for web and video conferencing, training, and technical support is required. All line items are BRAND NAME ONLY requirements. These brand name products are required because they are the only brand that meets the agency's needs. All interested Contractors shall provide a firm fixed price quote for the following: Line item 0001: Quantity 1 year Cisco WebEx Meetings Enterprise (up to 500 participants per meeting with up to 1,000 web and audio connections per meeting, and at least 50 GB of storage) Period of Performance: 2/1/2013 to 1/31/2014 Delivery Terms Delivery terms shall be FOB Destination, and take place in accordance with Contractor's commercial schedule. FOB Destination means: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver line item 0001 to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. Technical Evaluation Criteria Award shall be made to the firm that provides the lowest priced, technically acceptable quote. Technical acceptability means that the quote meets all of the stated minimum specifications. The Government will evaluate the offeror's quote and award to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror. Quotation Submission Instructions All vendors shall submit the following to Willie Lu, Contract Specialist at willie.lu@nist.gov: 1) An electronic version of a quotation which addresses all of the above items; 2) Technical description and/or product literature; 3) the most recent published price list(s) with quoted item(s) highlighted; and 4) Evidence that the offeror is an authorized reseller of Cisco WebEx products. This is an Open-Market Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for item(s) as defined herein. The Government intends to award a Purchase Order as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation that will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein. In order to facilitate the award process, ALL quotes shall include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following: Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s) Please note that this procurement is not being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program or another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If an offeror submits a quotation based upon an FSS or GWAC contract, the Government will accept the quoted price. However, the terms and conditions stated herein will be included in any resultant Purchase Order, not the terms and conditions of the offeror's FSS or GWAC contract, and the statement required above shall be included in the quotation. All quotations must be submitted electronically via Email, and be received not later than 2:00 PM Eastern time, on Thursday, January 24, 2013. E-mail quotations shall not be deemed received until the quotation is entered in the e-mail inbox of Willie Lu at willie.lu@nist.gov Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation must be forwarded in writing via e-mail to Willie Lu, Contract Specialist, at willie.lu@nist.gov The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items. Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items including subparagraphs: 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52-222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.223-18, Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving. 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act. 52.225-13, Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. 52.247-34, FOB Destination; and The following CAR clauses: (https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2010/03/08/2010-4132/commerce-acquisition-regulation-car#h-372) 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority; 1352.209-73 Compliance with the laws; 1352.209-74 Organizational conflict of interest. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer is also incorporated. It can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Dr., Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
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