SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- VERTIAS CLUSTER PROFFESSIONAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE HOSTING SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-LM-2013-733
- Archive Date
- 7/26/2013
- Point of Contact
- Damian Hurge, Phone: 3018275452
- E-Mail Address
-
hurgeda@mail.nih.gov
(hurgeda@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Office of the Chief Information Officer, NIH, is seeking capability statements from organizations (NAICS 541519, on GSA Schedule no. 70) with experience with providing Veritas cluster Professional Technical Support for the Hosting Services. This is not a solicitation announcement. This is a sources sought synopsis only. The purpose of this sources sought synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification as a Small Business, relative to the NAICS code. Requirements and Tasks: The Hosting Services Branch (HSB) requires support of the large, enterprise level servers. This includes Sun E25K Server Platforms that comprise part of the NIH Business Systems (NBS) and the HHS Unified Financial Management System (UFMS) projects, the Sun M8000 server platform that comprise part of the Electronic Research Administration (eRA) as well as Sun M5000 and T4-4 servers. Support for server clusters via Veritas Cluster System and general knowledge of clustered environments is also required on E25K Server Platform, M8000 server platform, M5000 server platform and T4-4 server platform. In addition, the knowledge to work with the large enterprise customers for platform refresh and re-architecture is required. The purchase order term will be for a 12-month period of approximately August 17, 2013 through August 16, 2014 with 1 twelve month option period from August 17, 2014 through August 16, 2015. Information Requested: Sources having the ability to provide the professional services described above shall provide clear and comprehensive information supporting their experience, past performance and pricing. An offeror's response shall not exceed 10 pages, excluding resumes. Any questions can be submitted to Damian Hurge, Contract Specialist, at 301-496-6546. All information received will be considered as part of a competitive acquisition. RESPONSES ARE DUE BY 11AM LOCAL PREVAILING TIME ON July 11, 2013, AND SHALL BE SENT VIA E-MAIL TO: hurgeda@mail.nih.gov. This requirement is being processed for CIT by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIH. Point of Contact The Point of Contact for this solicitation is Damian Hurge Place of Performance Address: 10401 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland Postal Code: 20892 Country: United States Additionally, the response must provide answers to the following questions: • Is your organization a small business under the NAICS code? • Does your firm qualify as a small disadvantaged small business? • If disadvantaged, specify if your firm is certified under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. • Are you considered a certified HUBZone firm? • Are you considered a woman-owned or operated business? • Are you a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned business? This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposals. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement nor otherwise pay for preparing any information sent or the Government's use of the information. Any proprietary information should be so marked. Interested organizations presenting a capability statement in response to this sources sought announcement must identify their size status.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OAM/NIH-LM-2013-733/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 10401 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03107573-W 20130705/130703235501-1dd036b1c57be409b16092bc7776dd07 (fbodaily.com)
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