SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- DREN Network Storage
- Notice Date
- 9/17/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334112
— Computer Storage Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W911QY) Natick (SPS), 10 General Green Avenue, Building 1, Natick, Massachusetts, 01760-5011, United States
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QY-18-P-0266
- Archive Date
- 10/12/2018
- Point of Contact
- Michael Quinlan, Phone: 508-233-6132
- E-Mail Address
-
michael.j.quinlan3.civ@mail.mil
(michael.j.quinlan3.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Contracting Command APG, Natick Contracting Division, on behalf of the US Army Natick Research, Development & Engineering Center (NSRDEC), Operations & Outreach Directorate, intends to award a firm fixed price contract under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) to only one responsible source, Force 3, LLC of Baltimore, MD for purchase of NetApp Network System Storage. The US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Operations & Outreach Directorate, intends to award a firm fixed price contract to Force 3, LLC, a NetApp partner/distributor, to provide hardware replacement for the DREN Networked Attached Storage (NAS) which supports team shares and Data Protection Services. Data ONTAP is the proprietary operating system that is supported via NetApp SAN (Storage Area Network) and NAS. Requirements: NSRDEC requires End of Life hardware replacement for the DREN Networked Attached Storage (NAS) which supports team shares and Data Protection Services. NAS are fully supported at Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC) by the Network Enterprise Center (NEC) via a multi-year IT service contract. This contract provide for technical expertise for the Data ONTAP Operating System from a System Administration perspective. Data ONTAP is the proprietary operating system that is supported via NetApp SAN (Storage Area Network) and NAS. NSRDEC must outsource the services for NAS and SAN to the NEC per OPORD 11-101 (Army Data Center Consolidation Plan) which requires the consolidation to a sole data center managed by the NEC at an installation. NAS and SAN systems are server based and must live in an approved Data Center or IPN (Installation Processing Node), the NSSC Data Center is officially recognized by the Army as an IPN managed by the NEC. This is not a Request for Quotes. No solicitation package is available. Any responses to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334112. Inquiries and responses may be sent to Michael Quinlan, Contract Specialist, via email at michael.j.quinlan3.civ@mail.mil no later than 27 September 2018 @ 10:30 AM EST.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-APG-Natick (SPS), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC_N, Natick Contracting Division, Building 1, General Greene Avenue, Natick, Massachusetts, 01760, United States
- Zip Code: 01760
- Zip Code: 01760
- Record
- SN05093185-W 20180919/180917231532-f74df05a99ffcd9aaf8c8e9c4104774b (fbodaily.com)
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