U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General, Contract and Procurement Branch, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 2304, Washington, DC 20250-2304

70 -- SEAGATE SOFTWARE/UPGRADES/EXTERNAL TAPE DRIVES/TAPES SOL RFQ-OIG-97-1 DUE 090897 POC Tina M. Jones, (202) 720-5931, Contract Specialist. The Office of Inspector General has a requirement for the purchase of Seagate storage managers and upgrades, external tape drives, and meter tapes or its functional equivalent. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. All proposals must reference the Request for Quotation (RFQ) Number, RFQ-OIG-97-1. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 90-46. It is the Contractor's responsibility to be familiar with all applicable clauses and provisions. This requirement is being issued as a 100 percent small business set-aside for small business concerns only. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) determined for this acquisition is 5734, and the small business standard is $6.5 million. Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) 0001 is for eight each Part No. STD68000N Seagate 4GB SCSI 4mm DAT external tape drive with 8GB compressed storage upgrade; CLIN 0002 is for seven each Part No. SSM41-NW-SE-C Seagate Storage Manager V4.11 for Netware 4.11 upgrade from Palindrome single server; CLIN 0003 is for one each Part No. SSM41-NW-ME-C Seagate Storage Manager V4.11 for Netware 4.11 upgrade from Palindrome multiserver; CLIN 0004 is for two each Part No. SSM41-NW-SE-C Seagate Storage Manager V4.11 for Netware 4.11 single server; and CLIN 0005 is for 250 each 4mm DAT 120 meter tapes for use with the Seagate 4gb SCSI 4mm DAT external tape drive (with 8GB compressed storage upgrade). All CLINS shall be delivered and accepted FOB destination to USDA/OIG, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 46-E, J.L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, DC 20250, not later than 30 days after contract award. Offerors are advised that the following FAR provision and clauses apply to this procurement 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items, with the following evaluation factors inserted in paragraph "a" of the provision: (1) Proposals will be evaluated for technical acceptability of the items offered, (2) proven performance, and (3) price. To be determined technically acceptable, offerors' items must meet the Government's minimum needs as specified above. Technical acceptability and proven performance are substantially more important than price. The Government intends to make a single contract award resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. This evaluation of the technical proposal applies to all CLINS. Each offeror is required to submit product descriptive literature with their offer. Product descriptive literature shall be in the form of drawings; manufacturers specifications; commercially printed brochures, catalogs, advertising which provides detailed description of the salient characteristics of the items offered; or any other technical data sufficient to determine the offered items has the capability to meet the Government's minimum requirement specifications. Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-3, are applicable to this requirement, and offerors shall include a completed copy of the Representations and Certifications with their proposal. The following clauses are incorporated into this solicitation. 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items with the following clauses cited in subparagraph (b) of this clause being applicable to this acquisition: 52.203-6 Alternate I, 52.203-10, 52.219-8, 52.219-8, 52.219-14, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-3, 52.225-9, and 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items. All price proposals shall be received at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 40-E, J.L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, DC 20250-2300, via U.S. Mail, hand-carried, or direct delivery not later than 3 p.m., EST, September 8, 1997. Offerors are required to submit an affirmative response that shall include an original letter signed by an individual authorized to bind the organization, with a schedule of offered supplies with unit and total prices for the particular CLIN and grand total for all five CLINS, (2) technical literature, (3) published price list if available, (4) completed representations and certifications, and (5) acknowledgement of any amendments that may be issued. Any amendments that may be issued will be published in the CBD the same as this combined synopsis/solicitation. Responses received without product descriptive literature attached/enclosed shall be deemed nonresponsive and technically unacceptable. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. REQUESTS FOR SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED NONRESPONSIVE AND NOT VALID FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. (0232)

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