70 -- Brightmail Antispam 6.0

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATIONIT Parts (Monitors, Cables, Printers, Cards) (I) 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. (II) This solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ). Submit written proposal (to include price quote for all CLINS) on RFQ reference number. (III) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-02. (IV) This solicitation is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set-aside. (V) This combined synopsis/solicitation is for the following commercial items: 01 Symantec Brightmail Antispam 6.0 Subscription 6000 Each (VI) Description of requirement: See V. (VII) Delivery to Peterson AFB, CO by 29 September 06. (VIII) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (Jan 2004), applies to this acquisition. In addition to written quotes, offerors are instructed to provide a brief capability statement describing qualifications to perform requirements listed at paragraphs V and VI. (IX) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999), applies to this acquisition. A contract will be awarded to the vendor using the following criteria to determine best value to the Government: Lowest price and meets capability requirements listed in V and VI. (X) The offeror must have completed the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) which is the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (May 2004). The web site address is https://orca.bpn.gov/ (XI) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Oct 2003), applies to this acquisition. (XII) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Jun 2004). Additional FAR 52.212-5 clauses cited in the clause applicable to this acquisition are (5)(i), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (26) and (31). (XIII) The following clauses are also applicable to this acquisition: 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference; 252.204-7004 Alt A, Required Central Contractor Registration; 252.212-7001 (Dev), Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items; 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests; 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports; 52.233-3, Protest After Award; 52.243-1, Changes-Fixed Price. (XIV) NA (XV) NA (XVI) Quotes are required to be received no later than 12 pm Mountain Standard Time, Thursday, 7 September 2006, and must include the following: Company name; Address; phone numbers; DUNS number; CAGE code; itemized quote; statement that Delivery schedule can be met; details of service to be included; statement that ORCA has been completed (see para X above). Offeror must be registered in Wide Area Work Flow. To register in WAWF please go to https://wawf.eb.mil. Awards will be based on the lowest responsive offer. Quotes are preferred via email to nathalie.bonnet@peterson.af.mil, but can be delivered via fax to (719) 556-4321. (XVII) Please direct any questions regarding this solicitation to Nathalie Bonnet at nathalie.bonnet@schriever.af.mil (preferred) or (719) 556-4552. Describtion Requirement ( BRAND NAME) 1. The product to be purchased is Systemantec Brightmail Antispam, which is an advanced antispam and email security solution to make the enterprise more secure and productive: Symantec salient points are as follows: - Provides a 95% Spam-Catching rate - 99.9999 % accuracy rate - Automatic, timely, secure updates every 5 to 10 minutes - Low administration, as Brightmail is constantly and automatically updated with the latest protection, requiring no tuning or traing of filters by administrators. 2. Multilayered spam protection - Over 17 different filtering technologies, including proprietary signatures and heuristics - Adjustible spam threshold to customize effectiveness and accuracy levels - Language based filters to block non-english language spam - Antifraud filters to protect against phising and email fraud 3. Powerful and flexible administration - Web-based control center provides centralized management of multiple servers, role based administration, and system alerts - Customized mail policies support flexible actions, such as message markup or quarantime for different groups of users. - Multiple quarintines- Web based quarintine for users or administrators, Exchange quarintine for Microsoft Outlook users - LDAP support 4. Other features - Reporting-filtering statistics are consolidated across all servers, providing visibility on spam filering performance and trends. - Comprehensice threat protection Optional antivirus protection scans and cleans messages infectged with viruses and mass-mailing worms. - Per-user spam control-plug ins and tools augument Microsoft Outlook with spam fighting features. - Content filtering Custom filters and block allow lists enable administrators to tailor filtering to the needs of Norad/USNORTHCOM