70 -- Computer Equipment - Enterprise Class Ethernet Switch

The USDA Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO) is soliciting offers for a CISCO Enterprise Class Ethernet Switch. The response to these offers shall be a firm fixed price commercial items contract. This is a best value source selection using the following criteria: Price shall account for 80%; the proposed components list/configuration shall account for 20% of the evaluation. The switch shall be built using the following minimum components and quantities. Manufacturer part numbers are provided but offers may contain - or equivalent items. The exception to the - or equivalent citation is that the components shall be CISCO manufactured products per USDA's Common Computing Environment Requirements. Switch is to be assembled and shipped complete F.O.B. Destination Inside Delivery to the APFO in Salt Lake City, Utah. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The size standard for this NAICS Code is 1000 or fewer employees. The Contract requires the switch to be installed by a certified CISCO engineer and configured following USDA Common Computing Environment Guidelines (to be provided at the time of installation.) The offeror shall certify that they are a Cisco Authorized Partner as of the date of the submission of their offer, and that they have the certification/specialization level required by Cisco to support both the product sale and product pricing. The offeror shall source Cisco products through US authorized distribution channels only. The switch will contain the following items 'or equivalent.' FORMAT OF ITEMS LISTED: *Product Number(Quantity) Product Description *WS-C6513(1) Cat 6513 Chassis, 13slot, 19RU, No Pow Supply, No Fan Tray; *S733ZLK9-12218SXD(1) Cisco CAT6000-SUP720 IOS IP W/SSH/3DES LAN ONLY; *WS-SUP720-3B(2) Catalyst 6500/Cisco 7600 Supervisor 720 Fabric MSFC3 PFC3B; *MEM-C6K-CPTFL128M(2) Cat6500 Sup720 Compact Flash Mem 128MB; *CVDM-CSM-1.0-K9(2) CiscoView Device Mgr 1.0 for Content Switch Mod 3DES; *WS-X6148-RJ-21(2) Catalyst 6500 48-Port 10/100 Upgradable to Voice, RJ-21; *WS-X6748-GE-TX(2) Cat6500 48-port 10/100/1000 GE Mod: fabric enabled, RJ-45; *MEM-XCEF720-256M(2) Catalyst 6500 256MB DDR, xCEF720 (67xx interface, DFC3A); *WS-F6700-CFC(2) Catalyst 6500 Central Fwd Card for WS-X67xx modules; *WS-X6724-SFP(1) Catalyst 6500 24-port GigE Mod: fabric-enabled (Req. SFPs); *MEM-XCEF720-256M(1) Catalyst 6500 256MB DDR, xCEF720 (67xx interface, DFC3A); *WS-F6700-CFC(1) Catalyst 6500 Central Fwd Card for WS-X67xx modules; *WS-C6K-13SLT-FAN2(1) High Speed Fan Tray for Catalyst 6513 / Cisco 7613; *WS-CAC-4000W-US(2) 4000Watt AC Power Supply for US (cable attached); *MEM-XCEF720-256M(2) Catalyst 6500 256MB DDR, xCEF720 (67xx interface, DFC3A); *WS-F6700-CFC(2) Catalyst 6500 Central Fwd Card for WS-X67xx modules. IOS Software is to be loaded prior to shipment and must be forwarded with the switch to APFO. Technical questions will be addressed to the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR), Jacque La Croix, via email only. Vendor questions and answers will be posted on FEDBIZOPS as supplements to this solicitation. It is highly recommended that vendors register to receive notifications to this synopsis/solicitation. By submission of an offer, the responder acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to the award of this contract. CCR registration is free and may be completed on-line at: http://www.ccr.gov. Quotes may be submitted electronically as an email attachment, by fax, or by USPS. Quotes should be prepared on company letterhead, cite company's Tax ID number and DUNS, and a certification of company size and concern type (FAR 52.212-3). Quote must contain the proposed configuration with manufacturer part numbers and total price for the complete switch. Individual parts do not have to be priced out.