Cisco Catalyst

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number FA46644232A007 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-76, Effective 25 July 2014 and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) Change Notice 20140725. It is the contractor's responsibility to be familiar with applicable clauses and provisions. This requirement is being issued as a 100% small business set aside acquisition. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334210 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. The Government intends to issue a firm fixed price purchase order. This requirement must be authentic original equipment manufacturer (OEM) equipment and support services sourced from authorized OEM channels. Contractor must provide a guarantee that our customer is receiving authentic OEM equipment containing no third-party parts or components. All equipment provided must come with a valid software license. A full OEM warranty must be included and is entitled to OEM service support. No used or refurbished equipment will be accepted. Items must be in original packaging, never used, and not altered in any way. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to provide for delivery/shipment in accordance with the following requirement at March ARB, California: Purchase of a non personal Cisco Brand Name Only equipment to deliver Cisco Catalyst 3750X 24 Port GE SFP IP Base WS-C3750X-24S-S TAA Compliant and SMARTNET 8X5XNBD for Catalyst 3750X 24 Port GE SFP IP Base - 1 year. FOB, shipping to March ARB, CA. This is anticipated as a one time buy to be delivered to March Air Reserve Base, CA. Brand Name Requirement Justification This acquisition to purchase Cisco equipment with various ancillary components installed at March ARB is mandatory and authorized by the Defense Information Systems Agency Approved Product List and the Project Management Office. The compatibility and interoperability risks associated with the introduction of non-Cisco switches threatens the availability of the network, and as a result, jeopardizes critical AMC Senior Leader Aircraft operations supporting DoD and US National Security missions. No brands other than Cisco will be compatible with the network system already in place as other brands are not interoperable with Cisco equipment due to configuration setups. Therefore in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(c), to satisfy this requirement, it is essential to the Governments requirements to procure Cisco brand name equipment and support to ensure compatibility with the existing network, thereby precluding consideration of a product manufactured by another company. Vendor shall certify that it is a Cisco Authorized Channel as of the date of the submission of their offer, and that it has the certification/specialization level required by Cisco to support both the product sale and the product pricing, in accordance with the applicable Cisco certification/specialization requirements. Unless otherwise specified, Vendor shall warrant that the products are new and in their original box. The Vendor confirms to have sourced all Cisco products submitted in this offer from Cisco or through Cisco Authorized Channels only, in accordance with all applicalble laws and current Ciscos applicable policies at the time of purchase. Vendor shall provide Buyer with a copy of the End User license agreement, and shall warrant that all Cisco software is licensed originally to Buyer as the original licensee authorized to use the Cisco Software. Sellers understand and agree that each Line Item listed in the Buy must be priced out completely. Sellers are not to use the "Included in Line Item" feature. Failure to price out each Line Item may result in your quote being disqualified. Submitted quote or proposal must be complete, self-sufficient, take no exception, and respond directly to the requirements of this RFQ. Provide the lead or delivery time in terms of number of days after receipt of the order. To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of quotes, offerors must comply with instructions contained herein. The Government will evaluate submitted quote/proposal utilizing the Lowest-Price-Technically-Acceptable (LPTA) source selection process. The following factors will be used to evaluate the proposals: (1) Technical Acceptability, and (2) Price. Technical Acceptability shall be evaluated as acceptable or not acceptable. Price evaluation shall be based on the lowest reasonable, balanced, and overall evaluated price. Price will always be an important factor; therefore, offerors should make diligent efforts to control costs and submit fairly priced quotes as each offeror's quoted price will be evaluated for reasonableness. Evaluation of proposals may be made without discussions with the offerror(s). The Government will award a contract to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to this combined synopsis/solicitation will be most advantageous to the government according to FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. APPLICABLE CLAUSES/PROVISIONS: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Apr 2014); Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items - Alternate I (May 2014) https://www.acquisition.gov,; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (May 2014); FAR 52.212-5 (Dev) Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Deviation 2013-O0019) (Jan 2014), and specifically the following FAR clauses under paragraph (b) are applicable: FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Jul 2013); FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside (Nov 2011); FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Jul 2013); FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998); FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds (Apr 1984); FAR 52.225-1 Buy American Act-Supplies (May 2014); FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008); FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011); FAR 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran-Representation and Certification (Dec 2012); FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law For Breach Of Contract Claim (Oct 2004); FAR 52.233-3 Protest after Award (Aug. 1996); FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009); FAR 52.223-6 Drug-Free Workplace (May 2001); FAR 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984); DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (Jun 2012); DFARS 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Sep 2013); DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Sep 2011); DFARS 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications (Dec 1991). AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Apr 2014) applies to this acquisition. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To be considered for this award, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov and Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) database at http://wawf.eb.mil prior to award. Lack of registration will make an offeror ineligible for award. This notice does not obligate the Government to award the contract; it does not restrict the Government's ultimate approach; nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any quote/proposal preparation costs. Clauses and provisions incorporated by reference may be accessed via the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ or http://www.arnet.far.gov/. Quotes must be for all items stated, partial quotes will not be considered. Only firm fixed price offers will be evaluated. Award will be made (all or none) to one contractor. Responses/Quotes are due 3:00 pm PST on 22 September 2014. Submit written quotes; oral quotes and faxes will not be accepted. Quotes may be submitted via e-mail or mailed. All proposals must be e-mailed to rosa.bell@us.af.mil and bernadette.meeks@us.af.mil (Subject: FA46644230A001 mailed to 1940 Graeber St., Bldg 449, March ARB,CA 92518-1650. Quotations must meet all instructions put forth in this solicitation.