D -- Support for AFSPC website users

SOLE SOURCE OR EQUAL NOTICE: The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source (Palmer Electric, Inc) under the authority of FAR 13.106. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 5 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally by considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Sole Source is based upon this vendor being the only vendor able to provide follow-on acquisition of a system already developed specifically for AFSPC. Procuring from a different source would mean additional development and integration costs, as well as an unacceptable time delay. 1. Lease of system hardware, infrastructure and associated technical service to support AFSPC/A3CD website users. The following services must be provided ? Business DSL-1 Mbps Down/1 Mbps Up ? Host Managed Firewall ? Host - Offsite Storage Services ? Redhat Enterprise Linux ? Managed Backup ? Commvault ? metrics.viawest.net Monitor & Report ? Burstable BW 1-3 Mb (Colo) ? Atomic - Linux Xenon Pkg ? CoreServer 400 (Config D) Linux ? Linux Basic Sys Admin Pkg (host) ? Core Service Level ? Red Hat Linux Core System Admin Pkg