FY12 General Purpose Information Technology Equipment

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation number DOC-52-PAPT-12-00048 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-58, effective on April 18, 2012. The requirements will be fulfilled using Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and the Simplified Acquisition procedures, Part 13 of the FAR, and the Patent and Trademark Acquisition Guidelines (PTAG), to the maximum extent possible. This is a total small business set-aside. The associated North American Classification System (NAICS) code is 443120 and the small business size standard is $25.5 million. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) established its Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) for Information Technology (IT) contracts for computer hardware and software products in July 2004, July 2007, and in July 2010. The USPTO intends to add to its existing ID/IQ Vendors to fulfill its continuing IT requirements for computer hardware and software products and to further competition. The USPTO expects to make multiple awards resulting from this RFQ. The USPTO's IT product requirements for FY 2011 were approximately $33 million. There is, however, no guarantee of requirements. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the USPTO. The Government is seeking a one-stop shopping vehicle, which offers a wide array of computer hardware and software products to include computer hardware, software and licenses, and hardware/software maintenance that are similar to those found under Schedule 70 - General Purpose Commercial Information Technology Equipment, Software, and Services. Vendors are not required to have a General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule contract in order to submit a proposal in response to this RFQ. Examples of items that the USPTO may be procuring are: servers, server racks, color scanners, mass storage units, fiber channel ports and fabric management software for Cisco Systems, dual port fibre channel cards, routers and switches, security software, automated tape libraries, data tape cartridges, security software, software maintenance, and virus control software. The vendor must be able to demonstrate that they can offer the USPTO a vast array of IT Products. The USPTO is not looking for vendors who can only offer a few products or product brands. Vendors who can only offer a few products and/or limited product brands will be found unacceptable, and will not be considered for award. Currently, the USPTO has an existing contract vehicle under which it procures desktop computer hardware. Items on the desktop computer hardware contract vehicle are excluded from these ID/IQ contracts. The receipt date and time for proposals is 2:00 p.m. Local Time of the Contracting Officer, Alexandria VA, May 31, 2012. For any hand-delivered proposals, it is noted that the receipt office is in a secured building. Please call Nathia Casey at 571-272-5467 upon arrival for pickup in the building lobby. Adequate time should be allowed for receipt and pickup of the proposal after arriving at the USPTO. The point of contact for this solicitation is: Nathia.Casey@uspto.gov, telephone number 571-272-5467. The secondary point of contact is: Connie.Lum@uspto.gov, telephone number 571-272-4167. All questions must be submitted via e-mail no later than close of business on May 16, 2012, to Nathia.Casey@uspto.gov and Connie.Lum@uspto.gov. The questions will be answered with an amendment to this synopsis/solicitation. This Business Opportunity is located on the United States Patent and Trademark Office "Current Acquisition" webpage at: http://tampa-wip.uspto.gov/about/vendor_info/current_acquisitions/index.jsp Please see the below link for the Solictation Attachments: http://tampa-wip.uspto.gov/about/vendor_info/current_acquisitions/DOC52PAPT1200048_2012_general_purpose_Information_technology_equipment_home.jsp