Hitachi Password Manager Software Maintenance- NIST

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. FAR PART 13, SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES, ARE UTILIZED IN THIS PROCUREMENT. THIS ANNOUCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is a request for quotation. The solicitation document incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-55. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 423430- Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers. This requirement will be competed as a Total Small Business set aside under the corresponding size standard of 100 employees. The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed-price purchase order to the offeror that offers the best value to the Government using the Lowest-Priced, Technically Acceptable method. All Offerors must be authorized resellers of Hitachi ID P-Synch Password Manager Software Maintenance. Under a directive from the US Department of Commerce, NIST has adopted a password policy that all users and system administrators must follow. In order to implement this policy, the NIST Office of Information Systems Management (OISM) purchased the Software p-Synch from Hitachi ID Systems in 2002. NIST's current password manager support/maintenance for 7,000 user licenses expires on March 31, 2012. All quotations shall be submitted electronically so that they are received at contact@example.gov no later than March 2, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST. All questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted electronically to contact@example.gov, referencing Solicitation number SB1341-12-RQ-0157. Please see attached PDF documents entitled "Solicitation SB1341-12-RQ-0157" for all pertinent details and attachment "Solicitation SB1341-12-RQ-0157 Applicable Provisions and Clauses" for all applicable provisions and clauses for this solicitation.