Microsoft SQL Server 2008

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 PROCUEREMENT. THIS ANNOUCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEIGN REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS 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) 2005-44. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 423430 with a size standard of 500 employees. This requirement is being competed as a total small business size standard under the NAICS code 423430. All offerors are required to be small businesses under the size standard of 500 employees, and to be authorized resellers/business partners of Microsoft. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The Following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1 52.212-3 52.212-4 52.212-5, including 52.222-50, 52.233-3 and 52.233-4 in paragraph (a) (1), and the following fill-ins in paragraph (b): 52.219-6, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222.19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36 , 52.225-13 and 52.232-33. The following standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 apply to this acquisition: 1194.21 - Software applications and operating systems 1194.31 - Functional performance criteria 1194.41 - Information, documentation, and support BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION: This requirement is for the purchase of a brand name item that is available from several small business Microsoft authorized resellers, but is peculiar to one manufacturer, Microsoft. It is essential to NIST that the products be manufactured by Microsoft because NIST currently owns and operates Microsoft SQL Server and is required to upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 so that it can implement the required security controls to meet FISMA compliance requirements. This procurement represents the required licenses to upgrade the licenses that NIST already owns. The National Institute of Standards and technology, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has a requirement to purchase Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. The OCIO currently owns and operates Microsoft SQL Server and is required to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 so that it can implement the required security controls to meet FISMA compliance. Please see the attached MS Excel document entitled "List of Requirements" for the exact part numbers and quantities that are required by each offeror. In order to be technically acceptable, an offer must adhere to this list of requirements. All part numbers, product descriptions, and quantities must match. ADDENDUM TO PROVISION 52.212-1 - QUOTATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS (b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, quotations must include- (1) The solicitation number; (2) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror; (3) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers; (4) Technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary; (5) Terms of any expressed warranty; (6) Price and discount terms; (7) "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address; (8) Acknowledgement of solicitation amendment(s); (9) FOB Destination based firm-fixed-price for each contract line item number, and any discount terms for those prices; (10)Evidence that the offeror is authorized by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to provide the required hardware and software, and (11). Offerors shall include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Quotations that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. (c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. (f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers. (1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due. (2)(i) Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is "late" and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and- (A) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or (B) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government's control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or (C) If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received. (ii) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted. (3) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the offer wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel. (4) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume. Delivery: Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and shall take place not later than 30 days after contract award. 1. Delivery shall be made within 30 days of date of contractor acceptance of the purchase order. Delivery shall be FOB Destination to: National Institute of Standards and Technology Building 301 Shipping and Receiving 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 2. All quotes shall be submitted so that they are received no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Time on August 27, 2010 at contact@example.gov. Faxed quotes will not be accepted. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD: This requirement will be awarded to the technically acceptable small business offeror who represents the lowest price. In order to be technically acceptable, an offeror must meet each specification in the attached list of requirements, and must comply with the terms of the solicitation.