ODYSSEY ACCESS CLIENTS

AMENDMENT 0001 The requirement is amended to close later on Tuesday, 9 March 2010 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm EST. As well the JCARE Support has changed from Limited Support to Core Support. The part number to be quoted is SVC-COR-OAC-F-2.5K in lieu of SVC-LTD-OAC-F-2.5K. If quotes have already been forwarded, please do make necessary changes and provide updated quotes by the new closing time. All else remains the same. The US Army Special Operations Command, has a requirement for brand name only Juniper Odyssey Access Clients and support. This is a combined synopsis solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. All persons responding must reference solicitation number H92239-10-T-0014 which is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-38 effective 1 February 2010. It is the contractor's responsibility to be familiar with all applicable clauses and provisions. Full text clauses are available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil . This requirement is 100% set-aside for small business and all responding vendors shall be on the current list of Juniper Network Federal Authrozied Partners. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 423430 and the size standard is 100 employees. I.REQUIREMENT: The Contractor shall provide all items listed in the schedule below as stated pertaining to the attached brand name justification. All items shall be brand name only. II. SCHEDULE UNIT PRICE TOTAL PRICE CLIN 0001 Odyssey Access Client/FIPS Edition 2500 License Key only Part number OAC-ADD-F2500CLT ___________ ______________ CLIN 0002 J-Care CORE SUPPORT for 2500 FIPS Clients for 1 Year includes 24x7 JTAC Support PART NUMBER SVC-COR-OAC-F-2.5K _____________ ______________ PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) provisions and clause are hereby incorporated by reference to this procurement action. FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration. FAR 52.211-8 Alt II, Inspection of Supplies-Fixed Price, is applicable to this requirement, FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -Commercial Items applies. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items, is applicable to this requirement with the following clause addenda to paragraph (a), EVALUATION AND AWARD: The government will make an award to the responsive, responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to this solicitation and is the lowest price technically acceptable to the Government. The following evaluation factors in the descending order of importance will be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical acceptability (2) Price and (3) Delivery. Technical acceptability is defined as the contractor's ability to meet or exceed the requirement. Technical acceptability will be evaluated on a Pass or No-Pass basis. Only those offers evaluated, as Pass will be further evaluated and considered for award. Offerors will be evaluated for Price. Price shall be quoted in accordance with the CLIN(s) to be incorporated in the Schedule of Supplies and Services in the event an award is made. Offers will be evaluated for delivery. Delivery is defined as the capacity of the offeror and affirmation by the offeror to deliver all items in one shipment. The factor of technical acceptability is significantly more important than price and delivery combined. The factor of price is slightly more important than delivery. Offers shall remain valid for a minimum of 30 days. 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items and Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement (DFARS) +1 (555) 000-0000, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items are applicable to this requirement and offerors shall include a completed copy of the Representations and Certifications with their bid. FAR 52.212-3 Alt I, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor. FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies. FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities. FAR 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports. FAR 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance. FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports On Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans Of The Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans. FAR 52.225-1, FAR 52.225-4, Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreement--Israeli Trade Act Certificate. FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration. FAR 52.246-2 Alt I, Inspection of Supplies-Fixed Price. FAR 52.247-29, F.O.B. Origin or FAR 52.247-34, F.o.b. Destination, as applicable to award(s). FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated By Reference. FAR 52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses. DFARS 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration Alt A. DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identification and Valuation. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Status or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (Deviation). DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. SOFARS 5652.201-9002, Authorized Changes only by the Contracting Officer with the following clause addenda: The address and telephone number of the Contracting Officer is Mrs Valaida Bradford, HQ, USASOC, E-2929 Desert Storm Drive (Stop A), DCS, Acquisitions and Contracting, Fort Bragg, NC 28310-9110, Com: +1 (555) 000-0000; Fax: +1 (555) 000-0000; contact@example.gov SOFARS 5652.219-9004, Technical and Contractual Questions Concerning this solicitation using the same contact information identified in clause 5652-201-9002. DELIVERY/ ACCEPTANCE POINT: Delivery location is Fort Bragg, North Carolina 28310. Full delivery address will be provided upon award. It is requested that all items are delivered in one shipment. QUOTES ARE DUE: Quotes shall be received at HQ-USASOC ATTN: AOCO (Ms. Valaida J. Bradford), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 28310, not later than 11: 00 a.m. EST Tuesday, 9 March 2010. Fax submissions will be accepted at +1 (555) 000-0000. E-mail submissions will be accepted at contact@example.gov. It is the contractor's responsibility to ensure that the Contracting Officer receives e-mail submissions. QUOTES SHALL INCLUDE: (1) letter signed by an individual authorized to bind the organization with a schedule of the offered items to include unit and total price, (2) completed Representations and Certifications, and, (3) acknowledgment of any amendments that may be issued. Due to the short turn around (response time) Questions concerning this acquisition shall be submitted in writing and e-mailed to the contracting officer listed below no later than Friday, 5 March 2010 at 10:00 am EST. It is the offeror's responsibility to ensure receipt of questions and quotes submitted via electronic means. Telephonic questions pertaining to the technical requirement of this solicitation will not be answered. All answers will be provided via an amendment to the solicitation. Any amendments that may be issued will be published on FedBizOpps, the same as this solicitation. Any amendments that may be issued will be published in the FBO the same as this combined synopsis/solicitation. The point of contract for this requirement is Mrs. Valaida Bradford, Contract Specialist at +1 (555) 000-0000, email, contact@example.gov.