PlateSpin Forge 700 Series with 25 Workloads License

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, supplemental with additional information included in this notice. This is a firm-fixed price type contract and will be solicited as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under quote number CPSC-Q-15-0069. Offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. It is the responsibility of all interested sources to monitor FedBizOpps for any amendments to the solicitation. This requirement is being issued under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures as a Brand Name or Equal per FAR 52.211-6. It is strongly advised that you review FAR Clause 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) for information regarding what must be included with your quote if you are submitting an equal to offer. The North American Industrial Classification system (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334112 and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC-2005-82.This requirement is unrestricted and only qualified offerors may submit quotes. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requires the following items, (One) 1 each PN/ITEM: 873-010948-MLA, Platespin Forge 700 Series with 25 Workloads License. One (1) each PN/ITEM: 877-008126, Platespin Forge 700 Series with 25 Workloads 1-Year Priority Software Maintenance. The NetIQ PlateSpin Forge 700 must be in appliance with the following specifications: a) Two (2) 8-core Xeon E5-2640v2 processors @ 2.5 GHz, b) 128 GB RAM (8 GB x 16), user-expandable to 768 GB, c) 500 GB storage reserved for system software, d) Over 20 TB available storage for backups, e) Six (6) gigabit Ethernet NICs with iSCSl TOE, f) RAID controller and g) Redundant power supplies. This product is used to replicate our hardware based physical serves at Headquarters (HQ) on scheduled and continuous basis to this device which will sit at the Disaster Recovery (DR) location. As physical machines at HQ are synchronized to 5RP they will be converted to Virtual machines that exist on the Platespin Forge appliance. It will support replication of the following operating system: a) Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11), b) Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2), c) Windows Server 2012/R2, d) Windows Server 2008/R2, e) Windows 7, f) SUSE Linux Enterprise and g) Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The forge device must be able to handle 25 workloads. The following clauses are included: 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999), 52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items; 52.212-4 - Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; 52.212-5 - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-50, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, 52.239-1. Quoters must submit the manufacturer name and model number of units proposed. Any vendor quoting an alternative product must provide complete supporting documentation that the product is equal to the brand name identified and it meets all minimum essential characteristics in the item description cited above. Questions must be received by August 10, 2015. Date and time of submission of quotes: Quotes must be received no later than August 24, 2015, 3:00 p.m. Basis for Award: The government will award this procurement to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror. The contractor shall be responsible for meeting all aspects of the contract terms and conditions. Quotes, technical literature, warranty documents and any other documents to be submitted in response to this solicitation may be emailed to rsmith@cpsc.gov. Please reference the solicitation number on all documents. Quoters are responsible for confirming receipt of submitted documents. All quotes must be valid through September 30, 2015. All interested parties must be registered and current in System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) to be considered.