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RECOVERY: SSA Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) Equipment - SS00-10-60053-0070

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The Social Security Administration (SSA), funded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), is planning to issue a firm-fixed price Task Order under its existing Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) equipment contract with EMC Corporation (Contract Number SS00-10-60053). This contract was originally awarded through full and open competition for acquiring enterprise-level mainframe and open system storage hardware, storage area network switches, management software, and support services. The forthcoming Task Order will involve capacity upgrades to the agency’s EMC VMAX subsystems, specifically models V14 and V64, expanding total storage capacity to 960 terabytes across SSA’s primary data centers nationwide. In addition to capacity upgrades, SSA intends to procure EMC’s Data Domain DD640 de-duplication appliances to optimize storage utilization by eliminating redundant data, allowing only unique data copies to be stored. This de-duplication process is expected to significantly reduce storage requirements, with historical compression rates indicating that 27 TB of data can be effectively stored in just 1 TB of physical space. The de-duplication equipment will be deployed at SSA’s Maryland data center. This notice is provided solely for informational purposes; no contractor responses are requested or expected. The contracting officer for this opportunity is Christopher D. Mettee, and the contract is managed through SSA’s Office of Acquisition Grants based in Baltimore, Maryland.

General Info

SSA issues firm-fixed price Task Order for EMC VMAX upgrades and Data Domain de-duplication appliances.

Agency

Social Security Administration → SSA Ofc Of Acquisition Grants

NAICS

541513 - Computer Facilities Management Services

Place of Performance

Multiple locations throughout the United States, MD, USA

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PostedMay 1

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencySocial Security Administration → SSA Ofc Of Acquisition Grants

Contacts1 person available

OfficeBALTIMORE, MD, 21235, USA

Organization / AgencySocial Security Administration → SSA Ofc Of Acquisition Grants

Office AddressBALTIMORE, MD, 21235, USA

Contacts

Christopher D MetteeContracting Officer

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+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

RECOVERY - THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA) FUNDED THIS PROPOSED ACTION BY THE AMERICAN REINVESTMENT AND RECOVERY ACT (ARRA). THE AGENCY PROVIDES THIS NOTICE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. This opportunity is available only to SSA's existing Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) equipment contract with EMC Corporation of McLean, VA, under the single-award Contract Number SS00-10-60053. SSA awarded this contract using Full and Open Competition for the acquisition of mainframe and open system enterprise disk data storage, storage area network switches, storage management software and support services. SSA intends to issue a firm-fixed price (FFP) Task Order under the DASD contract pursuant to the fair opportunity procures of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Section 16.505. This Task Order includes additional capacity upgrades for the agency's existing EMC storage equipment. These upgrades include the agency's EMC VMAX subsystems V14 and V64 and expanding the storage capacity to 960 Terabytes (TB). SSA has these subsystems at its primary data centers located strategically throughout the United States. Moreover, we intend to purchase storage de-duplication equipment. EMC's Data Domain DD640 de-duplication appliance specializes in eliminating redundant data and improving storage utilization. In the de-duplication process, the appliance deletes duplicate data, leaving only one copy of the data to be stored, along with references to the unique copy of data. De-duplication is able to reduce the required storage capacity since only the unique data is stored. Currently, the compressed data stored on these devices return an average of 27 TB to 1 TB. We intend to use data de-duplication in our data center in Maryland. This notice is for INFORMATION ONLY; Contractors should not respond.