SaaS Mural Brand Name or Equal

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation is attached. The General Services Administration (GSA) Technology Transformation Service (TTS)/18F's mission is to provide expert innovative solutions for our partner agencies in support of their missions and by so doing foster an effective, sustainable, and transparent government for the American people. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Technology Transformation Service (TTS) is seeking quotations for Software as a Service (SaaS), brand name or equal to Mural Enterprise, an online whiteboard collaboration tool for its internal use in the course of completing its work and fulfilling its mission. The attached SOW contains a brand name or equal purchase description for one (1) commercially available product offered for sale to the public. The identification by brand name is intended to be descriptive but not restrictive, and is to indicate the quality and characteristics of products that will be determined satisfactory by the Government. Vendors submitting quotations of "equal" products will be considered for award if such products are clearly identified in the quotations and are determined by the Government to fully meet the salient physical, functional and performance characteristics specified in SOW. Salient Characteristics of Brand Name or Equal SaaS Product The online whiteboard collaboration tool, at a minimum, must immediately demonstrate: ?Allow unlimited usage by active users. ?Allow active users to invite guest users with temporary access to participate in sessions. ?Allow a minimum of 12 simultaneous users, based on typical team size, to interact and collaborate as a group. ?Allow users to quickly and easily create stickies or alike that contain text or images and move them around for the purposes of organization and clustering. ?Allow users to conduct a real-time voting session. ?Allow users to create a template or locked canvas background. ?Allow users to facilitate threads of discussion around individual items. ?Allow users to see what other people are doing in parallel and update the objects in view in real-time when other people change them. ?Allow whiteboards to be quickly and easily exported outside of the platform to a standardized format including PDF. ?Allow users to make changes to the whiteboard during or after the collaboration sessions. ?Allow administrator to access individual and organization usage information and metrics. This requirement is being procured using FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This acquisition is 100% small business set-aside. NAICS Code 423430 - Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers; the small business size standard is 250 Employees. NAICS Code 511210 - Software Publishers; the small business size standard is $38.5 Million. NAICS Code 334614 - Software and Other Prerecorded Compact Disc, Tape, and Record Reproducing; the small business size standard is 1250 Employee. The Government contemplates to award a Firm Fixed Price order resulting from this solicitation. The attached Request for Quotes (RFQ) number is RFQ-ID11170010. Responsible contractors that can meet the requirements in this solicitation are welcome to respond with comprehensive quotes via email to Julio Perdomo Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov by 9AM on January 5, 2017. The Government intends to award on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LTPA) basis. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest price of all performance periods meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-price factors for the SaaS product. Once the quotation is determined to be technically acceptable, award will be made based on the grand total lowest price of all performance periods including optional services.