Supercomputer Refresh - Cadet

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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written (formal) solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), solicitation number FA7000-10-T-0059, in accordance with FAR Parts 12 & 13. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-43, 2 August 2010. The North American Industry Classification System Code [NAICS] is 423430 and the size standard is 100 employees. This is an Unrestricted Acquisition. All responsible sources may submit a quote, which if received timely, will be considered by the 10th Contracting Squadron, USAF Academy (USAFA). Please read and comply with all requirements for submitting a quote. Failure to comply with all instructions contained within this combined synopsis/solicitation could result in the quote being ineligible for award. It is the offeror's responsibility to ensure their quote meets all the requirements identified herein. The USAF Academy has a Brand Name Or Equal requirement to purchase Silicon Graphics International (SGI) Supercomputer Refresh or equal product with the salient characteristics provided below. The 10th Communication Squadron determined these characteristics to be the suitable features which will provide the functionality they require. REQUIRED SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS: 1. The salient characteristics of our minimum requirement are: a. 100-128 cores (2.5 GHz/12/1333/80W), b. Memory = 1GB/core, c. Infiniband interconnect, d. 8-core head node, e. Software requirements must support: Linux operating system, PBS-Pro, Platform Manager, technical and system support tools and utilities. f. "Intel Cluster Ready" certified, and include maintenance for 1 yr, g. 12 TB of disk storage - All parts must be new. - Must provide a detailed description of how integration will be implemented for both hardware and software. The items listed in the combined synopsis/solicitation will need to integrate with each other. - Must provide a detailed description of how unified support will be implemented. This description will need to cover unified support for the integrated system with regards to the hardware and software. - Need detailed service plan. The minimum requirement for the service plan is as follows: o Parts replacement plan with 1 hour field engineer response time by telephone with a decision to replace or repair within four hours and drop ship within 24 hours and on-site engineer within 36 hours, if required. - Obsolete parts will not be considered. If the quote contains obsolete parts, the quote will be deemed not technically acceptable and will not be considered in the evaluations. - Items and associated part numbers identified are the Government's minimum requirements. Offers that include parts other than those specified in this combined synopsis/solicitation must include a cross reference to parts they are proposing in relation to the parts specified in the combined synopsis/solicitation. This is required in order for the Government to make a determination whether proposed parts are comparable to those items listed. An integrated solution must be provided and address how the requirements for reliability and dependability will be met. 2. In addition to the Salient Characteristics, additional value is found in the tight integration of the CPU-memory cable-free interconnect, memory and I/O subsystem, the integrated job scheduler and associated compilers and interconnection libraries. Quotes may be provided for the SGI Supercomputer Refresh as a brand name product or for a proposed "equal" piece of equipment fulfilling all the specifications. If an offeror believes they have an equal product which meets all the features and functionality of the items listed, they may submit a quote for that product. It will be evaluated for technical acceptability. If it is determined by the Government to be an equal product it will be evaluated along with all other technically acceptable offers. If it is determined by the Government not to be an equal product, the offer will not be considered for award. REQUIREMENTS FOR QUOTE Item Unique Identification (IUID) applies to this acquisition (see DFARS clause 252.211-7003 below and IUID Toolkit at http://www.iuidtoolkit.com/ for more information) Provide pricing for each of the following line items: LINE ITEM 0001 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Altix ICE Blade Enclosure with Two 1 $_________ $_____________ DDR InfiniBand Switches Single Panel and Redundant Power and Fans (Part # LCB-BASE-8200LX) Item Unique Identifier (IUID) Marking 1 $_________ $_____________ LINE ITEM 0002 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Altix ICE Compute Blade with 2 Sockets, 14 $_________ $____________ Supporting Intel Processors up to a 1600MHz FSB, and 8 DIMM Slots (Part # LCB-BLADE-IP85) LINE ITEM 0003 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Base Lite System Short Rack 1 $_________ $____________ (Part # LCB-LITESYS-SR) Item Unique Identifier (IUID) Marking 1 $_________ $____________ LINE ITEM 0004 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Two 1625W Power Supplies for 2 $_________ $_____________ ICE Blade Enclosure (Part # LCB-PS-UPG) LINE ITEM 0005 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 4GB Memory Kit; FBDIMM Set with 56 $_________ $_____________ 2 x 2GB DIMMs at 800MHz (Part # LCB-MEM-FB-4G-800) LINE ITEM 0006 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price InfiniBand 4x Cable - 2M 7 $_________ $____________ (Part # IB-CABLE-02M-Z) LINE ITEM 0007 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Internal DVD RW Drive for Altix ICE 1 $_________ $____________ System Admin Controllers and Service Nodes (Part # LCB-DVD-RW-INT) LINE ITEM 0008 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Single Phase (US) PDU for Tall or Short 3 $_________ $____________ Rack (1 per IRU for A4700, 1 per 2 IRUs for A450) Not for Use w/3rd Party Racks (Part # LST-PWR-SRACK-1PH-Z) LINE ITEM 0009 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Console with Keyboard, Video 1 $_________ $____________ and Mouse (Part # LCB-CONSOLE) LINE ITEM 0010 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Hypercube Topology 1 $_________ $____________ [Defines System Interconnect] (Part # LCB-HYPERCUBE) LINE ITEM 0011 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 2.83GHz/12M/1333GHz Quad-Core 28 $_________ $____________ Xeon Processor (Part # LCB-CPU-5440-CB) LINE ITEM 0012 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Login Node - DDR 1 $_________ $____________ (Part # LCB-LOGIN-NODE) LINE ITEM 0013 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Altix XE250 Base Server 1 $________ $___________ (Part # LSX-BASE-250) LINE ITEM 0014 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price JBOD Hard Drive Configuration 1 $_________ $___________ [Defines OS Disk Drive Type] (Part # LSX-CONFIG-JBOD) LINE ITEM 0015 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 2.83GHz/12M/1333MHz 80W 2 $_________ $___________ Quad-Core Xeon Processor (Part # LSX-CPU-5440) LINE ITEM 0016 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 4GB Fully Buffered DIMM Set 4 $________ $____________ [2 x 2GB, 800MHz] (Part # LSX-MEM-FB-4G-800) LINE ITEM 0017 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Internal DVD RW Drive for Altix ICE 1 $_________ $____________ System Admin Controllers and Service Nodes (Part # LCB-DVD-RW-INT) LINE ITEM 0018 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 250GB 7200 RPM Write Cache Enabled 1 $_________ $____________ SATA HDD for Altix ICE/XE (Part # LSX-SATDRV-WCE-250G) LINE ITEM 0019 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price RHEL 5 Media for x86_64 Systems; 1 $__________ $____________ Must Order with at least One SR5-RH* Marketing Codes (Part # SC5-RH5-MEDIA-X86) LINE ITEM 0020 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 1 Yr Red Hat RHEL Standard Support, 2 $__________ $____________ up to 2 Sockets 4 Guests. RH Requires Customer Email Address (Part # SR5-RH-1-2SK-STD-1Y) LINE ITEM 0021 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Intel Cluster Toolkit Compiler Edition 1 $_________ $____________ Floating 2 Seat EDU License with 1 Yr Intel Premier Support (Part # SV5-EDUICTC-2-1Y) LINE ITEM 0022 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Global Services In-Box Docs: Product 1 $__________ $____________ Warranty, Support Programs & Services (Part # M4-SVCWRNT-1.3) LINE ITEM 0023 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 1 Yr Red Hat RHEL Web Support for 15 $__________ $____________ 2 Socket HPC Compute Cluster Nodes RH Requires Customer Email Address (Part # SR5-RH-HPCC-2SK-1Y) LINE ITEM 0024 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price SGI Foundation Software 1 for Red Hat 1 $__________ $____________ RHEL - Media Only, No License (Part # SC5-SFS1-RHEL-MEDIA) LINE ITEM 0025 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price SGI ProPack 6 RTU License for SGI 15 $__________ $____________ Altix XE & SGI Altix ICE Cluster Compute Nodes (Part # NI5-PP6-CN) LINE ITEM 0026 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price SGI ProPack 6 RTU License for SGI 2 $__________ $____________ Altix XE Cluster Head Node or SGI Altix ICE Login, Admin, Storage Nodes (Part # NI5-PP6-HN) LINE ITEM 0027 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price SGI Foundation Software 1 RTU License 15 $_________ $____________ for SGI Altix XE & SGI Altix ICE Cluster Compute Nodes (Part # NI5-SFS1-CN) LINE ITEM 0028 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price SGI Foundation Software RTU License for 2 $_________ $____________ SGI Altix XE Cluster Head Node and SGI Altix ICE Login, Admin, Storage Nodes (Part # NI5-SFS1-HN) LINE ITEM 0029 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price SGI Tempo Perpetual RTU License for 15 $__________ $____________ All Altix ICE Blades; Order 1 Per Node (Part # NI5-TEMPO) LINE ITEM 0030 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price SGI ProPack 6 for Red Hat RHEL - 1 $___________ $____________ Media Only, No License (Part # SC5-PP6-RHEL-MEDIA) LINE ITEM 0031 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price RHEL5 XFS & XVM CD Media Kit 1 $__________ $____________ (Part # SC5-XFS-XVM-1-RHEL5) LINE ITEM 0032 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price RHEL5 XFS & XVM per Socket License, 2 $__________ $____________ Qty 1 (Part # SR5-XFS-XVM-1-RHEL5) LINE ITEM 0033 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Media Kit for SGI Tempo Running on Red 1 $_________ $____________ Hat RHEL (Part # SC5-TEMPO-RHEL-MEDIA) LINE ITEM 0034 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Onsite Support - 1 Yr Full Care Support 1 $_________ $____________ To Include MO5-CD - (CD-ROM Update Media Requirement), and, M05RTU- (Right to Use Update Media Requirement; Value for Tax Purposes) LINE ITEM 0035 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Cluster SW Impl on a Factory-Integrated 1 $__________ $____________ XE or ICE, up to 64 Nodes, GENERIC0.00% (Part # MAS-LNX-CLUSTER-LITE) LINE ITEM 0036 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Base Hardware Deployment of a SGI 1 $_________ $____________ Altix ICE/3X00/4X00 Server. GENERIC0.00% (Part # MAS-HWINST-ALTIX) LINE ITEM 0037 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 3 Meter Optical 2/4/8Gbit Fibre Channel 2 $_________ $____________ Cable with LC Connectors (Part # X-F44-OPT-3M-Z) LINE ITEM 0038 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price PCI-E Low Profile HBA with Dual 4 Gb 1 $_________ $____________ FC Ports (Part # PCIE-FC-2POPT-C-Z) LINE ITEM 0039 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price InfiniteStorage 220 Basic FC Model, Single 1 $_________ $____________ Ctlr, 1GB Cache, Two 4 Gb FC Host Ports (Part # 220-BASE-FC-B-Z) LINE ITEM 0040 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Rackmount Kit for InfiniteStorage 220 1 $_________ $____________ (Part # 220-RMKIT-Z) LINE ITEM 0041 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price 1000GB 7.2K RPM SATA Drives for 12 $________ $____________ InfiniteStorage 220 (Part # 220-1000-S-Z) LINE ITEM 0042 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price ISSM Workgroup Edition for InfiniteStorage 1 $________ $____________ 220 for Linux (Part # SC5-ISSM-WE-3.35) LINE ITEM 0043 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Global Services In-Box Docs: Product 1 $_________ $____________ Warranty, Support Programs & Services (Part # M4-SVCWRNT-1.3) LINE ITEM 0044 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Impl of up to - Rack Storage System 1 $_________ $____________ (Except IS10K/15K), Includes Knowledge Transfer & Documentation (Part # MAS-DATA) LINE ITEM 0045 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Onsite Support - 1 Yr Full Care Support 1 $_________ $____________ To Include MO5-CD - (CD-ROM Update Media Requirement) LINE ITEM 0046 Description Qty Unit Price Extended Price Base Hardware Deployment of up to 1 $________ $____________ 2 Racks of SGI Storage System. Not Applicable to IS10K/15K. GENERIC0.00% (Part # MAS-HWINST-STOR) TOTAL PRICE $ _________________ The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses apply to this combined synopsis/solicitation and offerors must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items (Jun 2008), addenda applies: The contractor shall submit their quote on company letterhead to include the following: solicitation number, contact name, address, telephone number of the offeror, unit price, extended price, any discount terms, delivery terms, cage code, DUNS number, tax identification number, size of business, warranty information and acknowledgement of solicitation amendments if required. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. a. Offerors must identify how they intend to comply with the IUID requirement, i.e., what method of marking will be used. Failure to comply with IUID requirement may result in the offer being rated technically unacceptable. b. The Offeror of an "or equal item" must submit data that adequately demonstrates that its product meets or exceeds the salient characteristics of the solicitation in accordance with the clause at FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal. A general statement of compliance or restatement of the salient characteristics is insufficient. An offeror must clearly identify in writing whether they are providing the brand name product or an equal product by annotating it on their quote. Offerors who are providing an "or equal" shall include in their quote descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or specifications. Offerors must provide a detailed explanation of items proposed and how they interface to meet the specifications of items identified in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Evidence must support the offeror's claim the product is an equal. It is the offeror's responsibility to prove their product is an equal by demonstrating their product, at a minimum, has the same features and functionality of the brand name product. Providing brochures, specifications and/or quotes is not enough for the Government to make a technical determination. The offeror must also provide an understandable comparison between the two products. The Government is not responsible for developing the comparison from insufficient information provided. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. If an offeror cannot comply with every requirement that offer will not be considered c. Prices quoted must be Firm-Fixed Price to include shipping and handling charges based on F.O.B Destination. Quotes received with FOB: Other than Destination will not be considered. d. The provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications - Commercial Items (Aug 2009) and FAR 52.212-3 Alt I, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Apr 2002) , must be completed. Offerors are highly encouraged to complete all representations and certifications electronically on line at (http://orca.bpn.gov/publicsearch.aspx). If not completed on-line, 52.212-3 and 52.212-3 Alt I shall be completed in hard copy and submitted with quote. e. In accordance with FAR 52.212-4(t), Central Contractor Registration (CCR) contractors must be registered with CCR to conduct business with the Department of Defense. No purchase order can be awarded to any company without this registration. (www.ccr.gov). f. Quotes must be received no later than 12:00 pm NOON Mountain Standard Time (MST), 24 September 2010 at 10 CONS/ LGCB, Attn: Karen Jackson, 8110 Industrial Drive, USAF Academy, CO 80840. Quotes may also be submitted by e-mail to the Primary POC or by fax to 719-333-9103. Questions and responses should be addressed to the Primary POC Karen Jackson, Contract Specialist, USAF Academy (719) 333-4060, karen.jackson@usafa.af.mil. Alternate POC is Marlene Kleckner, Contracting Officer, (719) 333-8922, marlene.kleckner@usafa.af.mil. Offers received after this date and time will be considered late in accordance with 52.212-1(f) and may not be evaluated. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (Jan 1999) applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Award will be made on the basis of determining the technically acceptable offer with the lowest evaluated price which meets or exceeds the requirements, including the IUID requirement. Each offer must: - Meet all minimum salient characteristics listed above - Quote new parts - Include a detailed service plan - Include a detailed description of integration - Include a detailed description of unified support - Refer to paragraph b under clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items of this combined synopsis/solicitation regarding how to identify the "or equal" parts The "or equal" products quoted by a vendor will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis to determine if the product meets or exceeds the salient characteristics. Products failing the technical evaluation will be considered technically unacceptable. Any offer determined to be technically unacceptable will not be considered for award. Once an offer has been determined to be technically acceptable then the Offeror with the lowest evaluated price will be awarded the contract. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: The provision at 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) (a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government's needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation. (b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must- (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by- (i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modification. (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. (d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. (End of provision) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items (Mar 2009) and the following addenda, applies: Addendum to FAR 52.212-4(c) Changes Text in paragraph (c) is deleted and replaced with the following: Changes in terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties with the exception of certain changes such as administrative changes including changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc. authorized by the Federal Acquisition Regulation and its supplements that may be made unilaterally by the Contracting Officer (for a complete list of changes that may be made unilaterally, see FAR 43.103(b)) (End of Addendum) FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998): This solicitation incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Item (Dec 2009) (Deviation) 52.203-3 Gratuities (Apr 1984) 52.203-6 Alt I Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Oct 1995) 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (May 2004) 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (Apr 2009) 52.222-3 Convict Labor (Jun 2003) 52.222-19 Child Labor -- Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Aug 2009) 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2006) 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998) 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2006) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009) 52.223-15 Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003) 52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug 1996) 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (Jan 2009) 252.225-7011 Restriction on Acquisition of Supercomputers (Jun 2005) 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (Jun 2010) 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments (Dec 2006) 252.243-7002 Request for Equitable Adjustment (Mar 1998) 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea (May 2002) FAR 52.252-6 - Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984) (a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the clause. (b) The use in this solicitation or contract clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation. (End of Clause) DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Jun 2005) applies to this acquisition. a) Definitions. As used in this clause- (1) "Foreign person" means any person other than a United States person as defined in Section 16(2) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. Sec. 2415). (2) "United States" means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, outlying areas, and the outer Continental Shelf as defined in 43 U.S.C. 1331. (3) "United States person" is defined in Section 16(2) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 and means any United States resident or national (other than an individual resident outside the United States and employed by other than a United States person), any domestic concern (including any permanent domestic establishment of any foreign concern), and any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (including any permanent foreign establishment) of any domestic concern which is controlled in fact by such domestic concern, as determined under regulations of the President. (b) Certification. By submitting this offer, the Offeror, if a foreign person, company or entity, certifies that it- (1) Does not comply with the Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel; and (2) Is not taking or knowingly agreeing to take any action, with respect to the Secondary Boycott of Israel by Arab countries, which 50 U.S.C. App. Sec. 2407(a) prohibits a United States person from taking. (c) Representation of Extent of Transportation by Sea. (This representation does not apply to solicitations for the direct purchase of ocean transportation services). (1) The Offeror shall indicate by checking the appropriate blank in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision whether transportation of supplies by sea is anticipated under the resultant contract. The term "supplies" is defined in the Transportation of Supplies by Sea clause of this solicitation. (2) Representation. The Offeror represents that it- ___________Does anticipate that supplies will be transported by sea in the performance of any contract or subcontract resulting from this solicitation. ___________Does not anticipate that supplies will be transported by sea in the performance of any contract or subcontract resulting from this solicitation. (3) Any contract resulting from this solicitation will include the Transportation of Supplies by Sea clause. If the Offeror represents that it will not use ocean transportation, the resulting contract will also include the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clause at 252.247-7024, Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea. (End of provision) DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (Jun 2010). DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (Mar 2008). DFARS 252.211-7003 ITEM IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION (AUG 2008) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause- "Automatic identification device" means a device, such as a reader or interrogator, used to retrieve data encoded on machine-readable media. "Concatenated unique item identifier" means- (1) For items that are serialized within the enterprise identifier, the linking together of the unique identifier data elements in order of the issuing agency code, enterprise identifier, and unique serial number within the enterprise identifier; or (2) For items that are serialized within the original part, lot, or batch number, the linking together of the unique identifier data elements in order of the issuing agency code; enterprise identifier; original part, lot, or batch number; and serial number within the original part, lot, or batch number. "Data qualifier" means a specified character (or string of characters) that immediately precedes a data field that defines the general category or intended use of the data that follows. "DoD recognized unique identification equivalent" means a unique identification method that is in commercial use and has been recognized by DoD. All DoD recognized unique identification equivalents are listed at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/equivalents.html. "DoD unique item identification" means a system of marking items delivered to DoD with unique item identifiers that have machine-readable data elements to distinguish an item from all other like and unlike items. For items that are serialized within the enterprise identifier, the unique item identifier shall include the data elements of the enterprise identifier and a unique serial number. For items that are serialized within the part, lot, or batch number within the enterprise identifier, the unique item identifier shall include the data elements of the enterprise identifier; the original part, lot, or batch number; and the serial number. "Enterprise" means the entity (e.g., a manufacturer or vendor) responsible for assigning unique item identifiers to items. "Enterprise identifier" means a code that is uniquely assigned to an enterprise by an issuing agency. "Government's unit acquisition cost" means- (1) For fixed-price type line, subline, or exhibit line items, the unit price identified in the contract at the time of delivery; (2) For cost-type or undefinitized line, subline, or exhibit line items, the Contractor's estimated fully burdened unit cost to the Government at the time of delivery; and (3) For items produced under a time-and-materials contract, the Contractor's estimated fully burdened unit cost to the Government at the time of delivery. "Issuing agency" means an organization responsible for assigning a non-repeatable identifier to an enterprise (i.e., Dun & Bradstreet's Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number, GS1 Company Prefix, or Defense Logistics Information System (DLIS) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code). "Issuing agency code" means a code that designates the registration (or controlling) authority for the enterprise identifier. "Item" means a single hardware article or a single unit formed by a grouping of subassemblies, components, or constituent parts. "Lot or batch number" means an identifying number assigned by the enterprise to a designated group of items, usually referred to as either a lot or a batch, all of which were manufactured under identical conditions. "Machine-readable" means an automatic identification technology media, such as bar codes, contact memory buttons, radio frequency identification, or optical memory cards. "Original part number" means a combination of numbers or letters assigned by the enterprise at item creation to a class of items with the same form, fit, function, and interface. "Parent item" means the item assembly, intermediate component, or subassembly that has an embedded item with a unique item identifier or DoD recognized unique identification equivalent. "Serial number within the enterprise identifier" means a combination of numbers, letters, or symbols assigned by the enterprise to an item that provides for the differentiation of that item from any other like and unlike item and is never used again within the enterprise. "Serial number within the part, lot, or batch number" means a combination of numbers or letters assigned by the enterprise to an item that provides for the differentiation of that item from any other like item within a part, lot, or batch number assignment. "Serialization within the enterprise identifier" means each item produced is assigned a serial number that is unique among all the tangible items produced by the enterprise and is never used again. The enterprise is responsible for ensuring unique serialization within the enterprise identifier. "Serialization within the part, lot, or batch number" means each item of a particular part, lot, or batch number is assigned a unique serial number within that part, lot, or batch number assignment. The enterprise is responsible for ensuring unique serialization within the part, lot, or batch number within the enterprise identifier. "Unique item identifier" means a set of data elements marked on items that is globally unique and unambiguous. The term includes a concatenated unique item identifier or a DoD recognized unique identification equivalent. "Unique item identifier type" means a designator to indicate which method of uniquely identifying a part has been used. The current list of accepted unique item identifier types is maintained at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/uii_types.html. (b) The Contractor shall deliver all items under a contract line, subline, or exhibit line item. (c) Unique item identifier. (1) The Contractor shall provide a unique item identifier for the following: (i) All delivered items for which the Government's unit acquisition ...