USAC Request for Quote: VMware vCenter Site Recovery Support Renewal

At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted on its website, the Request for Quotes (RFQ) for VMware vCenter Site Recovery support renewals. The RFQ is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. The closing date for quotes is June 14, 2013 at 5:00PM Eastern Time. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for VMware vCenter Site Recovery support renewals. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFQ describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. BACKGROUND: USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Lifeline (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. USAC is currently consolidating 85 individual VMware support agreements in to one contract. The product lines covered by this renewal include 6 vCenter Server Standard Edition licenses, 112 VMware vCloud Suite Standard processor licenses, 36 VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus processor licenses, 88 VMware Enterprise processor licenses, 7 VMware View 10-pack licensing bundles (which includes ThinApp licensing) and VMware Site Recovery manager licensing sufficient to support 340 virtual machines during a live recovery exercise. Included in the consolidation are renewals for the VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manger support agreements. The RFQ describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFQ WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. Complete quotes must be submitted to Mr. Jim Cosson, USAC Contracting Office, no later than the date and time set forth in the RFQ. Quotes must be submitted by e-mail (rfp@usac.org), mail, courier or hand delivered to: Universal Service Administrative Company Attn: Mr. Jim Cosson, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200. Washington, DC 20036.