RFI for Transportation of IT Equipment

This is a Request for Information (RFI). Please Reference Number SSA-RFI-14-1019 when responding to this announcement. The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Office of Telecommunications and Systems Operations (OTSO) is requesting general information technology (IT) transportation and delivery services. The Contractor shall provide packing, moving/shipping and unpacking services for IT equipment primarily located in the National Computer Center (NCC) located in Baltimore, Maryland for transfer to the National Support Center (NSC) located in Urbana, Maryland. The primary content of the material will be IT related equipment such as servers, routers, patch panels, routers and other data center equipment; however, some movement of racks and peripheral equipment may be required. The Contractor will not be required to uninstall or install any of this equipment. SSA is planning to award a multi-year contracting vehicle to provide for these services. If your company can provide these services for SSA, please respond to the RFI. When responding to the RFI, please include the following information: • Verify whether you can provide these services on your General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (GSA FSS) contract or only "open-market"; • How you would package the IT equipment for shipment; • How long you have been providing these types of services • What type of IT equipment you have moved; Interested Contractors shall respond to this notice within seven calendar days from date of this notice. You may submit pricing data with your response for informational purposes only. This is not a request for proposal or quote and the Government does not intend to pay for information received. The agency will not notify respondents of the results of the evaluation of the data received. The agency will make no contract award based on responses received; however, the Government will use this information in SSA's assessment of services available on the market. I will not accept faxed responses or phone calls. I will not honor or acknowledge requests for copies of a solicitation. I am not issuing a solicitation at this time. Please submit only electronic responses to the Contracting Officer, Debbie Bush at [email protected]. NOTE: There is a size limit for e-mail; no submission shall be greater than 5 MB.