Recovery-IHS-Miscellaneous Cisco IT equipment

Recovery Act - Request for Quotation - Indian Health Service Product AcquisitionProject Number: D10PD18560TAS: 759/00389 RECOVERY ACT PROJECT: THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE FOR NASA SEWP IV CONTRACT HOLDERS WHO CAN PROVIDE MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER HARDWARE PRODUCTS. The Department of Interior (DOI), National Business Center (NBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), Herndon Office on the behalf of the Indian Health Service (IHS), is soliciting qualified NASA SEWP IV firms to submit responses to a Request for Quotation for Miscellaneous Cisco Information Technology Computer Hardware Products for the Billings Area Indian Health Service that is operated by IHS. This is a Brand Name or Equal requirement. The Indian Health Service (IHS), Division of Information Technology Operations (ITO) is intending to use Recovery Act funds for this procurement. The funding was included in the programs OMB Spend Plan for the Recovery Act as a component of the IT Infrastructure upgrade in support of meaningful use (ARRA-I-001). IHS-ITO provides core network services and support to federal and tribal health care facilities in over 33 states. The hardware associated with this acquisition directly addresses the equipment needs in support of ARRA related work as well as continuity and compatibility with existing equipment within IHS-ITO. This acquisition supports the objective expected from the spending of ARRA funds as noted in the HIS-ITO ARRA Implementation Plan for Health Information Technology. This plan has been approved by OMB and is posted on www.recovery.gov. The objective of this acquisition is to purchase miscellaneous IT computer hardware products for the IHS. The Acquisition Services Directorate intends to issue this requirement as a firm fixed price competitive delivery order, to NASA SEWP IV contract holders only. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334111, "Electronic Computer Manufacturing", size standard 1,000 employees. The contract will contribute materially to IHS' successful completion of its responsibilities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Please direct any questions about this requirement to Dara Johnson at 703-964-8430, [email protected] and/or Felix Diaz at 703-964-3626, [email protected] no later than September 1, 2010. If you are qualified and interested in competing for this effort, you may participate by submitting a response to the NASA SEWP IV Request for Quotation posted on www.SEWP.NASA.gov. E-mailed responses will not be honored.