***********************************This notice replaced REQ1044309.******************************** This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, simplified acquisition procedures and the resultant purchase order will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 05-25. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a written solicitation will not be issued. This synopsis, NAICS code 443120, is to notify contractors that the government intends to issue a Purchase Order in accordance with FAR Part 13.106 for the following specifications, under the simplified acquisition procedures. This is a 100% service disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the solicitation and any amendments. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps website for the release of any amendments to this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to award a contract without discussions if the Contracting Officer determines that the initial offer(s) is/are providing the Best Value and discussions are not necessary. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a purchase order for 9 each complete scientific workstations. These computers are being procured to enable statisticians to carry out computationally intensive work in the areas of simulation, Bayesian statistics, Microarray Quality Control, and data mining. The nature of this work requires a large amount of memory (RAM) and a very fast (RAID 0) hard drive system. The data visualization techniques that will be used require at least medium-level graphics capability. The requirement shall be an exact match on the specifications for the microprocessor, the memory, the hard drives (including the hardware RAID) and the (video card and monitor) for these machines. The following specifications are as follows: Specifications: Item Specification 1. Operating System Genuine windows XP 64 bit w/option for windows Vista and Linux 9ea 2. Power supply 1000W or greater 9ea 3. Microprocessor Quad core CPU, 3GHz or faster, 12MB or greater cache, 1333 MHz or greater bus speed; w/ option to add 2nd CPU by user. 9ea 4. Video card PCI express video, 512 MB minimum 9ea 5. Heatsink kit Heatsink Thermal Kit 9ea 6. Memory 8GB(4x2GB)DDR2-667 ECC Memory or greater; Minimum of 8 DIMM slots available. 9ea 7. Hard Drives Shipped with 2 x 300 GB 3Gb / s 15K SAS HDD (RAID 0) Exact match. Support for both SATA and SAS drives. Minimum of 4 internal drive bays. 9ea 8. CD/DVD Drive DVD + / - RW SATA 9ea 9. HW RAID support HW support for Raid 0 (Striped Array); machines should be shipped configured as RAID 0. Exact match. 9ea 10. Network Integrated Gigabit network capability, PCIe 9ea 11. Keyboard USB Standards Keyboard U.S. -English localization 9ea 12. Mouse USB Optical Scroll Mouse 9ea 13. Speakers USB Powered Speakers 9ea 14. Monitor 20" or larger LCD Monitor 9ea 15. Audio High definition audio 9ea 16. Ports Minimum of 5 external USB 2.0, minimum of 1 IEEE 1394 9ea 17. Warranty Minimum 3 year next business day parts & labor 9ea 18. Energy use ENERGY STAR 9ea FOB: Destination 1350 Piccard Drive Rockville, MD 20850 EVALUATION AND AWARD: Award. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and, if necessary conduct discussions with all responsible offerors within the competitive range. The award will be made to the offeror whose proposal conforms to the terms and conditions of the solicitation and award may be made to other than the lowest priced or the highest technically rated offer. Relative importance and trade-offs. The Government will base the determination of best value on performance, and the other evaluation factors identified elsewhere in this solicitation. The determination of best value also considers the relative importance of the evaluation factors. All technical evaluation factors when combined, are approximately equal to cost and price. CCR: Vendors must be registered in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) prior to the award of a contract. You may register by going to www.ccr.gov. You will need your Dun & Bradstreet number and banking information. QUESTIONS DEADLINE: All questions are to be submitted via email to
[email protected] no later than June 13, 2008, 9:00am EST. QUOTATIONS DUE: All quotations are due, via email to:
[email protected] , no later than 12:00pm, EST on : June 16, 2008. PROVISIONS and CLAUSES: The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items applies to this solicitation. The following agenda has been attached to this provision: None. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following agenda has been attached to the clause: None. The clause at FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders, Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses cited are applicable: FAR 52.217-8, FAR 52.222-26, FAR 52.222-35, FAR 52.222-36, and FAR 52.232-33. Clauses and provisions are incorporated by reference and apply to this acquisition. Responses to this notice must be sent via email to
[email protected] . No phone calls will be accepted.