SECTION A U.S. Government ~ Tax Exempt All quotes/responses shall be submitted via email to Kimberly Silvernagel at
[email protected] no later than 11:59 P.M EST May 19, 2022. Items must be brand new. Quote all items or none. Solicitation N00421-22-Q-0179 is issued as a brand name procurement. The Government intends to purchase on a firm fixed-price basis, and to solicit and award the proposed purchase order on a brand name basis for Dell PowerEdge XR11 Rack Server and Cisco switch (see RFQ) under the authority implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management Registration (SAM) database prior to submission of an offer to be considered for award of any DoD contract. This may be accomplished electronically at http://www.sam.gov. See Attached RFQ MUST BE AN AUTHORIZED DELL/ CISCO SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTOR/RESELLER. Offers must complete the attached certification in Section K of this solicitation, 52.209-11, Representation by Corporation Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony conviction under any Federal Law. Please complete certification and provide with your offer All items must be TAA Compliant. This is a firm fixed-price procurement; therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should represent the vendor’s best quote in terms of price and technical acceptability. Your quote will only be evaluated on the information you provide. This is a small business set aside. Vendor must be an authorized CISCO Partner for CISCO products. All Offerors shall certify that they are a Cisco Partner as of the date of the submission of their offer, and that they have the certification/specialization level required by Cisco to support both the product sale and product pricing. The Offeror shall source Cisco products directly from Cisco or through US authorized distribution channels only. Products obtained outside these channels will not be accepted due to additional relicensing and inspection fees. In regards to all questions pertaining to the validity of the Cisco products, Customer reserves the right to verify the origin of the Cisco products with Cisco Systems, Inc. In the event the Cisco products have been acquired from unauthorized channels, customer further reserves the right to return the product for a full refund. No equal to or refurbished products will be considered. The vendor will not be paid for products that do not meet the above standards. Award will be made on an all or none basis. Please submit a copy of CISCO certification with responses. ***Basis for Award*** The Government intends to award this on a brand name basis. All interested parties MUST submit a brand name quote no later than 11:59 P.M EST 19 May 2022. Only brand name quotes will be considered. Award will be made to the vendor that submits the lowest, aggregate, firm fixed-price, brand name quote. The Government will not pay for any information received. ***Instructions to offerors*** Please include the following information with your response: (1) FOB: Destination (2) Shipping Cost: N/A (3) Tax ID# (4) Dun & Bradstreet # (5) Cage Code: (6) Small Business – Yes ___ No ___ (7) Estimated Delivery Date: (8) Commercial Catalog or Published Price List (if available) (9) Total Cost: Government Point of Contact: Kimberly Silvernagel Naval Air Warfare Center AD (PAX) 2.5.1 RAC, 21983 Bundy Road, BLDG 441 Patuxent River, MD 20670-1127 Email:
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