Metasys Service and Coach Agreement

The USDA National Animal Disease Center in Ames, IA, intends to award a procurement of an agreement for Service and Coaching to Johnson Controls Inc. The Service and Coaching Agreement will provide proprietary upgrades to the existing Johnson Controls Building Automation System (BAS) hardware and software integrated into approximately 25 buildings across the National Centers for Animal Health campus and operates from a government-owned and operated central server and fiber and copper communications wiring system. The BAS includes roughly 200 network control engines, individual PLC controllers and unitary controllers across the NCAH campus and has roughly 8000 I/O and control points. The software used to control and monitor the existing system is proprietary to Johnson Controls and Johnson Controls is the sole source for upgrades to their Metasys Extended Architecture software. Procurement of this product and service will be conducted in accordance with the procedures in FAR Part 13.106 and 6.302-1. Johnson Controls provides market pricing via GSA Schedule pricing for hardware and software. The cost provided by Johnson Controls has been determined fair and reasonable based on current technical knowledge of GSA Schedule pricing and fair market value. This contract is expected to be for one year with one option year. The expected value of this contract is $55165.00 for the current year. Pricing is quoted as $56265.00 for Option Year 1. This is not a request for quotation. However, all interested parties may contact the Contract Specialist listed below. Sources interested in responding to this requirement must be able to provide compelling evidence that they can obtain/provide the required service and coaching as well as the proprietary upgrades required by the facility. Responses must be submitted electronically, via email, to [email protected]. The deadline for the submittal of responses is 3:00 pm CST, September 9, 2014.