This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR 13.5, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 4THO17059046 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 01-27. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334111 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit a quote. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 14:00:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Stennis Space Center, MS 39522 The GSA FTS Region 4 requires the following items, BRAND NAME OR EQUAL, to the following: LI 001, (Must Be Brand Name Exact Match) Sun Fire V210 Server; 2 x 1 GHz UltraSPARC IIIi Cu Processor w/1MB L2 Cache; 2GB Memory; 2x 73 GB 10000 RPM Ultra 3 SCSI Drive; 4 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Ports; ALOM Remote Manager; 1 PCI Slot; JAVA Enterprise System & Solaris 9 Pre-installed/Solaris 8 (latest releast) multilingual CD and DVD Media with Online Doc.; SPARC Platform Edition; Power Cord Kit - North American; XVR-100 Graphics Accelerator; Sun GigSwift Ethernet MMF; PCI Network Interface Card; Internal DVD-ROM Drive; No return of defective hard drives., 3, EA; LI 002, Alienware Area-51 7500 Processor: Intel? Pentium? Processor 840 w/ Dual Core Technology 3.2GHz 800MHz FSB Operating System: Microsoft? Windows? XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service Bundle with AlienAutopsy and Respawn Power Supply: Alienware? Approved 650 Watt ATX 2.0 Power Supply with Active PFC Chassis: Alienware? Full-Tower Case Motherboard: Alienware? nForce?4 SLI? Intel Edition Chipset Motherboard PCI Express SLI Graphics Processor: NVIDIA? GeForce? 7800 GTX PCI Express 256MB DDR3 w/Dual Digital and TV Out Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB System Drive: High Performance - Serial ATA - 250GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x Dual Layer DVD?R/W Drive Sound Card: Integrated High-Performance 7.1 Surround Sound with S/PDIF and Coaxial Digital Outputs Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Monitor: BenQ FP231W 23'' 16ms LCD Display - Silver/Black Keyboard: Alienware? Microsoft? Multimedia Keyboard Mouse: Alienware? Microsoft? IntelliMouse Explorer Speakers: Creative Inspire? T3000 2.1 29-Watt Speakers Mousepad: Free Alienware? Mousepad Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager Inspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection Wiring: AlienWiring - Exclusive Internal Wire Management, 5, EA; For this solicitation, GSA FTS Region 4 intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing quotes, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. GSA FTS Region 4 is taking this action in a an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time offers. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their offer using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make an offer on www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at
[email protected]. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith offers, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, contact Chris Harvel at
[email protected] or FedBid.com at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or
[email protected]. In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) directly to
[email protected] (NOT THROUGH FEDBID.COM) so that they are received at that email address no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. The offeror must download and review the Terms and Conditions document attached to this solicitation. If selected, you will be contacted to provide the completed document and your concurence with its contents. Representations and certifications are now required to be filled out online at http://orca.bpn.gov. Desired Delivery Date is 08/06/2005. CCR Requirement - Company must be registered on Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov Use of FedBid.com - Buyers and Sellers agree to use FedBid.com as an independent Venue for buying and selling goods or services, respectively. It is understood that FedBid ranks all bids by price, regardless of the evaluation criteria used by the buyer. Buyers and Sellers understand that a Buyer always maintains all rights assigned under their contracting authority and/or applicable acquisition regulations, and may select the most advantageous bid for the governments purpose while considering offline factors such as delivery, past performance, socio-economic classifications, and source rotation. Vendors / sales agents submitting quotes MUST BE registered in ITSS. If vendor registration assistance is needed contact 877.243.2889 Option 2 Quote per specifications requested. If an item has been discontinued or is end of life, annotate quote referencing as such then quote an equal or better replacement for the item. Quote is to include all fees, including shipping or freight costs Provide on quote the estimated ETA, number of days, delivery can be expected after receipt of purchase order.