Hewlett Packard’s (HP) TRIM Annual Maintenance

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The Department of Education (Department) Contracts and Acquisition Management (CAM) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) purchase order.This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Solicitation ED-CIO-17-Q-0021 is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) and incorporates the provisions and clauses in effect from regulations posted to http://farsite.hill.af.mil inclusive, but not limited to, Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) number 2005-95 effective 13 January 2017. This procurement is being solicited as a 100% Total small business set-aside with an associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 334614 (Software and Other Prerecorded Compact Disc, Tape, and Record Reproducing) with a size standard of 1,250 employees. This procurement will be awarded using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) outlined in FAR Part 13. This solicitation sets forth the requirement for providing maintenance license renewal for Hewlett Packard (HP) TRIM The Department of Education (Department) requires brand name genuine Hewlett Packard (HP) software maintenance & support renewal; the Department will only accept parts from HP authorized resellers. See attached part list for all required parts, description and quantity All offerors are advised to view the attached part list (excel worksheet) and the attached combined solicitation synopsis (PDF file) which contains all applicable provisions and clauses. Evaluation Criteria: The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to this notice will be the most advantageous, representing the best value to the Government. A firm-fixed-price purchase order will be awarded to the offeror with the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA). The quote will be evaluated as acceptable or not acceptable based on the offeror's quote meeting the specifications of this combined synopsis/solicitation. The failure of an offeror to provide information sufficient to determine conformance with the combined synopsis/solicitation may result in the offeror being ineligible for award. CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS: Submit all clarification questions concerning this solicitation in writing via E-Mail to Kayode Adewole, Contract Specialist, [email protected], (202)-245-6079. Questions must be submitted by 10:00 AM EST 15 March 2017. After this date the Department does not guarantee that a response will be given. Submission Instructions and quote due date: Quotes are due no later than 10:00 AM EST 23 March 2017. Quotes will only be accepted by e-mail to [email protected] with a CC to [email protected].