Modification: Response Date has been extended to 28 July 2009 2:00pm Eastern. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation/synopsis reference number HQ002891828627 is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) and incorporates the following with the word “quoter” substituted for “offeror”. Provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-29. (1) FAR 52.212-1 (Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items) (JUN 2008): (a) Re para (a): NAICS 334220; small business size standard is 750 employees. (b) Note that para (k) requires quoter to be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at time order is issued and throughout performance. (2) FAR 52.212-2 (Evaluation – Commercial Items) (JAN 1999) with the following insertion in para (a) “lowest priced technically acceptable and acceptable past performance.” Technical evaluation will be whether quoted items satisfy all requirements in CLIN 0001 as described below. (3) QUOTATIONS ARE DUE BY 2:00PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME 17 JULY 2009 IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. Quotations may be emailed to
[email protected] or sent via fax to (951) 413-2432. Due to technical issues email and fax may not result in your proposal arriving before the cut-off time, please allow extra time if you’re sending your quote via electronic means. The items listed for this acquisition are “URGENT AND COMPELLING”. (4) Quotations must include completed copy of provision at FAR 52.212-3 (Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items) (JUN 2008) with Alt 1 (APR 2002). Item Description: CLIN 0001: 1EA, SERVER; ENTERPRISE; DIGITAL TELEVISION; TUNES AND RECORDS FIVE CLEAR QAM OR ATSC INPUT SIGNALS SIMULTAENOUSLY TO MPES-2 TRANSPORT STREAM; RECORD STANDARD DEFINITION IN ORIGINAL BROADCAST RESOLUTION AND BIT-RATE; SELECTIVE RECORDING SCHEDULE BASED ON TV LISTING AND ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE; RECORD OPTIONS INCLUDE: RECORD ALL EPISODES, RECORD ONLY NEW EPISODES, RECORD ALL EPISODES AT THIS TIME; CONTINUOUS 24 X 7 RECORDING WITH AND WITHOUT PROGRAM GUIDE DATA; LOG CLOSE-CAPTIONING DATA DIRECTLY FROM EIA 708 DATA EMBEDDED INTO QAM AND ATSC TRANSPORT STREAM; SEARCH ON BOTH CLOSE CAPTIONING AND PROGRAM GUIDE DATA; SMART TECHNOLOGY ALLOW AUTOMATIC HEURISTIC DETECTION OF COMMERCIAL BREAKS IN PROGRAMMING; AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY CONVERT FROM NATIVE MPEG-2 FORMAT TO WINDOW MEDIA VIDEO OR H.264 WITH OPTION TO DELETE ORIGINAL RECORDING; ALLOWS MULTIPLE USERS ACCESS ALL FUNCTIONS INCLUDING ABILITY TO WATCH RECORDED TV AND LIVE TV AND ABILITY TO SEARCH INSIDE RECORDINGS, CREATE CLIPS AND BURN DVDS; SECURITY MODULE ALLOWS ASSIGNMENT OF USER PERMISSION LEVELS; UNLIMITED E-MAIL ALERTS BASED ON CLOSED CAPTIONING AND PROGRAM GUIDE DATA; E-MAIL ALERTS CONTAIN TIME CODE HYPERLINKS BACK TO MATCHING SEGMENT OF A RECORDING; CREATE CLIPS CONTAINING ORIGINAL CLOSED CAPTIONING AND USER DEFINED TAGS; CATALOG CLIPS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE AND SEARCH; SYSTEM CONSIST OF: 1 EA ETS-QAM5-4TB SERVER, 4.0 TB OF RAID-5 RECORDING, 4 RACK UNITS RACK MOUNTABLE WITH RAILS, 16 X DVD-RW; 1 EA SUPPORT-1 YEAR, ON-LINE SUPPORT RESOURCES, E-MAIL BASED TECHNICAL SUPPORT, SOFTWARE UPDATES AND PATCHES, ANNUAL DATA SUBSCRIPTION; 1 EA, TUNING-RF-8, CABLE AND CONNECTIVITY KIT. Manufacturer: SnapStream Media (Items Unique to Manufacturer) P/N: ETS-QAM5-4TE FOB Destination 30 days after receipt of order to Richmond, KY. The Government will issue an order to the responsible quoter submitting the lowest priced technically acceptable quotation with acceptable past performance. This order will include the following referenced clauses which may be accessed electronically at www.arnet.gov: FAR 52.212-4 (Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items) (OCT 2008) FAR 52.212-5 (Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items) (JAN 2009) FAR 52.219-8 (Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantage Business Concerns) (MAY 2004) FAR 52.232-33 (Payment by Electronic Funds-Central Contractor Registration) (OCT 2003) DFARS 252.204-7004, Alt A (Required Central Contractor Registration (CCR) (SEP 2007) DFARS 252.232-7003 (Electronic Submission of Payment Request) (MAR 2008) DFARS 252.246-7000 (Material Inspection and Receiving Report) (MAR 2008) Additional FAR and DFARS clauses required by the regulations will be included. Local DMC clauses, 52.0100-4028 (Contract Contact Information)(DMC) (JUN 2005) and 52.0100-4094 (Marking Instructions for All Items to Include Drop Ship and Direct Shipment) (JUN 2004), will be included.