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Request for Information: This posting is a Request for Information (RFI) from interested vendors who may be interested in bidding on a contract for the maintenance, repair and extended Schneider/APC/U... Request for Information: This posting is a Request for Information (RFI) from interested vendors who may be interested in bidding on a contract for the maintenance, repair and extended Schneider/APC/Uniflair (SAPCU) manufacturer warranty for data center infrastructure. The requirement will be for the US BICES-X Data Center at RAF Molesworth, UK. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This posting is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) or a Request for Quotations (RFQ), and it is not a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor is the Government responsible for any costs incurred in furnishing information provided under this RFI. No basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this RFI or Government use of any information provided. Further, we are not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included any response to this RFI. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation. Responses will assist the Government in determining the availability of potential solutions and commercial products in the market. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Requirement: The possible contract will include scheduled inspections and preventative maintenance, service calls and emergency calls. The contractor is required to maintain all equipment associated with the complete SAPCU data center infrastructure installation within Room 19. This includes the exterior chiller pads, and all associated chilled water piping between them, including the racks and Hot Aisle Containment enclosures, UPS and power distribution system, Schneider/Uniflair chillers, Grundfos pumps, piping, controls and ancillary infrastructure required to maintain the data center in a fully operational condition. This requirement excludes only UPS batteries and consumables (such as paper filters), unless otherwise specified. A full inventory of equipment items to be maintained and/or replaced have been identified in Appendix A, ‘Data Center Infrastructure Asset List’. The Contractor shall provide all labor, tools, equipment, and transportation for conducting inspections, testing, preventative maintenance, replacement, and repair of any Data Center Infrastructure asset listed in Appendix A in accordance with (IAW) industry standards and manufacturer’s specifications. The NAICS Code for a resultant solicitation would be 811219 - Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. Contractors doing business with the Government are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database before they can be awarded a contract. A template containing the information for registration can be found at: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Submission of Information: Interested parties are encouraged to submit a response which supports the company's claim that it presently has a service/products that satisfies the requirement. If there are areas in the equipment requirements that your company can not meet, please identify those areas in your response along with the details of why it does not meet the requirements. The requirement may be refined based on knowledge gained from RFI submissions. Specifically, any interested parties are requested to provide the following information: 1. Name of Company and DUNS number 2. Point of contact and phone number 3. Positive statement of your interest in this procurement as a prime contractor 4. Description of your services/products that might fill this requirement: Possible questions to consider: a. Do you offer these products commercially? (Is this item under a current GSA Schedule or do you currently have a contract for this product/service with any other Federal Agency?) b. Do you believe there is a better method of fulfilling this requirement? If so, provide an alternative solution. c. Do you offer quantity or other discounts to your customers? d. What are your warranty terms, if any? What is your standard warranty practice? Can you offer an innovative warranty approach that would cover the lag time from delivery and the actual installation of the components? e. What is your average delivery lead time for this type of product? f. Do you expect to offer a new product or service sometime in the future that might affect this requirement? g. Do you provide spare part kits? (If so, can you identify the single points of failure and the price associated with these items) h. Provide a list of any proprietary data/components or embedded components for this product or data associated with this item. i. Existing technical documentation and brochures are welcome as attachments as well as product catalogs and price lists. j. Provide information on prior Government and commercial purchases of the same type (pricing, performance, and customer satisfaction data) k. Provide description of any built in test feature, a flow chart of the system analysis, and a list of the circuit card or assembly level bit resolution. l. What is your commercial practice for Technical Support? m. What is your operational life cycle? Repairable life cycle? All comments/questions/concerns are encouraged and should be sent in writing to the Contract Specialist, Ms. Stephannie Dunn, at stephannie.poole.gb@us.af.mil. Responses: Responses must be no longer than fifteen pages in length. Technical documentation, brochures, and/or a "commented" version of the Specifications (Attachment 1) if included, do not count in the fifteen page maximum. Submit your response by 2:00 PM GMT on June 11, 2021 via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Stephannie Dunn, at stephannie.poole.gb@us.af.mil. Upon receiving feedback, all input will be assessed and its impact will be made on the development of the final specifications.