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Amendment 3: This is amendment 3 to the CSS in order to: 1. Extend the Due Date to Wednesday January 24th, 2024 due to the discover of several VAST SKUs going EOL. In process of confirming replacement... Amendment 3: This is amendment 3 to the CSS in order to: 1. Extend the Due Date to Wednesday January 24th, 2024 due to the discover of several VAST SKUs going EOL. In process of confirming replacements and ensuring correct configuration. Once confirmed another amendment will be posted with that information and possible due date extension to allow for further time. Amendment 2: This is amendment 2 to the CSS in order to: 1. Reflect changes to the Purchase Description (APIC-M3 and associated lines went EOL in and has been replaced with the APIC-M4) 2. Extend the due date for proposals to Thursday January 18, 2024. Amendment 1: Extend the due date to Monday January 15, 2024. (i) 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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) The solicitation number is 75N95024R00030 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The anticipated award date is January 31, 2023. This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures; and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items and is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number 2023-04, with effective date 06/02/2023. (iv) The associated NAICS code is 334118 – Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees. This requirement is a set-aside to small business. (v) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency whose mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability, conducting, supporting and making medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the NIH and its mission is to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions. The NCATS data storage system for scientific computing provides critical production services to multiple scientific divisions. The NCATS requires a data system that is an all-flash scale-out file and object data storage solution designed to deliver high-performance to applications that typically perform poorly on tradition and parallel filesystems used in HPC clusters (large datasets composed of several small files in filesystems like NFS, Lustre, PanFS, etc.) and provides support replication of data to cloud object stores solutions. The data storage will store all generated scientific data from high-content screening to imaging analysis, to multi-omics, cheminformatics, and bioinformatics analysis, DL, ML, etc., and will provide a fast access to the high-performance computing systems for data processing via a high-speed 100GB network at NCATS primary site. Modular and fixed port network switches will support the discreet data storage pod, High Performance Computing (HPC) server pod, legacy client pod as well as integrate into the existing NCATS upstream network. (vi) The Purchase Description (PD) with a description of the products to be acquired is included as an attachment to this Solicitation. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) needs the purchase of a VAST Data system including a Cisco Nexus solution for fast data access, which will be used to support the current challenges of processing huge amount of data daily generated by scientific instrumentation, experiments, and extensive computational analysis at NCATS. (vii) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of order (ARO). The Contractor may propose alternative delivery dates for items if necessary. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The Contractor shall provide all warranty, shipping, and handling. The equipment shall be delivered between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Rockville, MD local prevailing time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Delivery shall be made to NIH/NCATS Rockville, MD (Address provided upon contract creation) (viii) The provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html (End of provision) The following provisions apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2023) FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2023) FAR 52.214-34 Submission of Offers in the English Language (Apr 1991) FAR 52.214-35 Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency (Apr 1991) FAR 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and Certifications (Jun 2020) HHSAR 352.239-73, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Notice (December 18, 2015) The clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html (End of clause) The following clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022). Addendum to this FAR clause applies to this acquisition and is attached. FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2021) HHSAR 352.239-74, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility (December 18, 2015) The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are attached in full text. Offerors MUST complete the provisions at 52.204-24 and 52.204-26 and submit completed copies as separate documents with their proposal. FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021) FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jun 2023) Invoice and Payment Provisions with and without IPP (Mar 2023) The following clauses is attached and in included in full text: FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate (Oct 2022) (ix) The Government will perform a comparative evaluation of responses in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b) to award a purchase order from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose response meets the solicitation’s requirements and, as a whole, provides the best value, considering price and other factors in this solicitation. The evaluation will compare: (a) Technical capability of the service offered to meet the Government requirement; (b) Price; and (c) Past Performance as defined under FAR 13.106-2(b)(3). If only one quotation is received it will be evaluated on the preceding basis. Responses may exceed capability or performance characteristics of the solicitation’s requirements. The Government reserves the right, but is not required, to award to a response that exceeds capability or performance characteristics of the solicitation’s requirements if it provides a benefit to the Government; and the Government is not requesting or accepting alternate proposal(s). (x) The Offerors are to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022), with offers. If the offeror has completed FAR provision 52.212-3 at www.sam.gov, then the offeror does not need to provide a completed copy with its offer. (xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022), applies to this acquisition. Addendum to this FAR clause applies to this acquisition and is attached. (xii) The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions as determined by the contracting officer are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. There are no additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions applicable to this acquisition. (xiii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. (xiv) Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The price quote shall include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s), product description, and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include: past performance, special features required for effective program performance, trade-in considerations, probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item, warranty considerations, maintenance availability, and environmental and energy efficiency considerations. Respondents proposing on an equal product of the brand-name product specified in this announcement must provide, as part of their response: (a) product, catalog, model, and/or part number(s); (b) product description; (c) all relevant information and documentation that the item(s) offered meets the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics as specified in the purchase description; quantity; estimated price or cost; shipping, handling, and/or installation charges; and delivery date after receipt of order. All quotations must be received by 9 a.m., Eastern Time, on January 24, 2024, and reference Solicitation Number 75N95024R00030. Responses must be submitted electronically to Kaitlyn Landi at Kaitlyn.landi@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. Attachments: Purchase Description 1 Amendment 1 FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021) FAR 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020) Addendum to FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders–Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jun 2023) FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate (Oct 2022) Invoice and Payment Provisions with and without IPP (Apr 2022)