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INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND This is a Request for Information/Sources Sought (RFI) notice issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service on behalf of Fiscal Service’s Offi... INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND This is a Request for Information/Sources Sought (RFI) notice issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service on behalf of Fiscal Service’s Office of Information and Security Services (ISS). The purpose of this notice is to obtain industry information and identify potential sources that are both capable of, and interested in, providing colocation services as described below. This information is being sought for acquisition planning purposes. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES ISS is seeking to identify potential vendors for data center colocation services. Proposed data center colocation services shall satisfy all of the requirements described in the technical requirement document included with this RFI. Potential vendors shall note that the 10G connections to both colocation centers’ on-site cloud exchange providers shall not utilize a third-party for the connections; further, the 10G connections between the data centers on the East and West Coasts shall not utilize a third-party provider for those connections. These requirements are included in the attached technical requirements document. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions shall include sufficient evidence clearly demonstrating a vendor’s capability to satisfy the requirements outlined herein. Responding vendors shall provide a general capabilities statement that includes a description of their standard line(s) of business, information outlining their experience, and technical narrative addressing the specific product and service requirements/tasks. In addition to the general capabilities statement and specific technical information, vendors shall provide the following information with their submissions: 1. Name and address of company, contact information, DUNS number, and business size along with any specific socioeconomic classification(s), including participation in the SBA’s 8(a) business development program (if applicable); 2. Whether or not the company’s products/services are available through an existing Government-wide contracting vehicle or solely in the open market; if the company’s products/services are available through existing Government-wide contracting vehicles, a list of those contracting vehicles (including vendor contract number); 3. A declaration stating that the vendor’s data center colocation services solution has all of the required attributes listed in the Scope and Objectives section; 4. Relevant past performance references and information for three (3) examples in which the vendor provided similar products/services. DEADLINE FOR RESPONSES Vendors shall submit responses to this notice by e-mail to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov no later than 4:00pm Monday, August 24, 2020. Responses shall reference “Response to RFI-ISS-20-102, ATTN: GFETTY/AFOREMAN” in the subject line of the e-mail message. DISCLAIMERS This notice is not a request for proposal/quote, and this notice does not imply an obligation on the part of the Government to purchase products/services or to proceed to any request for proposal/quote for such products/services. Further, this notice does not obligate the Government to ultimately pursue a particular acquisition strategy. The Government shall not be liable for any costs incurred by vendors in preparing and submitting a response to this notice. Submission of a response confers no rights upon the responder. NO FORMAL SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. Requests for additional information and/or a copy of the solicitation will not be considered an affirmative response to this posting. Telephone responses or inquiries to this request will not be accepted. All responding vendors are advised that responses to this notice, in and of themselves, will in no way be considered for contract award. In the event that a resultant solicitation would ensue, interested parties would be required to respond separately and formally in order to be considered for contract award. Additionally, a determination not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this request would be at the sole discretion of the Government.