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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) BigFix Subscription and Support Request for Information (RFI) Introduction This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for information and planning purposes only a... Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) BigFix Subscription and Support Request for Information (RFI) Introduction This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The purpose of this RFI is to identify qualified vendors, who are able to meet Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requirements for Financial Management Support Services. Any contract/order that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this market research will be the outcome of the competitive process. The purpose of this RFI is to obtain market information on capable sources of supply, industry best practices, and input specific to the information provided. The Government is not responsible for any cost incurred by industry in furnishing this information. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested vendor's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future Request for Quote (RFQ), if any is issued. Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary. All submissions will become Government property and will not be returned. Interested vendors are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. RFI Response Instructions NOTE: The capability package must be clear, concise, and complete. VA is under no obligation to provide feedback to the company, or to contact the company for clarification of any information submitted in response to this RFI. Provide the following information: Provide Company Information: Company Name CAGE/DUNS Number under which the company is registered in SAM/VetBiz.gov Company Address Point of contact name Telephone number Email address For small business concerns, indicate whether at least 50 percent of the total amount paid by the Government will be paid to firms that are similarly situated. List any existing contracting vehicles you have with the VA that you would recommend for this requirement. The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) depends upon the unique capabilities of BigFix highly integrated with multiple platforms for enterprise (including Internet device) visibility, vulnerability management, threat detection, incident response, internal/external security compliance reporting and general endpoint management. In order to maintain and operate this critical platform the VA requires renewal and consolidation of software subscription, two (2) on-site premium support service personnel that have direct ties to BigFix Product Development, the ability to optionally purchase additional licenses at any time during the life of the contract at top-level, high-volume discounted pricing and flexibility in all licensing to allow for the shift of endpoint types over time (e.g. servers to workstation licenses, workstations to mobile devices (if the need arises)) in order to reflect the inevitable changes in enterprise make-up without forcing certain licenses to go unused and additional licenses to be acquired unnecessarily. VA requires a Five (5) Year Enterprise Support Agreement (ESA) that acknowledges and addresses the fact that VA: Requires the renewal of subscription and support services (S&S) on existing perpetual licenses owned by VA Requires licensing to become flexible so that it supports the changing endpoint composition across all BigFix products currently owned; Allow for the optional addition of BigFix platform add-on features (currently available and being developed) during the life of the EA at a pre-set cost at the time of renewal or during any contract year (base or options). RVUs should go away and be permanently converted to endpoint licenses based on the current inventory of roughly 32,000 servers, leaving just north of 564,000 clients ((RVU Servers (32,000)) x 2) + client licenses. The end result should be a total amount of endpoint licenses that should apply going forward (~600,000). Requires the ability to optionally add licenses as needed in increments of 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 or 50,000 (contract options) and all license pricing should be at the matching tier that reflects discounting based off at least 600,000 endpoints Currently requires two (2) full-time, on-site premium support (legacy AVP) staff that have direct access to BigFix Product Development and may optionally need to add resources in the future at a cost in synch with current costs as contract options. At least one of the on-site, premium support staff is required to hold a Public High Trust, Top Secret or equivalent clearance for incident response support. BigFix must remain TAA Compliant (Trade Agreements Act (TAA), FAR Clause 52.225-5). If TAA compliance is lost at any time the unused portion of the current contract year payment must be refunded within thirty (30) days determined by the yearly cost divided by 12, then multiplied by the months remaining. The replacing contract base year cost should not exceed the previous contract option year cost for the same time period. Each option year going forward should not exceed typical, expected out-year costs. No penalties for not-renewing the previous contract option years or for gaps in coverage shall apply. Requires and Enterprise Agreement, not just additional QTY/Part numbers. IBM BigFix legacy Perpetual licensing information is available from IBM using the following: Passport Advantage Agreement Number: 0000188402, Site number: 3407089 The current VA Operating System Environment with IBM BigFix coverage is characterized by: Non-Windows AIX 30 HP 36 Linux 7,280 Mac OS X 393 SunOS 354 Subtotal 8,093 Windows Other 376 Windows Server 24,233 Windows Workstation 506,882 Subtotal 531,491 TOTALS 539,584 For Information Only VA has over 53,800 mobile devices Please respond with the Base Year and 4 Option Years as separate line items within your response. NOTE: Please indicate whether you are including information on name brand products/services or, or equal products. If or equal products are identified, include detailed product descriptions and any available product literature/information. Responses to this RFI shall be submitted electronically by 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, June 4, 2019 via email the Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) point of contact Contract Specialist, Amy Schmalzigan, Amy.Schmalzigan@va.gov. WARNING: Please do not wait until the last minute to submit your responses! To avoid submission of late responses, we recommend the transmission of your response file 24 hours prior to the required response due date and time. Please be advised that timeliness is determined by the date and time an Offeror s response is received by the Government not when an Offeror attempted transmission. Offerors are encouraged to review and ensure that sufficient bandwidth is available on their end of the transmission. VA will not be able to grant any extensions to this RFI.