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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Third Party License Management Audit Services for Oracle Licenses Introduction: This is a Request for Information (RFI) only issued for conducting market research. Accordingly,... REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Third Party License Management Audit Services for Oracle Licenses Introduction: This is a Request for Information (RFI) only issued for conducting market research. Accordingly, this RFI constitutes neither a Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), nor a guarantee that one will be issued by the Government in the future; furthermore, it does not commit the Government to contract for any services described herein. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is not, at this time, seeking proposals or quotes, and therefore, will not accept, review, or evaluate unsolicited proposals or quotes received in response hereto. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted because of this request. The Government does not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred for responses to this RFI. The information provided may be used by VA in developing its acquisition strategy and Performance Work Statement (PWS) or Product Description (PD). Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary; however, any information received shall become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the respondent. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted, or competition sensitive information contained in their response. This is a request for information and does not obligate the Government in any way, nor does it commit the Government to any specific course of action. Product information, brochures, part numbers, and/or other description information may be included with the submission. Requirement: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology, Office of Strategic Sourcing has a requirement for a monthly report detailing the number of Oracle licenses being consumed by VA for the following Oracle products: Advanced Security Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Oracle Database Lifecycle Management Pack Including Configuration Management Pack, Change Management Pack and Provisioning Pack Oracle Diagnostics Pack Oracle GoldenGate for Oracle Databases Including Active Data Guard for Oracle Databases Oracle Management Pack for GoldenGate Oracle Partitioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle Tuning Pack WebLogic Suite WebLogic Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager WebCenter Portal Oracle Java Standard Edition Subscription for Desktops Oracle Java Standard Edition Subscription for Servers The reports and metering process will take into account all of Oracle s licensing rules. To include at a minimum: processor cores, Oracle core factors, virtualization, environment (production/non-production) and whether or not the Java license is bundled with another Oracle product license owned by VA. Additional/Option requirement: What VA application is being supported by the license? Responses: Please submit a capability statement describing your company s ability to meet the overall requirement described and responses to the questions below. The capability statement shall be limited to 10 pages. Responses to this RFI shall be submitted via email to Contract Specialist John Broadnax, John.Broadnax@va.gov or Contracting Officer Summer Spalliero, Summer.Spalliero@va.gov no later than 12:00pm ET on October 4, 2022. Provide a brief summary of your technical approach for meeting the requirements for Third Party License Management Audit Services for Oracle Licenses specific to the following: How will the data be collected? Is access to the VA network required? Will scripts need to be installed on the VA network? Will this be a Software-as-a-Service solution? What level of access to the VA network would be required? Additional/Optional requirement: What VA application is being supported by the license? Are there any specifications that you believe are unachievable by industry? If so, please state why. What additional information would be needed to provide a firm fixed price quote? Provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) for the product/solution being proposed. VA is requesting assistance in obtaining rough estimated pricing based on the services identified above. The results of the estimated pricing and technical capabilities shall be used to finalize the VAs requirements prior to issuing a solicitation. Include the following identification information: Name of Company Address Point of Contact Phone Number Fax Number Email address CAGE code/Unique Entity Identifier Company Business Size and Status for NAICS 541519 NAICS code(s) Any Schedules held on General Services Administration (GSA), Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC) held on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, or any other schedule not mentioned above to assist in determining acquisition strategy if you are included in one or more. Please also include Contract Number, expiration date, etc. Socioeconomic data: If a small business, what type of small business are you? Are you able to comply with FAR 52.219-6 and 52.219-14 in execution of this effort? Are you able to comply with VAAR 852.219-10, VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside and with subcontracting limitations in 13 CFR 125.6 in execution of this effort? Is your company currently providing similar services to any government agency or other non-government customers? If so, please identify the agency or non-government customer. If you are unwilling to share your customers' identity, please address whether your company offers the same or similar services, commercially (outside the federal government). Post RFI Phase VA envisions that once RFI responses are reviewed, select responders may be invited to provide a face-to-face or telephonic briefing to VA personnel to answer additional questions with respect to the response given. VA retains sole discretion of whether any post RFI briefings are warranted and which industry partners may be invited to provide additional market research information. Based on market research results, the RFP/RFQ may be made available on Sam.gov. It is the responsibility of interested parties to regularly monitor the website for updates. The government will not provide hard copies of the solicitation once issued. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website and downloading the solicitation, its attachments, and any amendments from the internet site identified above when/if issued. All information regarding the procurement is provided herein, and no additional information shall be provided at this time. OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE DELAYED, CANCELED, OR REVISED AT ANY TIME.