Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

DESCRIPTION This Request for Information (RFI) is for information & planning purposes only; it is neither a solicitation, opportunities announcement, nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not... DESCRIPTION This Request for Information (RFI) is for information & planning purposes only; it is neither a solicitation, opportunities announcement, nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the government to award a contract. A contract may or may not be awarded as a result of this RFI announcement. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to this RFI shall be in writing. The purpose of this RFI announcement is for market research, to facilitate appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potentially qualified service-disabled veteran owned small businesses, veteran owned small businesses, 8 (a), HUBZone and other small businesses interested and capable of performing the work. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) duns number (f) cage code (g) tax id number (h) type of small business, e.g. services disabled veteran owned small business, veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, women owned small business, small disadvantaged business, or small business HUBZone business and (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a vendor for the work described below. STATEMENT OF WORK BACKGROUND The Baltimore VAMC, 50 Greene Street, Baltimore MD 21201, has a need for data recovery of a Raid Array of seven (7) disks. A Sun Solaris (UNIX) server running DataFax software, with an attached data array for space and redundancy, had a major issue. Once the server issue was corrected, the attached array was found in a degraded state, and not readable. There are seven (7) drives in this set, configured as a mirror, and are not in a state to gain access. The DataFax data needs to be recovered from the drive set, in a format that can be read. OBJECTIVE Determine if any of the seven (7) drives can be read and transfer the good data to a medium that allows other machines access. DELIVERABLES The vendor shall: Analyze the set of seven (7) drives to determine if data can be read. Save restored data to CD/DVD or readable media. Determine if File attributes of data as listed below are readable Determine if the folder structure is readable. Recover /opt/datafax or /opt/dfdiscover and generally /opt/studies/ directories and sub-contents. Here is a link to the DFdiscover programmer guide for further information. Programmer Guide (dfnetresearch.com) - https://www.dfnetresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/dfdiscover/5.4.0doc/progman/html/progman.html#studyfiles.chapter Provide a report on the final analysis and actions taken of the data recovery efforts. DFdiscover Study Files describes the format used for the various files for a given study. Heading Description Usual Name the file name that is usually given to files having this format. Some files are kept at the DFdiscover directory level while others are kept separately with each study directory. Type one of: "clear text" or "binary". Clear text files can be reviewed with any text editor. Created By the name of the DFdiscover program(s) that create and modify this file. If you need to edit the contents of the file, use the program listed here. Used By the name of the DFdiscover program(s) that reference or read this file. Field Delimiter how fields within a record are delimited. Typically, the delimiter is a single character. Record Delimiter how records within the file are delimited. Typically, the delimiter is a single character. Comment Delimiter how comments within the file are delimited. If comments are not permitted within the file, "NA" is indicated. Fields/Record the expected number of fields per record. If the number of fields varies across records, the minimum number is given, followed by a +. Description a detailed description of the meaning of each field. Example one or more example records from the file. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY IF the vendor cannot come on site to recover the data from the RAID Array disks, then the disks will be shipped to the vendor. The seven (7) hard drives HP BD3008A4C6 Ultra300 10k HotPlug SCA 80Pin will be packed and shipped in as safe a manner as possible. If Government Furnished Property (GFP) if provided to the vendor, at the conclusion of the completed work, return all the GFP within 5 business days. MEETINGS\NOTIFICATIONS These should be informational\situational, as needed, but no formal requirement. TRAVEL REQUIREMENT No Travel is needed for this operation. CONTRACTING OFFICER\REPRESENTATIVE No Government Personnel, other than the Contracting Officer, has the authority to change or alter these requirements. The COR shall clarify technical points or supply relevant technical information, but no requirements in this scope of work may be altered was a sole result of such verbal clarification. The specifications of the ARRA and the HOUSING: ARRAY Casing is HP StorageWorks MSA30 302926-B21 14-Bay 3U Drives in the Bay are HP BD3008A4C6 Ultra300 10K HotPlug SCA 80Pin (14 of them) WIRING SCHEME for the drives is UNIX FSD **Required**In addition to the DELIVERABLES section, ALL RESPONDENTS SHALL INCLUDE and SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING: Responses to this Request for Information (RFI) shall include company name, address, point of contact, phone number, point of contact e-mail, DUNS Number, Cage Code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 541519, (size standard of $30M, per SBA Table of Small Business Size Standards August 19, 2019) AND whether your company is a special socio-economic status (i.e., SDVOSB, VOSB, Small Business, HUBZone, etc.) Respondents shall answer the following questions: Size, status, and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Small Business (SB), Large Business, etc. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code identified under this RFI? (Size standard of = or < $30M, per SBA Table of Small Business Size Standards August 19, 2019) Is your company a large business? Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the VA NAC or a GWAC contract holder with any other federal agency? If so, please provide the contract number. If your company holds a FSS GSA/VA NAC contract other federal GWAC contract holder, are the services requested available on your schedule/contract? General pricing of your products is encouraged. Pricing will be used for the purpose of market research only. It will not be used to evaluate for any type of award. Information provided by potential sources will be utilized by the Government to determine market availability and procurement strategy. **A contract award will not result from this RFI Notice. Vendors who can meet the requirements listed above shall provide the following information: Business Name Business Address Business Point of Contact, including phone number and email address Business size Business Socioeconomic Status Federal Supply Scheduling (FSS) number, if the items required by the Government are available for purchase on an FSS contract. Any other pertinent capability information that relates to the above stated requirement. SUBMIT ALL Questions FOR INFORMATION TO AMY.WALTER1@VA.GOV NO LATER THAN Monday, April 25, 2022, 1:00 PM EST.