Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Sol... This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial items, 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. This solicitation number 63NLRB20R0001 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06, effective on May 6, 2020. The requirements will be fulfilled using Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and the Simplified Acquisition procedures, Part 13 of the FAR to the maximum extent possible. This is a total small business set-aside. The associated North American Classification System (NAICS) code is 541519 and the small business size standard is 150 employees. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) intends to establish an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) for Information Technology (IT) for computer hardware and software products. The NLRB expects to make multiple awards resulting from this RFQ. The NLRB’s IT product requirements for Fiscal Year 2019 were approximately $3.5 million. There is, however, no guarantee of requirements. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the NLRB. All ID/IQ orders are generally competed among the ID/IQ vendors using simplified acquisition procedures. However, the NLRB reserves the right to compete individual requirements, with the selected socio-economic preferences i.e., HUBZone or Service Disabled Veteran-owned businesses, to accomplish its socio-economic goals. The ID/IQ contracts will be issued for a base period with four (4) one-year options. The NLRB will review the ID/IQ contract at least annually. If necessary, the NLRB will update or modify existing arrangements as a result of changes in market conditions, sources of supply, and other pertinent factors that may warrant making new arrangements with different suppliers or modifying existing arrangements. The NLRB reserves the right to cancel and or not exercise options for any company’s ID/IQ contract for any reason, including but not limited to: poor performance, failure to respond to Requests for Quotes, Vendor’s prices are determined to be no longer competitive. The Government is seeking a one-stop shopping vehicle, which offers a wide array of computer hardware and software products to include computer hardware, software and licenses, hardware/software maintenance and services that are similar to those found under Schedule 70 – General Purpose Commercial Information Technology Equipment, Software, and Services. Vendors are not required to have a General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule contract in order to submit a proposal in response to this RFQ. Examples of items/services that the NLRB may be procuring are: servers, server racks, color scanners, telephone equipment, laptop/portable/notebook computers; storage devices; VPN software, scanning software, software maintenance, customization of hardware or software, training and product technical support. The vendor must be able to demonstrate that they can offer the NLRB a vast array of IT Products. The NLRB is not looking for vendors who can only offer a few products or product brands. Vendors who can only offer a few products and/or limited product brands will be found unacceptable and will not be considered for award. Delivery orders will be issued for any orders placed under any awarded ID/IQ contract. Offerors must be authorized dealers or resellers of products that they are offering to the Government at the time of the offering. The NLRB does not purchase “grey market” IT products. Vendors that submit quotes in response to this synopsis/solicitation are required to have been in business for five years or longer. Vendors that submit quotes who do not meet this requirement will be disqualified and eliminated from competition. The vendor must have the financial resources and the technical ability to establish lines of credit and to qualify as authorized or certified resellers that will allow it to fulfill NLRB’s requirement for a vast array of IT requirements. Individual awarded delivery orders will state the date and place of delivery, and acceptance and FOB point. Place of delivery may vary but most hardware deliveries will go to the NLRB Headquarters at 1015 Half St, SE, Washington, DC 20005. **Attached are clarifications to questions recieved regarding the RFQ.**