This Request for Quote (RFQ), N00104-10-Q-Q362, for commercial hardware support prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. This announcement constitutes the only RFQ; said hardware maintenance is to be purchased for FLEET NUMERICAL METEOROLOGY & OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER (FLEET NUMERICAL) located in Monterey, CA. NAVICP Mechanicsburg intends to procure QLogic Prime and Exchange Support Service Plans; see attached spreadsheet for specifics. Period of performance is for a base period, as show in the attached, and two, one year options. For the base period, billing shall not occur until the period of performance has started. Brand name equivalent is not acceptable. Only Qlogic firmware and software patches will suffice. SUBSTITUTE SERVICES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. The NAICS associated with this purchase is 541519, Other Computer Related Services; this procurement is being considered for small business. To be considered for award, vendors must be AUTHORIZED QLogic partner, distributor or reseller. Vendors must quote ALL items to be considered for award. QUOTES MUST BE VALID FOR 30 DAYS. A firm fixed price purchase order(s) will be issued based on the lowest priced technically acceptable quote (inclusive of options). Offerors should provide "Remit To" address, if applicable. All responsible sources may submit a quotation for consideration. Quotes must be emailed to NAVICP Code 0271.A9 at [email protected] . All quotes are due by 9:00 AM Eastern, 18 March 2010. For further information regarding this RFQ, contact Amanda Goddard, Contract Specialist @ phone: (717) 605-1986. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. Offerors should provide "Remit To" address, if applicable; they are also reminded to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (Jun 08) and 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (Jun 05) with its offer. FAR 52.204-7, Required Central Contractor Registration (Apr 08) is incorporated, Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items (Oct 08), is hereby incorporated by reference. Clause 52.212-5 (Jan 09), Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items, 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract and DFARs clause 252.232-7003 - Electronic Submission of Payment Requests is hereby incorporated by reference. Brand Name Posting information:Fleet Numerical has several Qlogic InfiniBand Switches installed in their High Performance Computing architecture. These switches have previously been maintained by Qlogic Global Services. A market survey shows that Qlogic is the only vendor that provides 4-hr engineer on-site response in the maintenance support plans offered for InfiniBand Switches. Fleet Numerical is a major production center for world-wide METOC support and must have timely maintenance responses to support the mission critical infrastructure. Qlogic is the only vendor that meets these stringent operational requirements.

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