This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only; it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. A contract may not be awarded as a result of this sources sought announcement. The US Army Contracting Command, Fort Dix, NJ on behalf of the Inspector General, Arlington, VA intends to competitively acquire Upgrade to the Commvault Enterprise Licensing for Headquarters, IG with 24X7 support with 2 hour response time.

Scope: The contractor shall provide a year maintenance with upgraded software licensing for Commvault Enterprise Software.

CLIN0001 - CommVault Terabyte of Front-End Protection Size Tiered Volume price, Part Number SB-C-DPE-IT, Quantity 45

CLIN0002 - CommVault Terabyte licensed DP-Core capacity, Convert 1TB of existing Data Protection Core capacity to full Enterprise feature pack, Part Number SB-C-DPU-IT, Quantity 15

CLIN0003 - CommVault capacity expansion (converts 1TB of active usage to upgrade to full CLA/SB-C-DPC-IT per Terabyte), Part Number CAP-DPC-IT-X, Quantity 15

CLIN0004 - CommVault maintenance for Terabyte of Front-End Protection Size, Tiered Volume price), Part Number SB-C-DPE-1TM, Quantity 45

CLIN0005 - CommVault maintenance for Terabyte licensed DP-Core capacity Convert 1TB of existing Data Protection Core Capacity to full Enterprise feature pack, Part Number SB-C-DPU-1TM, Quantity 15

CLIN0006 - CommVault maintenance for capacity expansion (converts 1TB of active usage to upgrade to full CLA/SB-C-DPC-1T per Terabyte), Part Number CAP-DPC-1T-XM, Quantity 15

CLIN0007 - Contractor Manpower Reporting, Quantity 1

A Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type of contract is anticipated. The anticipated period of performance will be for one (1) year. The proposed acquisition will commence by mid September 2011.

In accordance with FAR Part 19, the Government seeks maximum practicable opportunities for Small Business participation for this acquisition. Interested small business concerns that are qualified as a small business concern under NAICS Code 511210 with a size standard of $25M are encouraged to submit their capability packages. Please submit capability statement (not to exceed 2 pages) for support services relevant to the PWS. All contractors may submit questions to the draft PWS; however, all questions must be submitted no later than 9 August 2011 by 2:00 PM EST.

A draft Performance Work Statement will be posted with this request for information.

The POC for this requirement is Ms. Linda A. Schmidt at [email protected].

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