This is a combined synopsis of the solicitation for EMC products and synopsis for the brand name justification for EMC. This synopsis is requesting a quote for EMC products. Offerors should submit their quotes by December 1, 2008, 3 pm EST. Manufacturers challenging the brand name justification should submit their technical literature by December 1, 2008, 3 pm EST. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation, TIRNO-09-Q-AMSDR2, Provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2005-27 are incorporated into this RFQ. This procurement is unrestricted. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541511. The small business size standard is $23M. Background: The Account Management Services (AMS) project office has a requirement for their Release 1.3 Disaster Recovery (DR) deployment for roughly 20TB of Storage Area Network (SAN) storage for the replication of their EMC2 Documentum DocBase. This SAN storage will serve as the destination array in a storage-based-replication system between Memphis and Martinsburg Computing Centers. An EMC DMX-4 has already been deployed for the AMS Release 1.3 Drop 2 Production environment. The existing IRS Tier II Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure is built upon EMC storage and SAN switch architecture. IRS Target Enterprise Architecture Standards Profile defines EMC storage devices for Tier II applications as well as EMC Control Center for SAN management and monitoring. The EA ESP also defines Symantec Veritas NetBackup for backups, and EMC TimeFinder and SRDF for data replication. Full compatibility with these Enterprise standards must be considered to be a critical component of any solution. See attached Statement of Work and Spreadsheet for specific tasks, maintenance tasks and additional line items. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2005-27 are applicable to this procurement: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to offerors - Commercial, and FAR 212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. Offerors shall include a fully executed copy of FAR provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, with their offer. FAR Clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order - Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Per 12.603(b) the SF 1449 is not used. FAR clause 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era and Other Eligible Veterans and 52.232-33, Payment of Electronic Funds Transfer – Central Contractor Registration. All responsible sources that can provide the above requirements and deliver all products NLT December 22, 2008 shall submit written quotations no later than 5 days from the posted date of this announcement. The government intends to award a firm fixed price order. The Vendor shall be selected based on the lowest priced technically acceptable proposal. All quotes must include price(s); Quotes over 10 pages in total will not be accepted.

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