The United States Senate, Office of the Sergeant at Arms (SAA), has a requirement for various components and/or parts for a Virtual Machine Infrastructure system. The Senate is seeking qualified vendors of HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure and other components, VMWare vSphere virtualization software, and NetApp NFS software to respond to this request for quotation (RFP). REQUIREMENTS: All requirements are provided in the RFP. All equipment and components must be new, not refurbished. Vendor must provide price quote for all items on ATTACHMENT A. The SAA will not accept any exceptions or qualifications. All items shall be priced FOB Destination, Washington, DC. Quote must be valid until December 31, 2009. INSTRUCTIONS: The Vendor's response must contain the following completed documents: (1) SAA RFQ Form - Pricing Table and (2) Attachment A - List of Components. The response shall be submitted electronically via email only to [email protected]. (The SAA will not accept any faxes or mail deliveries). The subject line of the email message shall be "RFQ-2009-022 HP iSCSI and Mixed Enclosure Systems, VMWare vSphere and NetApp NFS Software." Quotations must be received no later than June 19, 2009 at 5:00 PM EDT. The anticipated award date is in September, 2009. Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing to [email protected], no later than Noon EDT, June 15, 2009. Although the SAA does not anticipate any amendments, the Vendor is responsible for monitoring this site for release of solicitation amendments (if any). The SAA will not respond to telephone requests for information. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. This request for quotation does not commit the SAA to purchase any item or items listed on Attachment A, nor to purchase all the items from, or award a contract for all the items to one qualified vendor. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD: The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Vendor's ability to price and provide all the items listed on Attachment A; (2) Warranty offered; and (3) Evaluated price. Non-price evaluation factors are equally important, and collectively, are significantly more important than evaluated price. Responses received without the required information will be considered non-responsive.