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Create free accountTrade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: NMSO - MASS STORAGE SYSTEMS - TIER 1 AND TIER 2 STORAGE PRODUCTS
E60EJ-11000S/B Lipski, Sarah Telephone No. - (819) 956-4013 ( ) Fax No. - (819) 956-1156
B/ NMSO- DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS
NOTE: The closing date of this RFSO is extended from September 10, 2013 to September 16, 2013. This solicitation is being issued to satisfy the Government of Canada's requirement for the supply, delivery, configuration and installation of Mass Storage Systems - Tier 1 (Enterprise) and Tier 2 (Mid-Range), including Storage Upgrades, Storage Components, Unevaluated Options, warranty, maintenance, software support services and documentation, all of which is to be provided on an "as-and-when-requested" basis to locations throughout Canada, excluding any locations in areas subject to any of the Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements, when a Call-up is made in accordance with any resulting NMSOs. Any resulting standing offers may be used by any Government Department, Departmental Corporation or Agency, or other body of the Government of Canada (including all those described in the Financial Administration Act, as amended from time to time) or any other party for which the Department of Public Works and Government Services has been authorized to act from time to time under section 16 of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act. This solicitation does not preclude Canada from using another method of supply for entities of the Government of Canada with the same or similar needs.
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).
The series of resulting NMSOs, as a whole, will have no expiry date (unless PWGSC determines, in its sole discretion, to set aside this procurement vehicle). As demand for new Storage technologies develops, new Categories will be competed on the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS), allowing new suppliers to qualify or existing suppliers to add Categories to their Standing Offer. Each individual Category will be valid for a period of two years, plus two optional one-year extension periods from the date it is originally awarded. Each time a Category is subsequently awarded after publishing a new competition on the GETS, this two-year period plus the two one-year extension periods will begin running again. As a result, different Categories may be subject to different end dates. At the time individual Categories are recompeted, or new Categories are added, suppliers who already hold NMSOs may be exempted from providing certain information that they have previously provided in order to obtain their existing NMSO (for example, if the experience requirements remain unchanged, existing Offerors may not be required to re-demonstrate that they have the necessary experience). This RFSO includes the following Groups and Categories of equipment from Tier 1 (Enterprise) and Tier 2 (Mid-Range) Storage Products:
Group 1.0 Small Mid-Range iSCSI; Group 2.0 Small Mid-Range Fibre Channel; Group 3.0 Medium Mid- Range Fibre Channel; Group 4.0 Large Mid-Range Fibre Channel; Group 5.0 Large Enterprise Fibre Channel; Group 6.0 Scalable NAS.
Group 1.0 includes: Default Storage Platform Drives and Shelves Fabric Unevaluated Options
Groups 2.0 through 4.0 includes: Default Storage Platform Drives and Shelves Fabric Virtualization (Optional) NAS Gateway Unevaluated Options
Group 5.0 includes: Default Storage Platform Drives and Shelves Fabric Virtualization (Mandatory) NAS Gateway Unevaluated Options
Group 6.0 includes: Default Storage Platform Drives and Shelves Unevaluated Options
In Any given Group, it is mandatory that all the equipment proposed for the Storage Platform come from a single Manufacturer with the exception of the Categories entitled "Fabric" and Unevaluated Options.
All potential suppliers capable of meeting the requirements of this RFSO are invited to make offers. Suppliers are not required to be the Manufacturer of any Products to submit an offer, although the Manufacturer must certify non-manufacturer suppliers. The Annex entitled "Technical Specifications" describes the detailed technical specifications for all Groups.
All offers must consist of a technical offer and a financial offer. The detailed requirements for these offers are contained in Annexes entitled "Technical Offer" and "Financial Offer" and include mandatory requirements. Offerors are limited to a maximum of two (2) Systems per Group (the first System listed in the Group will be titled System A, the second System listed in the same Group will be titled System B); also, the same System will not be included in one Group more than once; furthermore, no more than two (2) Systems from any given Manufacturer will be included in one Group.
The basis of selection is described in detail in the Annex entitled "Basis of Selection" and consists of three phases: Confirmation of Compliance to Mandatory Requirements, Evaluation of Financial Offer and Offeror Selection. Only offers that satisfy all the mandatory requirements and pass the financial evaluation will be considered.
For each Group, Canada anticipates qualifying up to ten (10) Systems that meet the requirements of this RFSO. If fewer Systems are qualified in a given Group than Canada considers advantageous, Canada reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to issue a further RFSO in order to identify additional offers eligible for standing offer issuance.
Offers will be evaluated on a "Group" basis. Therefore, if an Offeror wishes to submit an offer in only one specific Group, then it has the opportunity to do so. It is not mandatory to make an offer or be selected in all Groups to be issued a Standing Offer.
During the Standing Offer Period for a given Group, as technology evolves, Offerors will have the opportunity to propose substitute Products that offer equal or better value to Canada. Periodically, all Offerors will also have the opportunity to refresh their prices.
After any resulting Standing Offers have been issued, all Offerors will be notified in writing regarding the outcome of this solicitation.
SCHEDULE
Deadline for first set of questions, Q1 (by noon EST): November 13, 2012
Deadline for second set of questions, Q2 (by noon EST): 10 working days after the release date of answers to the first set of questions (Q1). Deadline for third set of questions, Q3 (by noon EDT): 10 working days after the release date of answers to the second set of questions (Q2).
Closing Date (by 2:00 PM EDT): September 16, 2013
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
Not stated in the notice: procurement type, procurement method, selection criteria, region of delivery, region of opportunity, expected contract period, end user
The source reports 7 amendments. CanPursue observed 1 of them with dates.
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