Amendment 0001 - This amendment's purpose is to answer vendor questions, provide updates to the Continuation Pages, Pricing Schedule, Sample Task Order, and extend the quote suspense to 12:00 pm ET on 09 September 2024. Quotes received after this time and date will not be considered.
The. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Research Service (ARS), on behalf of all USDA agencies requires the acquisition of Secure Data Enclave Services in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW).
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will NOT be issued.
This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) using FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items; the Solicitation Number is 1232SA24Q0053.
The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05.
The NAICS code for this procurement is 518210 – Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services; the small business size standard is $40 million. The Product Service Code is R702 – Support Management; Data Collection.
Offerors must be registered within the System for Award Management (SAM) databased at time of response to this solicitation. The website for SAM is https://www.sam.gov/.
DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT
CLIN Service/Description
Ordering Period One
0001: Base Service Level - Data Stewardship & Management
0002: Data Hosting, Ingestion, and Migration
0002AA: Data Hosting in GB: a). Unstructured b.) Structured
0002AB: Data File Workspace & Storage in GB
0002AC: Data ingestion - Small (Under 100 GB)
0002AD: Data ingestion - Medium (100-500 GB)
0002AE: Data ingestion - Large (500+ GB)
0002AF: Archival and Restoration
0003: Workspace Configurations
0003AA: Workspace Performance Configurations - Basic (CPU 4 Memory 7.5)"
0003AB: Workspace Performance Configurations - Intermediate (4/30)
0003AC: Workspace Performance Configurations - Power (8/60)
0003AD: User Set-Up
0003AE: Advisors
0004: Software & Add-Ons
0004AA: Installations and Upgrades
0004AB: Additional Storage in GB
0005: Additional Services
0005AA: Technical Expertise - (Ex: Data Scientist Support)
0005AB: Technical Support
Ordering Period Two
1001: Base Service Level - Data Stewardship & Management
1002: Data Hosting, Ingestion, and Migration
1002AA: Data Hosting in GB: a). Unstructured b.) Structured
1002AB: Data File Workspace & Storage in GB
1002AC: Data ingestion - Small (Under 100 GB)
1002AD: Data ingestion - Medium (100-500 GB)
1002AE: Data ingestion - Large (500+ GB)
1002AF: Archival and Restoration
1003: Workspace Configurations
1003AA: Workspace Performance Configurations - Basic (CPU 4 Memory 7.5)
1003AB: Workspace Performance Configurations - Intermediate (4/30)
1003AC: Workspace Performance Configurations - Power (8/60)
1003AD: User Set-Up
1003AE: Advisors
1004 Software & Add-Ons
1004AA: Installations and Upgrades
1004AB: Additional Storage in GB
1005: Additional Services
1005AA: Technical Expertise - (Ex: Data Scientist Support)
1005AB: Technical Support
Ordering Period Three
2001: Base Service Level - Data Stewardship & Management
2002: Data Hosting, Ingestion, and Migration
2002AA: Data Hosting in GB: a). Unstructured b.) Structured
2002AB: Data File Workspace & Storage in GB
2002AC: Data ingestion - Small (Under 100 GB)
2002AD: Data ingestion - Medium (100-500 GB)
2002AE: Data ingestion - Large (500+ GB)
2002AF: Archival and Restoration
2003: Workspace Configurations
2003AA: Workspace Performance Configurations - Basic (CPU 4 Memory 7.5)
2003AB: Workspace Performance Configurations - Intermediate (4/30)
2003AC: Workspace Performance Configurations - Power (8/60)
2003AD: User Set-Up
2003AE: Advisors
2004 Software & Add-Ons
2004AA: Installations and Upgrades
2004AB: Additional Storage in GB
2005: Additional Services
2005AA: Technical Expertise - (Ex: Data Scientist Support)
2005AB: Technical Support
Ordering Period Four
3001: Base Service Level - Data Stewardship & Management
3002: Data Hosting, Ingestion, and Migration
3002AA: Data Hosting in GB: a). Unstructured b.) Structured
3002AB: Data File Workspace & Storage in GB
3002AC: Data ingestion - Small (Under 100 GB)
3002AD: Data ingestion - Medium (100-500 GB)
3002AE: Data ingestion - Large (500+ GB)
3002AF: Archival and Restoration
3003: Workspace Configurations
3003AA: Workspace Performance Configurations - Basic (CPU 4 Memory 7.5)
3003AB: Workspace Performance Configurations - Intermediate (4/30)
3003AC: Workspace Performance Configurations - Power (8/60)
3003AD: User Set-Up
3003AE: Advisors
3004 Software & Add-Ons
3004AA: Installations and Upgrades
3004AB: Additional Storage in GB
3005: Additional Services
3005AA: Technical Expertise - (Ex: Data Scientist Support)
3005AB: Technical Support
Ordering Period Five
4001: Base Service Level - Data Stewardship & Management
4002: Data Hosting, Ingestion, and Migration
4002AA: Data Hosting in GB: a). Unstructured b.) Structured
4002AB: Data File Workspace & Storage in GB
4002AC: Data ingestion - Small (Under 100 GB)
4002AD: Data ingestion - Medium (100-500 GB)
4002AE: Data ingestion - Large (500+ GB)
4002AF: Archival and Restoration
4003: Workspace Configurations
4003AA: Workspace Performance Configurations - Basic (CPU 4 Memory 7.5)
4003AB: Workspace Performance Configurations - Intermediate (4/30)
4003AC: Workspace Performance Configurations - Power (8/60)
4003AD: User Set-Up
4003AE: Advisors
4004 Software & Add-Ons
4004AA: Installations and Upgrades
4004AB: Additional Storage in GB
4005: Additional Services
4005AA: Technical Expertise - (Ex: Data Scientist Support)
4005AB: Technical Support
See Attachment 1 – Statement of Work for a description of the services required.
Ordering Period: The ordering period for this IDIQ shall be five years from the effective date.
Place of Performance: The place of performance for this procurement is at the contractor’s location.
See attachment “1232SA24Q0053 - Continuation Pages” for further details to include Additional Instructions to Contractors / Evaluation Criteria, FAR Clauses and Provisions.
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS:
Any questions or comments regarding this solicitation shall be submitted via email only to Jacob.toft@usda.gov by 29 August 2024 at 12:00pm ET.
