Request for Information (RFI) for FLEXPOD This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP); it is a survey of the vendor community in order to receive feedback on the attached Product Description (PD), and to determine the number of capable interested vendors and the business types (small business, large business, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.). The purpose of this procurement is to acquire key deliverables in infrastructure and business systems to be used in the setup, activation, and the implementation of the Continuity Of Operations in support of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) failover initiative for the Health Administration Center (HAC). The equipment/system procured will implement new technology to achieve this solution. VA HAC has a requirement to implement continuous operations between Tucson and Denver. The requirement is to assemble Virtual Storage Controllers that that will virtualize existing and new storage. These controllers shall have Serial Attached Storage (SAS) and Fiber Channel drives. Virtual Software infrastructure will also be implemented to enable seamless failover of critical applications. 24X7 Next Business Day (NBD) support shall be required as well as implementation and installation for all hardware and software for this solution. The Contractor shall provide installation, programing or configuration, and testing of all hardware and software to include servers, storage array software, and virtualizing storage at Department of Veterans Affairs, 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, Denver, CO 80209 as well as, 3480 E Britannia Dr, Tucson, AZ 85706. All systems shall be brought online and successfully communicate with the Local Area Network (LAN). When complete, all systems must be implemented and functioning in a production environment. Vendors are requested to review the attached PD, and provide your notice of intent to submit a proposal in response to this requirement within three (3) business days of receipt of this message (3:00pm EST 08/6/2012). Your response should include the following: a. Provide a brief summary of your technical approach to meet the requirements and your ability to provide the required hardware/software described in the attached Product Description. b. Indicate your current business type (Large, Small, SDVOSB, etc.) c. Provide the team members, subcontractors, and/or vendors you plan to propose, the percentage of work each is to perform, and which PWS requirements are planned to subcontracted to each. d. Please provide comments/questions in relation to the Product Description. This is a request for information and does not obligate the Government in any way, nor does it commit the Government to any specific course of action. Please provide your responses by 3PM on 08/06/12 to Joshua Cohen at [email protected]. Any questions/comments can be directed to Joshua Cohen at 732-440-9696.

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