AI helper
The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) requires secure, commercial offsite storage, retrieval, and transportation services for computer data storage media. This acquisition is being conducted under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule Program using limited sources justification. The period of performance is from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2031, with an estimated total value of $4,120,263,312,027. 00. The service includes a base year and four option years. The contractor must provide secure storage sites compliant with GSA federal specifications and industry standards, protecting media against fire, physical intrusion, and magnetic field interference. Secure courier services and barcode-based media management are also required. The AOUSC requires the contractor to have facilities located within specific mileage ranges of their data centers in Ashburn, VA, Washington, DC, and El Segundo, CA, ensuring delivery of tapes within 4 hours of a request. The justification for limited sources is based on the need for a logical follow-on to an existing contract to avoid unacceptable delays, risks of data loss, and negative economic and efficiency impacts associated with changing vendors.
The bid notice specifies a period of performance from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2031, for the offsite tape storage services.
The contractor must provide secure storage sites in compliance with GSA federal specifications and industry standards for the storage and protection of magnetic computer media against fire, physical intrusion, magnetic field interference and other normal hazards, and who will provide secure couriers services and bar codebased media management services.
The bid notice does not indicate a requirement for sample submission.
The estimated total value for this procurement is $4,120,263,312,****.