“ACKNOWLEDGED” should be used when a Vendor response or Vendor compliance is not required. “ACKNOWLEDGED” simply means the Vendor is confirming to the State that he read the statement. This is commonly used in sections where the agency’s current operating environment is described or where general information is being given about the project. “WILL COMPLY” or “AGREED” are used interchangeably to indicate that the Vendor will adhere to the requirement. These terms are used to respond to statements that specify that a Vendor or Vendor’s proposed solution must comply with a specific item or must perform a certain task. If the Vendor cannot respond with “ACKNOWLEDGED,” “WILL COMPLY,” or “AGREED,” then the Vendor must respond with “EXCEPTION.” (See instructions in Item 13 regarding Vendor exceptions.) Where an outline point asks a question or requests information, the Vendor must respond with the specific answer or information requested in addition to “WILL COMPLY” or “AGREED”. In addition to the above, Vendor must provide explicit details as to the manner and degree to which the proposal meets or exceeds each specification. GENERAL OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND DFA (Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration) is seeking to acquire an IBM Power 740 Express Server solution to replace the existing IBM Power 570 server that currently hosts MERLIN (Mississippi Executive Resource Library and Information Network) and Transparency.Mississippi.gov. The new p740 server will be housed in the State Data Center located at ITS. MERLIN is an enterprise data warehouse of accounting (including budget, revenue, and expenditures), payroll, human resources, travel, property, and construction project/leased property information. The data warehouse provides state agencies and government officials access to decision-critical information for reporting and analysis. There is also a “public access” provision within MERLIN for public information. The application is both web and client-server accessible. MERLIN’s databases form the foundation of the State of Mississippi’s transparency website – Transparency.Mississippi.gov. Pursuant to §27-104-151 through §27-104-159 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 (MCA), as amended, the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) is required to post to this website electronic data for each grant,
1742-1RU IBM TotalStorage FAStT700 Storage Server (4U) 2x1740-1RU IBM FAStT EXP700 Expansion Units (3U) each FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Vendor must provide pricing for the following equipment. Vendor must detail (by part number and/or description) any items that are functionally equivalent and substituted for the item listed in the table below. QTY DESCRIPTION 1 8205-E6B – IBM Power 740 Express Server 3 265 – AIX Partition Specify 1 1824 – Quad-port 1Gb HEA Daughter Card 4 1886 – 146GB 15K RPM SFF SAS Disk Drive 1 2146 – Primary OS – AIX 4 2319 – Factory Deconfiguration of 1-core 1 3656 – SAS SFF Cable 1 3930 – System Serial Port Converter Cable 16 4529 – 16GB (2x8GB) Memory DIMMs, 1066 MHz, 2Gb DDR3 DRAM 1 4650 – Rack Indicator 1 5000 – Software Preload Required 4 5227 – PowerVM Standard Edition 3 5273 – PCle LP 8Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter 2 5603 – System AC Power Supply, 1725 W 3 5604 – Memory Riser Card 1 5618 – Storage Backplane – 6 SFF Bays/SATA DVD/HH Tape 1 5619 – 80/160GB DAT160 SAS Tape Drive 1 5631 – Split Drive Bay Capability for #5618 1 5685 – PCle Riser Card (Gen2) 3 5735 – 8 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter 1 5762 – SATA Slimline DVD-RAM Drive 2 6458 – Power Cable – Drawer to IBM PDU, 14-foot, 250V/10A 1 7131 – IBM Rack Mount Drawer Bezel and Hardware 1 7145 – IBM/OEM Rack-mount Drawer Rail Kit 2 8353 – 4-core 3.3 GHz POWER7 Processor Module 4 8366 – One Processor Activation for Processor Feature #8353 4 8369 – Zero-priced Processor Activation for #8353 1 9300 – Language Group Specify – US English 4 9440 – New AIX License Core Counter