SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Continuation of Current NLM Purchase Order 467MZ102136
- Notice Date
- 7/5/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-Synopsis02164
- Response Due
- 7/15/2002
- Archive Date
- 7/30/2002
- Point of Contact
- Susan Nsangou, Contract Specialist, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 401-0642, - Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642,
- E-Mail Address
-
NsangoS@mail.nlm.nih.gov, RIGGSK@mail.nlm.nih.gov
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine to continue to procure the Abilene Services yearly membership for NLM?s independent access to the Internet2 on a sole source basis with UCAID, 3025 Boardwalk, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, Michigan, under authority of FAR 6.302. The NLM intends to procure for up to three additional one-year option periods. This service will to provide connectivity to the Next Generation Internet Network (Internet2). The Internet2 connects hundreds of national and international institutions doing advanced research and development. The NLM through the Internet2 intends to foster development of advanced biomedical applications. The Internet2 members interconnect via the high-performance Abilene project network backbone at speeds up to OC48. The end users connect through their own institution?s networks which in turn connect either singly or jointly via local and/or regional aggregation point?s high performance connections to the Abilene backbone at speeds of not less than 155 Mbps. The Abilene project is a nationwide high performance network capable of giving the NLM this connectivity. Abilene peers via 40 connections with 26 networks and offers extensive national (52 connectors and 3 NGIXs) and international (STARTAP) connectivity. UCAID is the sole provider of connectivity to the Internet2.
- Web Link
-
Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OAM/Reference-Number-Synopsis02164/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 8600 Rockville Pike Building 38A, Room B1N17 Bethesda, MD
- Zip Code: 20894
- Zip Code: 20894
- Record
- SN00111668-F 20020707/020706082115 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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