SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Next Generation Internet -- Abilene Interface
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NWWX1000-3-00042
- Response Due
- 9/19/2003
- Archive Date
- 10/1/2003
- Point of Contact
- Anita Middleton, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-713-0828 x129, Fax 301-713-0806,
- E-Mail Address
-
Anita.R.Middleton@noaa.gov
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) of College Park, MD for the Abilene Network backbone that contacts the dark fiber communications link between NOAA/National Weather Service Silver Spring Metro Campus and the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. Abilene is an advanced backbone network developed under the auspices of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) to support the Internet 2 initiative. The University of Maryland is the regional aggregation point for access to the Abilene Network. The contract shall provide a connection to an aggregated Gigabit Ethernet switch port that shall carry an average traffic volume of 155 megabits per second that supports burst traffic rates up to 1000 megabits per second. The contractor also shall provide a subscription to the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) supporting Layer 3 networking services and access to the Internet2 Abilene Network via the Quest Communications Point of Presence (POP) at Eckington Place, Washington DC. The contractor shall provide equipment support services for two EIA standard equipment racks. This acquisition will be for a period of 5 years, 1-year base with four 1-year options. This acquisition will be accomplished in accordance with FAR Subpart 12 Acquisition of Commerical Items. All interested and responsible sources must provide capability documentation to be reviewed by the NOAA technical team. Submit the capability documentation to Anita R. Middleton via e-mail listed below. All documentation must be received no later than 12:00pm Eastern Time on September 19, 2003. Note 22.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/AGAMD/Reference-Number-NWWX1000-3-00042/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA/NWS Silver Spring Metro Campus Silver Spring, MD
- Zip Code: 20910
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN00428162-F 20030907/030905221212 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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