SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- LAN Infrastructure
- Notice Date
- 4/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, St Louis Contracting Center (ACSS), Attn: ACSS Mail Stop L-13, 3838 Vogel Road, Arnold, Missouri, 63010-6238
- ZIP Code
- 63010-6238
- Solicitation Number
- HDW-001
- Point of Contact
- Patricia L. Henson, Phone: 314-676-0200
- E-Mail Address
-
Patricia.L.Henson@nga.mil
- Description
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is issuing a sources sought announcement as part of its market research in anticipation of a need for Local Area Network (LAN) equipment that must be compatible with the following Cisco product families: Application Network services; Routers; Security; Storage Networking; Switches; Voice and Unified Communciation; and Wireless. This is not a request for proposal or quote and no award will be made from this announcement. As previously stated, it is a market research tool only. It is being issued to obtain a better understanding of the availability of products in the commercial market. Performance Specifications: 1.Local Area Network (LAN) requirements include, but are not limited to the following: •Support for IEEE 802.3ae (10G Ethernet for high-speed uplinks, etc.) •Support for IEEE 802.3z (Gigabit Ethernet for desktop clients, etc.) •Support for IEEE 802.3u (Fast Ethernet for printers, etc.) •Support for VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) to enable converged voice and data networks. •Support for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is not required. 2.Management requirements include, but are not limited to the following: •Compatibility with the AT&T Government Solutions Enterprise Management System (AGMEMS). •Ability to be managed using the Internet Operating System (IOS). •Support for Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) to provide fail-over in the event of equipment failure. •Compatibility with both IPv4 and IPv6 to ensure compliance with migration mandates. 3.Security requirements include, but are not limited to the following: •Support for out-of-band (OOB) management for routers and switches to restrict access to management traffic. •Support for Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) snooping to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. •Support for Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Virtual LAN ACLs (VACLs) to protect system integrity. •Support for 802.1x device authentication. •Support for Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol Inspection to ensure validity of network addresses. 4.Voice over Internet Protocol requirements include, but are not limited to the following: •Support for CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) to identify network address of supporting/supported equipment. •Support for SCCP (Skinny Client Control Protocol) for call control. •Support for IEEE 802.1Q/p to provide quality of service. •Support for Differentiated Services (DiffServ) to improve quality of service. If you are interested and/or can share current information about your products, please respond to the individual identified in this announcement no later than 25 April 2008 with the following information: a.Central Contractor Registration (CCR) information b.GSA Schedule Number, if applicable c.Current Government contracts with contract number, contracting officer name, e-mail address and phone number
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