SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- DDI Address Management - Statement of Need
- Notice Date
- 1/20/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Acquisition Division, Room 3J438, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233
- ZIP Code
- 20233
- Solicitation Number
- RFIYJM012012
- Archive Date
- 2/21/2012
- Point of Contact
- Yolanda J Mitchell, Phone: 301-763-0360, Natalie Y Ellis, Phone: 301-763-3559
- E-Mail Address
-
yolanda.j.mitchell@census.gov, natalie.y.ellis@census.gov
(yolanda.j.mitchell@census.gov, natalie.y.ellis@census.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Need - DDI Address Management REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Description In accordance with FAR Part 10, this is a Request for Information (RFI)/source sought notice as a form of Market Research and is not to be construed as a solicitation or an obligation on the part of the government and is not committed to award a contract pursuant to this announcement. No solicitation package is available at this time. This source sought announcement seeks to determine if any DDI (DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management) vendors are capable of providing a DDI solution in support of the infrastructure services in the U. S. Census Bureau TCO (Telecommunications Office). The purpose of this notice is to identify Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) products that will meet our needs and to determine the commercial market pricing structure for these products. Background The Census Bureau maintains a DNS (Domain Name Service) service and a DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) service that provides IP addresses and names for all devices on the network. The goal of the Census Bureau is to obtain a secure, stable, scalable appliance-based solution for DDI (DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management) with low management overhead. The appliances should be commercially available. Technical Information Please see attached Statement of Need. Rough Order of Magnitude Please provide a commercial price estimate for the COTS appliance/product. Business Information The following information should be provided in response to this RFI: 1. Name, address, and web site URL of the organization. 2. Company's point of contact with name, title, phone, and e-mail. 3. Contractor's capability statement: a one-paragraph general statement about the capability, reliability, and predictability of your company to provide and support the appliances. For example, what has your schedule been for releasing patches to the software and firmware and any maintenance included in the software package? 4. Respondent should provide a yes/no answer for each line item: i.e. each functional item listed in the Statement of Need. Each heading and also each sub-item shall receive a yes/no answer. 5. A description of the pricing structure (e.g. a catalogue) for such appliances if one is commerically available. Point of Contact The following government representatives may be contacted on matters relating to this RFI: Yolanda J. Mitchell, Contract Specialist at Yolanda.J.Mitchell@census.gov (301) 763-0360. Submission of Information Responses shall be submitted to the above government representatives at the indicated email address no later than 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Feburary 6, 2012. The submissions shall be submitted in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat formats.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/CB/13040001/RFIYJM012012/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: U. S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silverhill Road, 3J448B, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233, United States
- Zip Code: 20233
- Zip Code: 20233
- Record
- SN02658091-W 20120122/120120234311-0c16ad11cdb715cbe1815b1d9c9eda8e (fbodaily.com)
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