SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Anue Delay Simulator
- Notice Date
- 5/1/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1st Floor, Rear Entrance, 7111 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21244
- ZIP Code
- 21244
- Solicitation Number
- SSA-RFI-12-6525
- Point of Contact
- Madeline R. Bryant, Phone: 4109659464
- E-Mail Address
-
Madeline.Bryant@ssa.gov
(Madeline.Bryant@ssa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought for Anue Delay Emulator or Equivalent In accordance with FAR 10.001(a)(2) the Social Security Administration (SSA) is conducting market research before developing requirements for possible acquisition of Anue AS-HAWAII-B (Hawaii 2 blade Emulator) or equivalent. This is a Sources Sought announcement, a market survey for electronic/written information. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals. No contract will be awarded. This is a request for information only. SSA will pursue to acquire Anue AS-HAWAII-B (Hawaii 2 blade Emulator) products or equivalent to allow the Agency to simulate the delays and impairments that occur over live production; synchronous optical networking (SONET), synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH), optical transport network (OTN) and other networks. SSA will use these products to validate and evaluate new hardware or software products and technologies under real world conditions in a controlled lab environment. The primary applications for the emulator include validation of signal fail and degrade alarm threshold algorithms, facilitating automatic protection switch testing under the presence of persistent bit errors, loss of signal, validation of disaster recovery and storage extension solutions, real world interoperability, and proof of concept testing. SSA intends to deploy products in rack mountable chassis configuration with unidirectional or bidirectional emulation, along with 850-nanometer and 1310-nanometer optics to provide OC-192/STM-64, OC-48/STM-16, OC-3/12 / STM-1/4, 1 Gig and 10 Gig Ethernet signal delay emulations. The Agency intends to run signal delay software for OC-192, OC-48, OC-12, OC-3, 1 Gig and 10 Gig in uni-directional and bi-directional testing. Any firm that feels they have the capability of providing an equivalent product must respond, in writing, within 9 days of this notice. Responses must be specific as to the alternate product proposed and must include detailed specifications to support claims of equivalency to Anue hardware and software detailed in this synopsis. Vendors that believe they can offer a technically compliant product should submit information concerning their product's capabilities. Detailed responses to each of the above requirements (with substantiating documentation) are required. SSA will not consider simple marketing information or incomplete responses. SSA will not consider reference to vendor web sites as a valid response. Respondents should indicate whether their software is available on GSA Federal Supply Schedules or any other Government-wide Agency Contract (GWAC). Information received will be considered solely to make informed decisions regarding a potential procurement. Responses from industry MUST be submitted via email (compatible with MS Office 2003) to Madeline.Bryant@ssa.gov no later than May 10, 2012 by 2:00pm EST. Please reference SSA-RFI-12-6525 in the subject line. Faxed information will not be considered. The file size limitation for e-mail attachments is 5 megabytes. No phone calls will be accepted. Questions concerning this notice must be received in writing via email to Madeline.Bryant@ssa.gov no later than May 3, 2012 12:00 pm EST.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/SSA/DCFIAM/OAG/SSA-RFI-12-6525/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Computer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, 21235, United States
- Zip Code: 21235
- Zip Code: 21235
- Record
- SN02736288-W 20120503/120502000539-1e16583bfc96a2fff7240e33ee727c4f (fbodaily.com)
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