SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- USAC Request for Quotes for Cisco Core and Stack Switches
- Notice Date
- 2/18/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 443142
— Electronics Stores
- Contracting Office
- Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20554, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20554
- Solicitation Number
- USAC-IT-2013-02-19
- Archive Date
- 3/16/2013
- Point of Contact
- Aaron Hamm, Phone: 202-776-0200
- E-Mail Address
-
ahamm@usac.org
(ahamm@usac.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted on its website, the Request for Quotes (RFQ) for Cisco Core and Stacked Switches along with SMARTNet Hardware Support. The RFQ is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. The closing date for quotes is March 1, 2013 at 5:00PM Eastern Time. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Cisco® Core and Stacked Switches with SMARTNet hardware support. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFQ describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. BACKGROUND: USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Low Income (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. USAC is requesting quotes from Cisco® authorized partners and/or resellers to provide Core and Stacked switches with SMARTNet hardware support for its Ashburn, VA data center. The Contractor must be capable of delivering the renewals to USAC no later than March 15, 2013. The RFQ describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFQ WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. Complete quotes must be submitted to Mr. Aaron Hamm, USAC Contracting Office, no later than the date and time set forth in the RFQ. Quotes must be submitted by e-mail (rfp@usac.org), mail, courier or hand delivered to: Universal Service Administrative Company Attn: Mr. Aaron Hamm, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200. Washington, DC 20036.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/FCC/FCCOMD/FCCCPC/USAC-IT-2013-02-19/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Equinix Data Center, Ashburn, Virginia, 20147, United States
- Zip Code: 20147
- Zip Code: 20147
- Record
- SN02989914-W 20130220/130218233026-e96c912494eb89427a0b19d43f7047a7 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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