Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21207 Attn:/Andrew Klimas

70 -- IWS/LAN BRIDGE SWITCHES POC Andrew Klimas tel: (410) 965-9493 The Social Security Administration (SSA) is seeking sources who can supply monitor and keyboard switching capability for servers and LAN bridges. The switching equipment will be installed in Woodlawn, Maryland at SSA's National Computer Center and at six other sites: Birmingham, Alabama; Chicago, Illinois; Jamaica, New York; Kansas City, Missouri; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Richmond, California. The proposed keyboard/monitor switching equipment must have the following capabilities: 1) the switch unit must be configured with the capability to support 16 server/LAN bridges; every port must be compatible with all models of IBM PS/2, IBM A/T, and all 100% IBM-compatible server/LAN bridges; the unit must be shipped as such, with no alterations required to meet the specification; 2) the switch unit must provide this 16 port capability in an EIA standard 19 inch wide rack-mountable housing, with a vertical height not to exceed three and one-half inches (3.5''); 3) switch units must be connectable to one another in daisy-chain fashion to provide control/switching for up to 64 servers/LAN bridges under the control of a single keyboard and monitor; 4) the user must be able to extend the controlling keyboard and monitor to remote locations at a distance of 100 feet from the location of switches; 5) the switch unit must provide auto reboot on power-up of each server/LAN bridge connected; 6) the switch unit must provide 100% keyboard emulation and maintain keyboard mapping for each connected server/bridge; 7) the switch unit must be capable of directly selecting each connected server/bridge; 8) the switch unit must have optional automatic port scan mode; and 9) the switch unit must operate reliably with cable between switch and servers/LAN bridges in lengths up to 60 feet, without relying on additional hardware to assure signal quality. Interested firms able to provide the required equipment are invited to submit information in sufficient detail to demonstrate their ability to meet the technical requirement. Cross-reference to previously submitted material is discouraged. No cost or pricing data is required or requested. This is not a request for proposals (RFP) and the Government does not intend to pay for information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation of the data received, but sources deemed qualified will be solicited when a RFP is issued. Responses to this notice should be submitted in duplicate within 15 days of the publication of this notice and should refer to ''IWS/LAN Bridge Switches.'' (0006)

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