US Army CECOM, C4IEW Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

58 -- REMOTE LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) MONITORING CAPABILITY. SOL DAAB07-96-R-F357 DUE 060796 POC Contact CPT Frank Steinbugl, (908) 532-4991, AMSEL-ACCB-A- BD(STE)/Contracting Officer, Madonna Southcott, (908) 532-4809. USACECOM intends to award a contract, after soliciation of competitive proposals, for a remote local area network monitoring (RMON) capability, for the Army's 22nd Signal Battalion in Bosnia. The contractor is to provide the necesary hardware, solftware, site license, and training for the RMON capability. The RMON capability shall be used to anlayze, maintain, troubleshoot, and fine tune Ethernet LANs. RMON will provide remote LAN monitoring through the use of RMON probes and a central RMON manager, to monitor the network traffic, to discover Ethernet LAN problems, identify the problem origin, and provide some diagnosis of the problem. It will provide statistics of the network utilization, collisions, and errors. The required quantity is to be five each RMON probes and one each server with all the associated hardware and software. The interface requirement is IEEE 802.3, Ethernet. The media connection is to be ThinLAN coaxial. RMON shall have the following features as a minimum: (a) complete visibility of data communication paths, (b) clearly indicate conversation/traffic contributor, (c) allow a choice of viewing end-to-end conversations or focus on segment-to-segment, or intrasegment traffic pattern, (d) let the user modify the node placement with immediate feedback about its effect on traffic, (e) offer powerful packet correlation and analysis to help pinpoint problem cause with accuracy and timeliness. The contractor is to present a training course in Germany on use of the RMON devices and software. All items are to be delivered and the training is to be presented within six weeks after award of the contract. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. It is anticipated that a solicitation will be issued on the USACECOM Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB) on or about 29 May 1996. A draft statement of work for the acquisition will be available on the EBB prior to issue of the solicitation. USACECOM has established an EBB to provide electronic transmittal of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Invitations for Bids (IFBs) from government to industry. All solicitations issued from Fort Monmouth for acquisitions over the simplified acquisition threshold will be solicited via the EBB. Hard copies of solicitations will no longer be distributed, with the exception of those for Post, Camp, and Station acquisitions. All interested parties wishing to do business with CECOM are invited to access, operate, send, and receive data from the CECOM EBB system. To become a user of the EBB, you will need an identification code and password, in addition to a computer terminal equipped with necessary hardware and software to interface with the EBB system. Detailed information regarding system requirements is contained in the USACECOM EBB User's Manual. A User's manual, identification code, and password will be issued upon request. All requests must include (1) company name, (2) point(s) of contact name(s) and number(s) and title(s), (3) return address(es), and (4) telephone number(s). Please send your request in writing to either Mr. Thomas Newman or Ms. Anita McGhee, US Army CECOM, AMSEL-ACSP-BC, ATTN: EBB, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5000. FAX (908) 532-6020, commercial (908) 532-3820. (0130)

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