Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, FOB #3, Room 1557, Washington, (Suitland, MD) DC 20233

70 -- SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 24-7-88 POC Linda Catterton, 301-457-1840 The Bureau of the Census intends to award a sole source contract to Cisco Systems, 7165 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD 21046 to provide installation and support services for an in-house Cisco network routing system. The services required include 24 hour, 7 days per week, certified network engineers educated in the customer's architecture, design, topology, configuration, problem history, tools, procedures and staff. Additional services are required as follows: (1) Provide on-site visits to assess customer's network environment and provide architectural, design, configuration and implementation assistance; (2) Provide weekly telephone support conferences with the Census Bureau to discuss on-going issues; (3) Provide a proactive support team to prevent problems before they occur; (4) Provide the Census Bureau with 24 x 7 direct telephone access to ensure rapid response to network problems; (5) Provide the Census Bureau with timely reports as an outgrowth of on-site visits, consultations, and other problem resolution activities, including the maintaining of a network problem resolution database. These reports will include a network management review, a network inventory audit, a configuration audit, and a network design review. No solicitation document exists and requests for such a document will be considered nonresponsive. Interested parties must submit a capabilities statement including detailed pricing information that delineates the ability to meet the stated requirement. If no written affirmative responses are received within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this notice, award will be made to Cisco Systems. No telephone responses will be honored. Reference No. 24-7-88 (0014)

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