Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg WV 26101-5312

J -- MAINTENANCE POC Point of Contact, Sandra Slattery, 304/480-7622, Contracting Officer, Susan J. Daugherty, 304/480-6951 WEB: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/oa/oaprocr.htm. E-MAIL: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, procurement@bpd.treas.gov. Subject to final approval, the Bureau of the Public Debt, intends to acquire, on a sole-source basis through Cisco Systems, maintenance of equipment which includes the following: 1.) 2 EA. CISCO 2500 1R2T ROUTERS; 2.) 2 EA. CISCO 7000 System, P/S & RP; 3.) CISCO 7513 13-SLOT, 2 CYBUS, 1 RSP2, 1 AC SPLY; 4.) 2 EA. CISCO 7507 7-SLOT, 2 CYBUS, 1 RSP2, 1 AC SPLY; 5.) 2 EA. 68040 16MB Router; 6.) CISCO 2500 1E2T ROUTER; 7.) CISCO 7507 7-SLOT, 2 CYBUS, 1RSP2, 1 AC SPLY; 8.) 3 EA. 1 Slot Remote Gateway Server; 9.) CISCO 2500 1E2T 1B ROUTER; 10.) CISCO 2500 1E2T ROUTER; 11.) CISCOVIEW; 12.) CISCOSECURE UNIX SERVER. We will consider offers from other firms which can provide affirmative information to establish the ability to provide the required service. All affirmative responses must be in writing and must be accompanied by sufficient documentation to clearly show the ability to comply with the above requirements. If no affirmative written response is received within 5 days after publication of this notice, a sole-source award will be made. No solicitation document is available. Requests for a solicitation document will not be considered an affirmative response. (0295)

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