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A -- FIBER OPTIC NETWORK RESEARCH POC Douglas M. Pollock, DARPA/CMD, Fax (703) 696-2208 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) intends to negotiate with Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc., Washington, DC, to extend its present contract to provide an experimental ATM/SONET/WDM network at 20 Gb/s linking DARPA, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), National Security Agency (NSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This network will be used to study all-optical WDM switching, transport, self-protection connection, and reconfiguration of network topology. DARPA believes that contracting without providing for full and open competition is justified in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 in order to acquire highly specialized services deemed available only from the original source without duplicating costs or incurring unacceptable delays. Duration of this effort will be 24 months. All responsible sources may submit a proposal or capability statement which shall be considered by DARPA. See Numbered Notes 22, 25, and 26. (0154)

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