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D -- NETWORK TOPOLOGY DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND MODELING TOOLS FOR DISN SOL DCA10098-R-0304 DUE 100598 POC Contact Contracting Officer Rhonda LaGarde, (703) 607-6912 The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) intends to enter into sole source negotiations with Make Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, for support for the development and maintenance of topology design and analysis tools for both ATM (and emerging technology)-based and existing IP router-based networks. The tools for ATM-based networks are currently under development and will be delivered to DISA as a series of software releases of a COTS tool called NETMAKER. The tools for IP router-based networks have been included as part of NETMAKER's suite of tools. DISA's requirement is to further develop and apply NETMAKER to produce designs that satisfy traffic-carrying performance requirements and survivability/reliability requirements (e.g., fault tolerance, assured levels of node connectivity, diameter, average hop count, cell delay, cell loss) of DISN customers at near-minimum cost for both legacy (e.g., IP router-based) and future technology-based (e.g., ATM-based) DISN networks. A four year support contract (base year and three one-year options) is expected to be awarded during the first quarter of FY99. The award will be made by authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1); Make Systems is the only company in a position to provide the necessary support to the Government. Solicitation DCA100-98-R-0304 will be issued on a sole source basis. See Note 22. Posted 08/20/98 (W-SN239489). (0232)

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