U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Acquisition Management, Room 6422, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230

D -- FEDWORLD SECONDARY SITE SOL 52-SANS-9-00002 POC Nancy K. Blevins, FAX (202) 482-0546 The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce under Solicitation No. 52-SANS-9-00002 seeks experienced contractors to establish a full secondary internet Web site for FedWorld, an on-line information delivery service operated by NTIS and used by NTIS and other agencies to establish a presence on and disseminate information through the internet and the World Wide Web. Currently NTIS has the primary FedWorld site located in Springfield, VA. A mirror image FedWorld platform ("full secondary site") geographically separated from the primary site is to be established. The secondary site will serve two purposes: 1) an alternative/additional site to which NTIS will route internet traffic, particularly during periods of peak utilization; and 2) as a back-up site in the event of system or other failure/disruption or disaster at the primary site. NTIS is seeking a contractor to provide a secure physical facility to house the secondary site, provide bandwidth forconnectivity between the secondary site and the internet, and provide services to monitor and maintain the bandwidth and facility within the performance tolerances described in the statement of work The site must have an independent power source and internet access. The contractor is required to provide total redundancy throughout their network to ensure that there is no single point of failure from the internet service provider to the server room. The contractor will monitor the secondary site at all times and respond to any disruption in service immediately. The contractor will operate a 24-hour/7-day network operations center that will monitor the following variables: climate control in the server room, bandwidth utilization, power and physical security. The site must not be susceptible to the same hazards as the primary site. The contractor must develop a natural disaster history of the site including disclosing natural and man made hazards and natural or man made hazards that have affected the facility.The contractor must develop a disaster recovery plan that covers power failures, natural or man made hazards, etc. NTIS will provide, install, own and maintain the equipment and systems required to operate the secondary site. NTIS requires the site to have on-site office space for a full-time NTIS staff member. The staff member will be on-site during normal, weekday business hours. The NTIS staff will have full access to the facility and hardware at all times. Currently there is no incumbent. The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price type contract for the Fiscal Year periods beginning 1999 into 2004. The contract will be one (1)base year with options for the Government to extend four (4) additional option years. The solicitation is estimated to be issued by January 8, 1999. Posted 12/17/98 (W-SN281445). (0351)

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