U.S. Postal Service, Headquarters Purchasing, Room 4541, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20260-6230

D -- VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK SOL 102590-00-A-0029 DUE 121099 POC Carol Fagnani, Contracting Officer, ph 202 268-6930,fax 202 268-3677; cfagnan1@email.usps Note: last charecter of username has the number one (1). E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer, Carol, cfagnan1@email.usps.gov. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is conducting a Prequalification to select the "best in class" suppliers capable of providing a Virtual Private Network for USPS remote access and business partner connectivity. The USPS currently has over 50,000 dial-in users with an anticipated growth of an additional 1000 per month, plus over 100 existing business to business (B2B) users across the USA and international locations. Remote users and B2B connectivity is currently being accomplished through Point to Point Protocol (PPP) dial-up Network Access. VPN must be compliant with IPSec and FIPS 140-1 standards. Not all qualified suppliers will be determined pre-qualified. USPS issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) is contingent on funding availability, affordability, and cost savings. Only suppliers determined pre-qualified will be eligible to receive a RFP. Prequalification Responses are due December 10, 1999 at 3:00pm Washington, DC local time to United States Postal Service, Carol Fagnani, InformationTechnology Purchasing ROOM 4541, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20260-6238. To obtain the Prequalification Notice, suppliers are requested to send an email message to the contracting officer, Carol Fagnani, at cfagnan1@email.usps.gov. Note that the last character of the username is the numeral one (1). Posted 11/18/99 (W-SN401769). (0322)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0024 19991122\D-0003.SOL)