SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Alteon Load Balancer Purchase Agreement
- Notice Date
- 11/13/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21207-5279
- ZIP Code
- 21207-5279
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-AlteonLoadBalancer
- Response Due
- 11/27/2003
- Archive Date
- 12/12/2003
- Point of Contact
- Angie Landis, Contract Specialist, Phone 410-965-9529, Fax 410-965-9560, - Ed Casswell, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659490, Fax 4109659560,
- E-Mail Address
-
angie.landis@ssa.gov, ed.casswell@ssa.gov
- Description
- The Social Security Administration (SSA) is seeking sources to provide a blanket purchase agreement for Alteon Load Balancers (brand name or equivalent) for its Internet/Intranet Infrastructure. The current Alteon system is located at the National Computer Center and the Operations Building, at SSA headquarters in Baltimore, MD. Future purchases may be made for remote locations within the United States. The Alteon model numbers required are 3408, 2424 and 184. The load balancers must integrate seamlessly with existing Solaris and Cisco platforms. The load balancers must provide processors at the port level; it is the Government?s requirement that SSA utilize a non-software, non-PC hardware solution. The load balancer must be switch-based in a distributed architecture where Layer 2-7 processing is done on a port-by-port basis (no hard drive). The hardware must use a distributed processing architecture so that idle processors and their memory can be utilized. SSA reserves the right to add like equipment. The equipment purchase will include a 1-year warranty which consists of 24 x 7 hardware/firmware coverage, with a 4-hour hardware replacement. Contractor personnel will be required to assist in installation of load balancers as required by the Government. Contractor employees must be OEM certified. Contractor employee(s) performing on-site at SSA facilities must meet the Agency?s security clearance. They must complete some or all of the listed security forms: FD-258, Fingerprint Charts; GSA 176, Statement of Personal History; Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment; Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) authorization form; and a legible photocopy of the work authorization permit and social security card for a NON-US citizen. Interested firms currently performing these services are invited to submit information in sufficient detail to the Contract Specialist. Firms should include corporate experience and three (3) references of customers receiving service on similar equipment; technical literature; OEM certification; and a copy of your GSA schedule. Cost or pricing data may be submitted. This is not a request for proposals (RFP) and the Government does not intend to pay for information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation of the data received. No contract award will be made on the basis of responses received; however, this information will be used in SSA?s assessment of capable sources. Responses to this notice should be submitted within 15 days of this publication. Responses should be sent via email to Angie.Landis@ssa.gov or by mail to the above address, Attn: Angie Landis. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Baltimore, MD
- Record
- SN00469347-W 20031115/031113213103 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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