SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- 100G Network Firewall Appliance - AMDTC-16-0013 Network Firewall Application Sources Sought Notice
- Notice Date
- 3/3/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 517911
— Telecommunications Resellers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMDTC-16-0013
- Point of Contact
- Chantel Adams, Phone: 3019756338, Divya Soni, Phone: 301-975-6394
- E-Mail Address
-
chantel.adams@nist.gov, divya.soni@nist.gov
(chantel.adams@nist.gov, divya.soni@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- AMDTC-16-0013 Network Firewall Application Sources Sought Notice This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. Section I - Synopsis: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Information Systems Management (OISM) IT Security & Networking Division Network Security Team provides network firewall, intrusion prevention, intrusion detection, URL filtering, application control and remote access for NIST and is seeking to identify sources with the capabilities to provide a high-speed network firewall appliance. The Network Security Team will be providing 100G firewall services for the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) and the Advanced Networking Technologies Division (ANTD) located at NIST Gaithersburg, MD. Description of Requirement: This requirement is for a high-speed network firewall appliance capable to support 100G throughput. The salient characteristics include: • 100G throughput Firewall appliance • Single chassis • Redundancy Power Supply • Two (2) 100GBase-LR4 CFP Single mode fiber (SMF) network interface (this must be 100G network interfaces and not a combination of other speed interfaces that add up to 100G) • Console port • Management port • At least four (4) 1Gbase network interface • FIPS 140-2 validation (validation certificate # required) • Next day hardware replacement • 24x7 support It is anticipated that the contractor will be required to have background, experience, and skills in providing a firewall appliance that meets the requirements above with the knowledge, experience, and skills to provide software updates and patching in a timely manner. Also the ability to provide next day hardware replacement, if needed. ========== NIST is seeking responses from all responsible small business concerns (SB, SDB, VOSB, SDVOSB, WOSB, EDWOSB, 8(a), HUBZone). The small business size standard associated with the NAICS code 517911 - Telecommunication Resellers is 1,500 employees. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Section II - Response Instructions: After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. Companies that can provide such products/services are requested to email a written response describing their abilities to chantel.adams@nist.gov and divya.soni@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the products/services described above The following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name, Address, DUNS number, CAGE code, and point of contact information of your company. 2. Any information on the company's small business certifications, if applicable. 3. Description of your company's capabilities as they relate to the products/services and personnel qualifications described in this notice, if applicable. 4. A description of your company's previous experience providing the products/services described in this notice. 5. Indication of whether the services described in this notice are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and, if so, the applicable contract number(s). 6. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. Responses are limited to a total of twelve (12) pages. The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½-inch x 11-inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be analyzed) may be included in the 1" margin space.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMDTC-16-0013/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20889, United States
- Zip Code: 20889
- Zip Code: 20889
- Record
- SN04038138-W 20160305/160303235025-9e3677f4b3043775ddd9e609cbf28765 (fbodaily.com)
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