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D -- D - NIH INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL RFP-NLM-95-107/MVA DUE 063095 POC Mary Adamik, Contracting Officer, (301)-496-6546, Internet: mary_adamik@nih.gov. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires Internet communications services for the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD and for the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center (FCRDC) in Frederick, MD. Initially, the NIH requires one (1) DS-1 connection and one (1) DS-3 connection for the National Library of Medicine (NLM) (Bethesda, MD), one (1) 10 Mbps connection for the Division of Computer Research and Technology (DCRT) (Bethesda, MD) and one (1) DS-1 connection for the FCRDC (Frederick, MD). Additional connections and upgrades in speed and throughput are anticipated over the course of the contract. Services required include contractor's network management and monitoring of connections, end-to-end troubleshooting, a Network Operations Center staffed 24 hours per day-7 days per week, secondary domain name service, network news and MBONE feeds, consulting services, on-call maintenance services, hardware maintenance, secondary connections and the acquisition of hardware and software to support Internet connections. A one-year fixed-price indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity type contract with seven (7) one-year option periods is anticipated. RFP-NLM-95-107/MVA will be available on or about May 31, 1995 with proposals due on or about June 30, 1995. An award date of September 30, 1995 is anticipated with connections required within 60 days after award. RFP-NLM-95-107/MVA WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE INTERNET. Copies may be downloaded from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gopher. To access the NLM Gopher, point your gopher client to gopher.nlm.nih.gov at port 70; select NLM Requests for Proposals (RFPs); select RFP-NLM-95-107/MVA. Facsimile requests will not be honored. Issuance of the RFP is contingent upon receipt of a Delegation of Procurement Authority. All responsible resources may submit an offer which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. (0135)

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