Defense Supply Service-Washington, 5200 Army Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20310-5200

D -- RENOVATION OF THE PENTAGON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES POC Contact Susan Staats, Contract Specialist or Missy Lohmann, Contracting Officer, (703) 695-7083 Defense Supply Service-Washington (DSS-W) in support of the Department of the Army, Pentagon Renovation Office, Project Manager, Information Management and Telecommunications (PM, IM&T), 5200 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-5200 hereby issues a Request for Information (RFI) to identify sources interested in performing extensive renovation of the Pentagon building IM&T infrastructure and associated services and facilities. This RFI is for information and planning purposes. This is not a notice of solicitation. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for information received in response to this RFI. An award is antici for all Pentagon users. e) Acentralized voice switching system for red/black voice communications. 2) A single common user structured wiring system designed to accommodate access and growth for all Pentagon users well into the 21st century. Although future information and telecommunications systems requirements for all Pentagon users cannot be precisely defined, extensive networking, exploding bandwidth, and increasing application sophistication will provide the primary parameters for any future architecture within the Pentagon. It is essential that the technologies and components identified be flexible and adaptable to accommodate expanding information and telecommunications services. The migration of systems and users to the renovated backbone will be accomplished in a manner that will provide information systems services functionally equivalent to current services while transforming the systems into a modern, integrated, efficient, flexible, scaleable and maintainable open system overlaid upon a structured wiring platform. The renovation is planned to occur one wedge at a time with an evolutionary acquisition approach spanning ten to fourteen years. The extensive natur FAR 52.215-3, Solicitation for Information and Planning Purposes, the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI and incurs no liability or responsibility to compensate any vendor for information or materials provided in response to this RFI. The information provided in this notice is currently being drafted and will likely change. This information is provided to obtain industry perspectives as the Government develops its acquisition strategy, and to allow maximum time for industry to plan and develop teaming arrangements. Responses to this RFI will be retained by the Government. Industry responses shall be received by: Ms. Mary Lohmann at DSS-W, 5200 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310- 5200 not later than 17 July 1996. (0170)

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