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59 -- ATM NETWORK LOAD TEST SYSTEM SOL 53SBNB760147 DUE 061797 POC Diane M. Loeb (301) 975-6399 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. THIS IS A 100% SETASIDE TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is 53SBNB760147 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code is 5065 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. As part of the High Speed Network Technologies Group's research program on digital video, NIST is conducting experiments on transmission of digital video information over the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks. The purpose of the experiments is to study the Quality of Service requirements for transporting compressed digital video information over ATM Networks. An ATM network traffic generator and performance monitor is needed to analyze QOS parameters, to inject network errors and delays into video streams, and to generate loads on the link that carry video data. The contractor shall provide an ATM Network Load Test System as follows: CLIN 0001: ONE ATM NETWORK TRAFFIC GENERATOR AND PERFORMANCE ANALYZER that is capable of: 1) SUPPORTING up to 16 interface cards; 2) GENERATING traffic at full SONET OC-3 rate (155 Mbit/s) on each of 16 interface ports; 3) SPECIFYING arbitrary VPI/VCI numbers and generating at least 3,000 simultaneous VPI/VCIs on each interface port. The traffic characteristics of each VPI/VCI must be controllable by the following parameters: a) statistical models of the source; b) ATM Service classes (CBR, VBR); c) traffic shaping parameters (peak cell rate, cell delay variation tolerance); d) probability of random errors. 4) ANALYZING the traffic at full SONET OC-3 rate (155 Mbits/s)in real time on each interface port and producing Quality of Service performance measurements as well as cell statistics. Type of measurements include, but not limited to, ITU I.356 performance parameters, cell count, cell rate, error count, bandwidth utilization. 5) CAPTURING cells of up to 16 selected VPI/VCIs at full link (interface) rate. 6) SIMULTANEOUS cell generations and analysis. The vendor to provide two sets hardware/software, one set to do simultaneous generation and analysis, the other set to do generation only. CLIN 0002: ONE ATM NETWORK IMPAIRMENT GENERATION MODULE for Clin 0001. The module shall support: 1) GENERATION of impairment on a single direction on selected VPI/VCIs; 2) GENERATION OF impairments including addition of variable cell delays and injection of cell errors on individual cell streams, or on any cell stream in burst mode. CLIN 0003: ONE SONET OC-3 MULTIMODE FIBER INTERFACE CARD for CLIN 0001. CLIN 0004: ONE TAXI 100 Mbits/s INTERFACE CARD for CLIN 0001. Delivery will be within30 days after receipt of the order; FOB Destination. Award will be made to the vendor when evaluated, is technically acceptable, and provides the lowest price. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, includes evaluation criteria in paragraph (a) technical capability to meet the specifications and (b) price. Technical capability is approximately equal to price. The clause FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Pursuant to FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, the following FAR clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Supplies; and FAR 52.225-18, European Union Sanction for End Products. Dept of Commerce Clause: Agency Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer (available at the web site identified below) applies to this acquisition. The offeror responding to this RFQ must submit unit and extended price for all requested items, technical literature demonstrating the items offered to meet NIST's requirement, and a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (available at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm), with their RFQ. Vendors are to submit all offers to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Attention Diane Loeb, Solicitation No. 53SBNB760147 by 3:00 p.m., June 17, 1997. See Note 1. (0154)

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