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D -- HOUSING AND MONITORING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RACKS SOL N65538-98-Q-0004 DUE 101397 POC Francis X. Duggan, Jr., Contracting Officer, 717-790-1481 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: The Navsea Enterprise Wide Area Network (NEWNET) utilizes a public carrier for it's wide area backbone. This backbone service, Asynchronous Transmission Mode (ATM), is provided to NEWNET by AT&T. In order to service the Northwest United States, the Smart Link Project Office seeks to maintain it's existing regional hub in an AT&T Central Office in Seattle, WA. NEWNET Hubs consist of racks of communications and computer equipment. These devices must be: Housed where expansion is available; Protected from unauthorized access; and, Operated in a controlled temperature and humidity environment. In addition, Backhaul connections must be eliminated. The only way to meet all of these requirements is to locate the equipment within the carriers Central Office. Since NEWNET is using AT&T network services (ATM, Private Lines, Frame Relay; and ISDN, as required), AT&T is the only vendor who can provide the resources and services required, without an interruption of service to the NEWNET customer base. See Note 22. (0271)

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