Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Admin. (FAA), Procurement Branch, AWP-55, P.O. Box 92007, WWPC., Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007

D -- ENHANCE AND SUPPROT EXISTING MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT DDOMAIN NETWORK ( SOL DTFA08-98-R-05171 DUE 092098 POC James L. Travers (310) 725-7556 WEB: Download for a Copy of the CBD Announcement, http://www.awp.faa.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Contracting Officer, james.travers@faa.dot.gov. Sources sought for a projected procurement. Western-Pacific Region, has aprojected requirement to provide support to its Project Management Office. Work includes, but is not necessarily limited to the enhancement and supprot of an existing Microsoft Windows NT Domain Network ("Network") to allow local and remote access and appropriate privileges and resources utilizing 10/100base-T Ethernet topology. Transport protocol is TCP/IP and will utilize the following Microsoft Windows NT TCP/IP services to assign and resolve network addresses: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, and Windows Internet Naming Service. Contractor must be familiar with Microsoft Exchange to support: SMTP, utilized in Internet Mail, X400, VIM utilized with Lotus ccMail and Lotus Notes, and MAPI utilized with Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 7373. The estimated dollar range for this procurement is between $75,000 to $125,000. The Delivery Period is 12 months. All work shall be performed in strict accordance with the project Scope of Work. This announcement is to identify firms who have extensive experience with this type of work. Interested firms with the respective capability to perform should submit a FAX TRANMITTAL TO (310) 536-8550 (ADDRESSED TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, James L. Travers), LETTER INDICATING INTEREST. FAX TRANSMITTAL MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 20, 1998. The FAA will accept the first six (6) requests received. A questionnaire will be forwarded to those firms requesting information and will be utilized in determining the firms most qualified to perform this project. A REQUEST FOR OFFER (RFO) WILL BE ISSUED ONLY TO THOSE OFFERORS THAT HAVE BEEN PRE-QUALIFIED FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. Criteria for award will be based on (in descending order of important), technical knowledge, cost and past experience. The FAA may make an award without communications or negotiations; however, communication and/or negotiations may be conducted withone ormore firms to determine the best value to the FAA. Posted 08/28/98 (W-SN243488). (0240)

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