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70 -- PURCHASE OF NETCOM SYSTEMS SMARTBITS SOFTWARE, ON A SOLE-SOURCE BAS IS DUE 092498 POC CYNTHIA SPENCER, 410-965-3369 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, CYNTHIA.SPENCER@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to issue a sole-source purchase order under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Netcom Systems, 20550 Nordhoff Street, Chatsworth, CA for the acquisition of the following software: 1) Token Ring (RJ-45 Connector) 4/16mbR, P/N TR- 8405, quantity of 6 each; 2) Software Update Support includes upgrades to purchased software and firmware for 12 months, P/N SUS-SMB, quantity of 1 each; 3) SmartBits Signaling Tests for ATM. Peak and Sustainable Call Setup Testing, P/N SMB-SST, quantity of 1 each; 4) SmartBits Advanced Switch Tests for: Token Ring Saturation, X- Stream, Head-of-Line Blocking, Backbone Switching, Four-to- one Switching, Illegal Frame Filtering, Broadcast, P/N SMB- ASTTR, quantity of 1 each; 5) SmartBits 20 slot chassis with controller, including SmartWindow, Smart Application and SmartLibrary, P/N SMB-2000, quantity of 1 each; and 6) Smartcard, Multi-Mode Fiber, P/N AT-9155B, quantity of 2 each. The SmartBits tester software is required by SSA to test and evaluate ATM and Token-Ring switches from a variety of vendors as well as SSA owned equipment. The Token-Ring/ATM tester must have the following functions that meet SSA's minimum requirements: 1) 19" Rack Mountable; 2) management and test software runs on Windows 95, Windows NT, or Unix; 3) management software is not copy protected -- it is keyed to the switch hardware so that it could be loaded on multiple laptops or workstations; 4) single chassis capable of simultaneous full line rate traffic support for: a) multi-port Token-Ring solution scalable to high (640) port density; b) 20 Token-Ring adapter-transmitter/receiver cards; c) all modules share the same clock; d) ATM and Token-Ring support on the same chassis; e) configuration of 16 Token Ring and 2 ATM OC-3c adapter cards; f) simultaneous generation and collection of traffic on multiple token-ring and ATM ports; 5) measures ATM peak cell rate and latency for setup times of SVCs; 6) generates frames on up to 256 PVCs and SVCs among 8 LECs; 7) support up to 300 calls per port; 8) support for up to 512 VCCs per port; 9) protocol support for ILMI, UNI Signaling 3.x and LAN Emulation Client 1.0 and Classical IP per RFC 1483 and RFC 1577; 10) 100 Mbit and 1000 Mbit Ethernet test modules are available; 11) support for: a) frame relay test modules; b) 4 Mbit and 16 Mbit Token-Ring test modules; c) Token-Ring test modules that support both half and full duplex operation and testing; d) ATM modules; 12) Token-Ring modules must support: a) early token release; b) error insertion; c) detection of duplicate MAC addresses; 13) ATM modules must support: a) minimum of 8 LECs (LAN Emulation Clients) per card; b) LLC/SNAP and LANE on each ATM OC-3c adapter card; c) provide the ability to do latency and throughput tests between Token Ring and ATM; 14) OC-12c support capable; 15) GPS enabled platform; 16) ability to test ATM signaling capability via a signaling application that tests: a) ATM call capacity; b) peak call rate (both call setup and tear down); 17) software capability to: a) create custom tests and test suites; b) ability to access test device via TCL script using a library; 18) software includes built-in benchmark and performance tests including: a) Throughput, Latency, Packet Loss, Back to Back Performance, Head of Line Blocking; b) Broadcast Test, Forwarding Rate/Interframe Gap Test, Address Handling; c) Fanout Test, Filtering Illegal Frames Test, Call Capacity Test, Peak Call Setup Rate Test, VLAN Setup Tests, Latency Over Time Test; d) full and half duplex test, tests 4/16 Mbps T/R to T/R; e) unidirectional and bi-directional testing; f) port pair or point to multi- point testing; g) testing single mode and multi-mode fiber; h) ability to display the test results in new spreadsheet format v including new error log for debug information and new charting capability. Netcom Systems' SmartBits software are the only known software products that meet all of SSA's minimum requirements as stated herein. This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response hereto will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information provided in response to this publication. Any responsible firm that believes it has the capability to provide an equivalent software product shall provide a quotation, and technical literature substantiating that the offered product meets all of the aforementioned requirements, to SSA no later than COB September 24, 1998. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to SMARTB98. Responses should be submitted to the address cited at the beginning of this notice. FAXES RESPONSES SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED. Posted 09/14/98 (D-SN249467). (0257)

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