US Equal Employment Opportunity Comm., Procurement Management Division, 1801 L. Street, N.W., Room 2505, Washington, DC 20507

D -- INTERNET SERVICE SOL 99-0022 DUE 060799 POC Ms. A. Diane Williams, Contract Specialist, 202/663-4227, Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld, Contracting Officer, 202/663-4223 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC 20507 has a requirement for an Internet Service Provider. Solicitation No. 99-0022 will be issued. The solicitation 99-0022 is unrestricted. Description of Internet Service: The Internet Service Provider (ISP) must be capable of providing Domain Name Service (DNS). The DNS must be established to provide WEB traffic to the EEOC.Gov address hosted at the Government Printing Office (GPO) and e-mail (SMTP) traffic to our EEOC.Gov address at the EEOC Headquarters location. The ISP must be capable of providing sufficient valid Internet addresses for all EEOC users (3000 nodes). EEOC requires a 10-Mbps dedicated (non-shared) connection to the Internet. EEOC also requires the following services/capabilities from the ISP: OC-12 to OC-48 backbone network bandwidth; 24 x 7 Telephone and E-mail Support; 24 x 7 Monitoring Customer circuit; Installation of Onsite Cisco Router to Internet; Local Telephone circuit installation 10-Mbps; SNMP Monitoring for customer; and two (2) Day offsite training for technical staff for four (4) people. The contractor's off-site equipment shall have dedicatd power systems that are designed to limit systems (catastrophic) failure or downtime. This equipment should also be compatiable with CISCO Operating System version 11.0 and later as well as industry standard routing protocols. Diagnostic testing is required. The ISP must install and test the new 10-Mbps Internet Service without any disruption to EEOC's existing Internet Service 1.544 Mbps. DATE OF DELIVERY: Twelve (12) months period with four (4) options period not to exceed a total of sixty (60) months. PLACE OF DELIVERY: EEOC Headquarters OIRM -- 1801 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20507. The service will be provided to EEOC Headquarters and EEOC's District Offices. The Government will award a contract/order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Due Date for proposal is 15 days after issuance of solicitation 99-0022. All responsible source may submit a proposal which shall be considered by EEOC. Request for copies of the solicitation should be received by EEOC from date of Publication of this synopsis in the Commerce Business Daily. Solicitation availability is limited and will be furnished on first received, first served basis until the supply is exhausted. Telephone and facsimile requests will not be honored. Posted 05/04/99 (W-SN327663). (0124)

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