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70 -- NETWORK APPLIANCE F720 FILER!! SOL DL90372 DUE 082399 POC Contact Point, Dee Lunney, Contracting Officer, (919)541-0387 The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences intends to award a sole source purchase order to Network Appliance, pursuant to 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1) -- Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This procurement is for a Network Appliance F720 Filer capable of working with Oracle RDBMS Software. It also provides full support for NFS, UNIX, and CIFS for Windows 98 and NT and the ability to take Snapshots of stored data. Filer can service over 2,600 NFS disk operations per second with less than 10ms response time, has 8MB of battery-backed NVRAM, and supports up to 13 10/100MB ethernet interfaces. Items being purchased: F270 Filer, NETAPP NFS Software, NETAPP CIFS Software, Quad 10/100 base-t adapter, FC7 storageshelf, 18.0GB Fibre channel drive, Cable, Software Subscription Services. Installation & Training is included. All responsible sources may respond by submitting a written narrative statement of capability to Dee Lunney at the aboveaddress for consideration by the agency. Response must include detailed technical information and other technical literature demonstrating the ability to meet these requirements. Responses shall also include itemized pricing that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. If no affirmative responses are received an order will be placed with the Network Appliance. The SIC Code/Size is 3572/1,000EM. This procurement is to be processed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. See Note 1.***** Posted 08/06/99 (W-SN364826). (0218)

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