SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Mid Tier Storage Area Network Alternatives
- Notice Date
- 5/6/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Mobility Command, AMC Contracting Flight (AMC/LGCF), 507 Symington Drive Room W202, Scott AFB, IL, 62265-5015
- ZIP Code
- 62265-5015
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-AMCCON-FL-G-CFC1
- Response Due
- 5/13/2003
- Archive Date
- 5/28/2003
- Point of Contact
- Teresa Francoeur, Contract Specialist, Phone 618-256-9950, Fax 618-256-3091, - Gary Steinkamp, Contract Specialist, Phone (618)256-9990, Fax (618)256-5724,
- E-Mail Address
-
teresa.francoeur@scott.af.mil, Gary.Steinkamp@scott.af.mil
- Description
- THIS SYNOPSIS IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATIONAL AND DEMO PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. USTRANSCOM is conducting market research and requesting information from industry on mid tier Storage Area Network (SAN) alternatives to meet potential Storage consolidation methods. USTC is looking for vendors who are willing to demonstrate at no cost to the government their commercial capability in providing SANs including all required components (i.e., switches, fiber channel (FC) to internet protocol (IP) converters) for primary and alternate sites with the following capabilities: Capacity - 2 to 4 terabytes scalable to 20 terabytes, Interoperability - must be interoperable with WINTEL, Solaris, UNIX, Oracle V 8i and 9i, MS Windows (NT, 2000, XP, 2003) and MS Exchange. Security - including port locking, worldwide name (WWN) and LUN zoning, provide secure SAN management via roles based access, provide secure switching controls protocols including SSH, SFTP and SNMPV3. Additional capabilities include - provide both synchronous and asynchronous copy or combination thereof, provide point in time copy, provide FC to IP conversion capability, provide replication to geographic failover site with distance up to 35 miles, provide RAID protection, provide secure remote network management and diagnostics, provide capability to utilize/incorporate existing EMC CLARION 4700. Interested contractors are requested to provide their commercial capability statements, a general description of their technical approach, and their estimated cost to the Contracting Officer, AMC CONF/LGCFC. Contractors responding to this request for information may be requested to provide at no cost to the Government, a demonstration of their system capabilities at their facility during the May 2003 timeframe. The demonstration will support market research activities to prove the availability of commercial solutions to potentially fulfill USTC's unique requirements. Additional details regarding any demonstrations will be provided to those vendors submitting positive capability statements and interested in performing the demonstration at no cost to the Government. All packages submitted in response to this Request for Information (RFI) should include the following information: Name and address of company, business size, company point of contact, telephone number, fax number, E-mail address, and statement of capability. The capability package must be clear, concise, and complete and submitted to the contracting office electronically via E-mail no later than 13 May 2003. POINT OF CONTACT: AMC CONF/LGCFC, Terri Francoeur, Contract Specialist, Phone (618) 256-9950, Fax (618) 256-3091, E-mail teresa.francoeur@scott.af.mil or Gary Steinkamp, Contracting Officer, Phone (618) 256-9990, Fax (618) 256-3091 or gary.steincamp@scott.af.mil.
- Record
- SN00318821-W 20030508/030506213354 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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