SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Brand Name Justification for Cisco LAN equipment at VISN 5
- Notice Date
- 12/10/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Martinsburg VAMC, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs;VAMC (613);VISN 5 Contract Satellite Office;510 Butler Avenue, Building 308B;Martinsburg WV 25405
- ZIP Code
- 25405
- Solicitation Number
- VA-245-09-RQ-0027
- Response Due
- 12/12/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/14/2008
- Point of Contact
- Jacqueline R. Wolfe<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
- Description
- JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION(Brand Name Justification) In accordance with FAR 11.105 (a) (3), the following brand name justification is hereby provided for public dissemination. NOTE: This requirement will be competed among Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 8127 (d) under the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), Group B. All prime vendors under Group B of the NASA SEWP contract will be given a fair opportunity to compete. 1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND SUPPLIES: The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), VISN 5 Chief Information Office, has a requirement for a five-year lease to own contract vehicle for new Cisco LAN equipment at the VAMC in Martinsburg, WV and the VAMC in Washington, DC. The anticipated period of performance will be from January 30, 2009 December 29, 2013. 2. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: FAR 6.302-1 (c) Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, Application for brand name descriptions. 3. RATIONALE SUPPORTING USE OF AUTHORITY CITED ABOVE: This requirement is for specific brand name equipment. Although this requirement is brand specific to Cisco, multiple distributors, including Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns, are available to quote on a competitive basis under the NASA SEWP multiple award contract vehicle. Brand Name Justification: Cisco is the standard across all of VA. Currently 100% of installed LAN equipment at the two (2) affected VAMCs in VISN 5 are of manufactured by CISCO. Many of the switches and components comprising these LANS are reaching the end of their useful life. Further, the growing number of high bandwidth network based applications, such as imaging and or PACs (picture archiving computer systems), VoIP (voice over internet protocol), VistA, VIP, Quadramed, etc. are placing greater emphasis on having an integrated, stable and smoothly functioning LAN. The purpose of this procurement is to upgrade the 2 LANs to a standard configuration and capability detailed in the WAN\LAN Routing Standards developed by the OIS&T Region 4 WAN Internetworking Management Team. As VA works to streamline its support for its network configurations and better leverage its staff, there is an added advantage to managing the number of different configurations and variation in vendor equipment to a common set of equipment. Existing VHA staff has experience troubleshooting the configuration and set up of Cisco routers and associated Cisco data network equipment, evaluating and assisting in the design of Cisco router networks and associated data network equipment, and performing problem resolution activities to maintain the integrity of the Cisco router data network. Cisco equipment meets VHAs requirements for a secure network solution. Cisco routers are the only routers that allow organizations to build a foundation for an intelligent, self-defending network, featuring best-in-class security services and routing technologies for the lowest total cost of ownership and highest return on investment. Cisco Catalyst switches have built-in mechanisms to help make the network self-defending. They integrate security functions into the infrastructure to help control user access to the network and to various services, to help protect against network threats such as worms, viruses, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, and to help ensure privacy in communications. Cisco Catalyst switches offer integrated security solutions for all networks without compromising performance. The following key points should also be considered in justifying procurement of Cisco solutions for this requirement: *Using Network Admission Control (NAC) on Cisco Catalyst switches, the network will allow devices onto the network only if they meet certain criteria, such as having the latest version of virus software. NAC significantly limits the capability for viruses to enter the network. *Access control lists (ACLs) assign users to designated network areas and block unauthorized access to all other applications and information. ACLs allow only designated users to access specified resources. *Cisco Catalyst switches offer capabilities to mitigate man-in-the-middle attacks. Features such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Snooping, Dynamic Address Resolution, and IP Source Guard all help prevent data and identity theft in the network. *Identity Based Networking Services (IBNS) on Cisco Catalyst switches authenticate who can access the network and what network resources they can access. IBNS prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to the network. Using IBNS, guests can be placed in a guest VLAN and provided access to the Internet. *Cisco Catalyst switches offer numerous features to mitigate DoS attacks. These include Control Plane policing, Port Security, Scavenger Class QoS, and NetFlow anomaly detection, to name a few. *Cisco delivers on the vision of integrated network security by offering a suite of advanced security modules including firewall, IPSec VPNs, SSL, and gigabit network analysis modules into the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches. By expanding on the Cisco SAFE Blueprint to include the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, these capabilities enable more integrated, highly available, adaptive, and scalable security for network connectivity, services, and applications. *Cisco Catalyst switches offer availability and resiliency by providing device-level, protocol-level, and network-level resiliency. Examples include: *The modular Cisco Catalyst switches have redundant power supplies, redundant supervisors, fan trays, and clock modules that help protect against failure. Features such as NSF/SSO ensure sub second supervisor failover in an event of a supervisor failure. Cisco IOS Software modularity, an industry first, takes high availability to the next level by allowing subsystem image upgrades without having to take the switch down. *The fixed-configuration Cisco Catalyst switches support the optional Cisco Redundant Power System 675, which provides a 675-watt redundant AC power system backup source for one of six units, improving fault tolerance and network uptime. *Features such as Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard prevent accidental topology loops from happening in the network, while Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD) and Aggressive UDLD detect incorrect fiber-optic wiring or port faults. Network uptime is maximized when these features are enabled. *Cisco Spanning Tree Protocol enhancements allow for maximum uptime, maximum available bandwidth, and greater levels of resiliency. Features such as Per VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree (PVRST+) and Backbone Fast allow for load balancing of VLANs and rapid convergence of the network. Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP), a unique Cisco feature, allows users to further maximize link and network resources by permitting load sharing of links and gateway resources in a Layer 2 environment. *Routed Access in the wiring closet enables the network to respond to recovery times very quickly, often in less than 200 milliseconds (ms), and optimizes usage of existing network links and ports. *Cisco IOS Software Modularity on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series boosts operational efficiency and minimizes downtime through evolutionary software infrastructure advancements. By enabling modular Cisco IOS subsystems to run as independent, self-healing processes, this innovation minimizes unplanned downtime through fault containment and stateful process restarts, simplifies software changes through subsystem In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU), and enables process-level, automated policy control by integrating the Embedded Event Manager (EEM).
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- Address: VAMC Martinsburg, WV and;VAMC Washington, DC<br />
- Zip Code: 25405<br />
- Zip Code: 25405<br />
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