MODIFICATION
J -- Wiring Services
- Notice Date
- 6/8/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 238210
— Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Corporation for National and Community Service, Procurement, Office of Procurement Services, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20525
- ZIP Code
- 20525
- Solicitation Number
- CNSHQ12T0026
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2012
- Point of Contact
- Khaleelah S. Wright,, , Leroy Dawson,
- E-Mail Address
-
kwright@cns.gov, ljdawson@cns.gov
(kwright@cns.gov, ljdawson@cns.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this modification is to provide questions and answers in relation to this solicitation. As a result, the closing date and time of this solicitation is extended to 12:00pm EDT, Friday, June 15, 2012. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. Q1: Is the AmeriCorps NCCC is aware that the life span of copper-based networks and equipment is reaching its end-of-useful-life? Discussion: The ability of copper to provide the bandwidth requirements for future equipment needs is limited. Fiber is the only Information Transport System (ITS) that can provide the required bandwidth and meet future requirements. It is extremely wasteful to consider a copper ITS and not a fiber ITS. That said with the Government's push for more secure networks, IPv6 compliance, and the use of green technologies (Exec. Order 13423 and 13514) denotes that Government agencies move away from copper networks to green solutions such as Passive Optical Network (PON) solutions (fiber). In addition on average based on 250 user ports (data, voice, and video) the cost per copper data port is approx. $1,300 and the cost of fiber port is approx. $800. In addition, there is an approx. 65% savings in Operational Cost (OpEx) of the LAN due to reduced power and HVAC requirements and yearly savings on the reduction of SmartNet's required. A1: The NCCC is looking simply for copper to run from internal switches to the user. Per discussions with our landlord, the State of Iowa, copper is still the industry standard for transmission to the desktop. Copper will carry 10Gb to the user, well more than we will possibly require in the next 10-20 years as our current transmission line externally is a pair of T1 lines totaling about 3Gb for the entire office.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/CNS/CFO/WashingtonDC/CNSHQ12T0026/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1004 G Avenue, Vinton, Iowa, 52349, United States
- Zip Code: 52349
- Zip Code: 52349
- Record
- SN02771049-W 20120610/120608235739-b6fd5d4df159ccd300152fab72aa7b18 (fbodaily.com)
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