U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Procurement And Contracts Branch, Mail Stop O-20, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312

D -- INTERNET SERVICES POC Arza Gardner, Contract Specialist (202)942-4997, Linda A. Sudhoff, Contracting Officer (202)942-4990. The Securities and Exchange Commission intends to award a sole source contract to DIGEX Express Group, located at One Digex Plaza, Beltsville, Md. 20705, for a base year and three one-year option periods. The Internet Service Provider, (ISP), will support Internet access to SEC's staff located at headquarters in Washington DC and eleven field offices located throughout the US. The SEC requires a T-3/DS3 point-to-point based connection with a redundant T-3/DS3 backbone at a minimum. The ISP will provide reliable, redundant, scaleable (a minimum of 12 Mbps to a maximum of 44.736 Mbps full duplex) T3/DS3 access. The ISP provider will provide maintenance 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the ISP service. In addition, the SEC requires the ISP to provide reporting capability via the SEC's WEB at daily, weekly, and yearly utilization rates. The SEC also requires custom report capability. (See Note 22). (0174)

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