This Sources Sought notice is being posted to satisfy the requirement of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 206.302-1(d). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, NJ intends to procure Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco) brand name equipment in support of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Consolidated Datacenter Project (CDC) and Single Active Directory Domain Project. The required Cisco Equipment is part of an upgrade to the existing USSOCOM network infrastructure located at MacDill Air Force Base, the Ground Intelligence Support Activity on Fort Bragg, and several Regional Support Components located outside the continental United States. The existing Cisco equipment residing on the USSOCOM network infrastructure will be upgraded to current configuration.
The Government does not own the data to the Cisco Equipment design. Without the technical data, no other source would be capable of meeting this requirement.
The Government intends to award this requirement as a brand name mandatory requirement under the authority of 10 USC 3204 (c) (1), as implemented in FAR 6.302-1. Interested firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, the Government will consider all responses received to this notice. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
The Point of Contact is Mr. Angelo Imperiale, [email protected], Code 2.5.2.4.2.3AI, (732) 323-2475.
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