National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is issuing a sources sought announcement as part of its market research in anticipation of a need for Local Area Network (LAN) equipment that must be compatible with the following Cisco product families: Application Network services; Routers; Security; Storage Networking; Switches; Voice and Unified Communciation; and Wireless. This is not a request for proposal or quote and no award will be made from this announcement. As previously stated, it is a market research tool only. It is being issued to obtain a better understanding of the availability of products in the commercial market. Performance Specifications: 1. Local Area Network (LAN) requirements include, but are not limited to the following: • Support for IEEE 802.3ae (10G Ethernet for high-speed uplinks, etc.) • Support for IEEE 802.3z (Gigabit Ethernet for desktop clients, etc.) • Support for IEEE 802.3u (Fast Ethernet for printers, etc.) • Support for VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) to enable converged voice and data networks. • Support for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is not required. 2. Management requirements include, but are not limited to the following: • Compatibility with the AT&T Government Solutions Enterprise Management System (AGMEMS). • Ability to be managed using the Internet Operating System (IOS). • Support for Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) to provide fail-over in the event of equipment failure. • Compatibility with both IPv4 and IPv6 to ensure compliance with migration mandates. 3. Security requirements include, but are not limited to the following: • Support for out-of-band (OOB) management for routers and switches to restrict access to management traffic. • Support for Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) snooping to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. • Support for Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Virtual LAN ACLs (VACLs) to protect system integrity. • Support for 802.1x device authentication. • Support for Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol Inspection to ensure validity of network addresses. 4. Voice over Internet Protocol requirements include, but are not limited to the following: • Support for CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) to identify network address of supporting/supported equipment. • Support for SCCP (Skinny Client Control Protocol) for call control. • Support for IEEE 802.1Q/p to provide quality of service. • Support for Differentiated Services (DiffServ) to improve quality of service. If you are interested and/or can share current information about your products, please respond to the individual identified in this announcement no later than 25 April 2008 with the following information: a. Central Contractor Registration (CCR) information b. GSA Schedule Number, if applicable c. Current Government contracts with contract number, contracting officer name, e-mail address and phone number

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