SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) Network Subscription
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- 5028sks
- Archive Date
- 10/3/2009
- Point of Contact
- Sandra K. Shaffner, Phone: 301-975-3671, Wanza B. Jonjo, Phone: 3019753978
- E-Mail Address
-
sandra.shaffner@nist.gov, wanza.jonjo@nist.gov
(sandra.shaffner@nist.gov, wanza.jonjo@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to award a one year subscription as a sole source simplified acquisition to the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX), University of Maryland, College Park, MD for a high speed connection to regional and national research networks available only from the University of Maryland on behalf of and for the benefit of the MAX. This subscription is an advanced regional internetworking project for institutions of higher education, federal and state agencies and certain private entities engaged in research. MAX was founded by a consortium of Universities, including Georgetown University, George Washington University and the University of Maryland. The mission of MAX is the deployment of emerging technologies to provide access to high performance networking for its participants. In support of the mission, MAX is facilitating a regional network infrastructure that provides high speed connectivity to advanced research backbones. The MAX Network has established high-bandwidth connectivity for use among MAX participants and to the Internet2 Abilene Network (“Abilene”) operated by the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (“UCAID”). MAX Network traffic serves the teaching, learning, research, and clinical missions of US higher education, plus related support infrastructure and services. MAX does not seek to compete with commodity Internet or other telecommunications services, and is not intended to carry commercial traffic unrelated to MAX or Internet2 goals, or any traffic with proprietary, classified or illegal purposes. All high-speed connections to research networks in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area must be connected through the metropolitan optical network run by the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads. MAX is the only source that can fulfill this requirement and therefore, the Government intends to solicit only this one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). Interested concerns may identify their interest and submit a capability statement that demonstrates in written narrative format detailed information addressing their ability to meet the requirement and objectives as described in this synopsis. Capability statements and inquires will only be accepted via email to sandra.shaffner@nist.gov. All information received by 4:00 p.m., EST, 9/18/2009 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government whether to compete this proposed acquisition will be based on responses to this notice; such determination is solely within the discretion of the Government. No telephone requests will be honored.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/5028sks/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN01953572-W 20090916/090915000630-ce0244130f8002e25fa66931200eacc1 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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