Sources Sought Question for N6274226RSWITCH.xlsx

This document is a Sources Sought Question and Answer file related to a naval procurement for network switches. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC Pacific) is conducting a market survey for seventeen (17) CISCO PoE+ IE-9320-24P4S-E switches to be deployed at five electrical substations on Naval Base Guam as part of Fiscal Year 2025 Military Construction Project P-1181. The switches are specifically for a GPA-owned SCADA system and must meet detailed technical requirements including rack-mountable form factor, redundant power supply, Layer 3 management, DISA APL listing, and compatibility with existing ICS/FRCS networks.

The sources sought notice requires potential suppliers to submit detailed technical data by January 2, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. HST to demonstrate product equivalence. The government seeks to determine if alternative sources can provide switches with equal performance to the specified CISCO model. The power supply specification is PWR-RGD-AC-DC-400, and the switches must support protocols like CDP and EIGRP, be Software-Defined Access compatible, and comply with the Trade Agreement Act. This is a market research effort and not a formal solicitation, with responses used to evaluate potential alternative sources for the specialized networking equipment.