Sources Sought 75H70325SS-00006.pdf

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In accordance with the Federal Acquisi on Regula on 5.2, The California Area Indian Health Service, is conduc ng a Sources Sought no ce to purchase and install a Cisco Catalyst 9300 series switch at the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California. See the a ached Statement of Work. The North American Industry Classifica on System (NAICS) Codes is 541519, Other Computer Related Services, with a Small Business Size Standard of $34.0 million.

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Sources Sought # 75H70325SS-00006

A n: Samantha Marcellais (Contract Specialist) DHHS - California Area Indian Health Service Division of Acquisi on Management samantha.marcellais@ihs.gov

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STATEMENT OF WORK

Purchase and Installation of Cisco Catalyst 9300

Issued by:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

DESERT SAGE YOUTH WELLNESS CENTER

39990 Faure Road, Hemet, CA 92544-9408

1.0 Background

This Statement of Work (SOW) describes the equipment and installation requirements for a replacement core switch at the IHS Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, CA. Current core switch needs to be replaced with new equipment with equivalent capabilities.

2.0 Scope

This effort is to replace the current Cisco 6500 Catalyst series switch with a Cisco Catalyst 9300 series switch with 3x48 port line cards, 1 x24 port line card, and supervisor. PoE (power over Ethernet) for the 3 x48 port modules. At least 5 ports should be capable of less than 1G connections: current configuration identifies 5 ports set at 100M or less. Five (5) year SmartNet coverage and licenses. The equipment must be new. No refurbished or renewed equipment. The vendor will install the switch at the Place of Performance listed below.

Hardware, Modules, OS, Smartnet, licenses, and installation. Specifications for hardware are found in Table 1.

3.0 Task & System Requirements

3.0.1 Task Requirement

3.0.1.1 Build out a Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch comparable to current Cisco Catalyst 6500 series to be replaced by this procurement.

3.0.1.2 Equipment must be new. No refurbished or renewed equipment.

3.0.1.3 Equipment manufacturer must be Cisco.

3.0.2 Installation: After delivery of Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch to the address in Ship To below, the awardee / vendor will coordinate scheduling the installation and configuration with Onsite & Technical POC’s.

4.0 Ship to and Place of Performance:

IHS Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center 39990 Faure Road, Hemet, CA 92544-9408

5.0 Period of Performance

Once procurement has been awarded, the awardee / vendor shall ship equipment within 30 days after date of award. Awardee / vendor shall coordinate with Onsite POC scheduling the installation and configuration within 30 days after delivery of equipment.

6.0 Points of Contact’s (POCs)

SITE: Marvin Becenti, 951-708-4037, marvin.becenti@ihs.gov

TECHNICAL: IHS Network Operations Support Center, 855-447-6672, NOSC@ihs.gov

CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE (COR):

Kelly Stephenson, 916-930-3981 x21330, kelly.stephenson@ihs.gov

7.0 Acronyms & Abbreviations

COR Contracting Officer Representative

CO Contract Officer

HHS Health and Human Services

IHS Indian Health Service

NOSC Network Operations Support Center

OS Operating System

POC Point of Contact

PoE Power over Ethernet

SOW Statement of Work

Table 1

This procurement will include at a minimum the following items:

Part Number Description Service

Duration (Months)

C9300-48P-E Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Essentials

CON-SSSNT-C93004PE

SOLN SUPP 8X5XNBD Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Esse 60

C9300-NW-E-48

C9300 Network Essentials, 48-port license

PWR-C1-715WAC-P 715W AC 80+ platinum Config 1 Power Supply ---

PWR-C1-715WAC-P/2

715W AC 80+ platinum Config 1 Secondary Power Supply

CAB-TA-NA

North America AC Type A Power Cable

STACK-T1-50CM 50CM Type 1 Stacking Cable ---

CAB-SPWR-30CM Catalyst Stack Power Cable 30 CM ---

NM-BLANK-T1 Cisco Catalyst Type 1 Network Module Blank ---

C9300-DNA-E-48

C9300 DNA Essentials, 48-Port Term Licenses

C9300-DNA-E-48-5Y

C9300 DNA Essentials, 48-Port, 5 Year Term License

NETWORK-PNP-LIC

Network Plug-n-Play License for zero-touch device deployment

S9300UK9-169 UNIVERSAL ---

And will have the same number of ports, network modules, and type of ports as the current Catalyst:

Table 2

Current switch to be replaced: 6506 Catalyst

NAME: “1” DESCR: "WS-X6748-GE-TX CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet Rev. 4.6"

NAME: “2” DESCR: "WS-X6748-GE-TX CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet Rev. 4.6"

NAME: “3” DESCR: "WS-X6748-GE-TX CEF720 48 port 10/100/1000mb Ethernet Rev. 4.6"

1-3 are regular 1G copper ports (10/100/1000M)

5 ports are at 100M, 1 possible 10M port

Gi1/1 CPXCC01 connected 600 a-full a-100 10/100/1000BaseT

Gi1/2 LG connected 600 a-full a-100 10/100/1000BaseT

Gi1/44 connected 300 a-full a-100 10/100/1000BaseT

Gi3/16 connected 300 a-full a-100 10/100/1000BaseT

Gi3/46 connected 300 a-full a-100 10/100/1000BaseT

NAME: “4” DESCR: "WS-X6824-SFP CEF720 24 port 1000mb SFP Rev. 2.4"

Line card 4 is a 24-port 1G SFP module. 6 current connections:

Gi4/1 connected trunk full 1000 1000BaseSX

Gi4/2 connected trunk full 1000 1000BaseSX

Gi4/21 connected 300 full 1000 1000BaseSX

Gi4/22 connected 300 full 1000 1000BaseSX

Gi4/23 connected 300 full 1000 1000BaseSX

Gi4/24 connected 300 full 1000 1000BaseSX