Cisco brand name requirement

Added: Jan 23, 2017 2:07 pm Amendment 0001 to Solicitation N66001-17-T-7403, effective 01-23-2017.

Amendment 0001 is as follows:

1. remove vendor "Artesyn" in the reseller instructions

2. QUES 1: It seems the third line item is not a Cisco original item. It is manufactured by a company called Legrand. Strictly Technology has relations with several Cisco third party SFP manufacturers such as AddOn, Crucial and Kingston. These manufacturers guarantee 100 percent compatibility. Are we able to quote another manufacturer other than Legrand



ANS 1: While line item 0003 may have alternate substitutes, the CISCO brand is the approved PN to obtain the needed warranty for the entire system provided by CISCO. As long as the suppliers are providing the CISCO brand the item will be acceptable.

3. QUES 2: " Just wanted to state a FYI per CISCO your three items are not TAA compliant and part number soon to be EOS June 1 17 SFP-GE-T= is the GLC-TE++= which is TAA"

ANS 2: TAA compliance requirement does not apply to this requirement and is hereby removed.

4. Re-open the solicitation and provide a new closing date of 1/26/2017 @10:00 A.M PST.

5. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

*********************************************************************** THIS REQUIREMENT IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR CISCO BRAND NAME ITEMS. SUBSTITUTION NOT ALLOWED.

ITEM 0001-CISCO GIGABIT ETHERNET SERVICE MODULE - 6-PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET, DUAL-MODE GE/SFP, SM-X MODULE FORM FACTOR; DIMENSIONS (H X W X D): 1.57 X 8.11 X 8.15 IN (40 X 206 X 207 MM); WEIGHT: 872 GRAMS; MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH CISCO ISR 4331 ROUTERS AND CISCO CATALYST 3850 SWITCHES. PN# SM-X- 6X1G QTY: 2

ITEM 0002- CISCO WAN NETWORK INTERFACE MODULE - 2-PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET, DUAL-MODE GE/SFP, NETWORK INTERFACE MODULE FORM FACTOR; DIMENSIONS (H X W X D): 1.25 X 3.50 X 7.24 IN. (32 X 89 X 184 MM); WEIGHT: 252 GRAMS; MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH CISCO ISR 4331 ROUTERS AND CISCO CATALYST 3850 SWITCHES. PN# MIN-2GE-CU-SFP QTY: 1

ITEM 0003- LEGRAND CISCO SFP-GE-T-COMPATIBLE 1000 BASE-T COPPER SFP (MINI- GBIC) TRANSCE (SFP) - THE 1000BASE-T SFP OPERATES ON STANDARD CATEGORY 5 UNSHIELDED TWISTED-PAIR COPPER CABLING OF LINK LENGTHS UP TO 100 M (328 FT). 1000BASE-T SFP MODULES SUPPORT 10/100/1000 AUTO NEGOTIATION AND AUTO MDI/MDIX. MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH CISCO ISR 4331 ROUTERS AND CISCO CATALYST 3850 SWITCHES PN# 39523 QTY: 10

FOB: DESTINATION FOR ALL ITEMS