Cisco C9500 Network Switches

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA intends to procure on other than a full and open competition basis a manufacture sole source to Cisco with full and open among authorized distributors the following items. Complete details will be available in the solicitation and Statement of Requirements. All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered by the agency.  Respond to Stephanee Whiteley by email to stephanee.v.whiteley@navy.mil. Quotations are preferred via email. The solicitation or Request for Quote (RFQ) for N6893621Q0078 will be posted on the Contract Opportunities hosted on beta.SAM.gov website at https://fbohome.sam.gov/ on or about 9/15/2021.

***NAWCWD must be the original licensee of all Cisco Software.  In the event there are questions pertaining to the validity of the Cisco products, NAWCWD reserves the right to verify the origin of the Cisco products with Cisco Systems, Inc. In the event the Cisco Products have been acquired from un-authorized channels, NAWCWD further reserves the right to return the products for a full refund at the vendor's expense.  The vendor will not be paid for products that do not meet the standards above.

**Vendors must confirm their purchase registration with our Navy Cisco manger, Stephanie Dowse, sdowse@cisco.com, 571-528-5737, or Zach Johnson, zacjohns@cisco.com, 919-796-8611, OR they can provide the serial numbers of the parts they intend to provide for this requirement with their quote. 

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