70 -- BIG-IP LOCAL TRAFFIC MANAGER

Acquisition Description: Contracting Office: Department of the Air Force, Electronic Systems Center, Headquarters 754th Electronic Systems Group, Enterprise Services Division (HQ 754 ELSG/ES), Acquisition Directorate, 200 East Moore Drive, Maxwell Air Force Base - Gunter Annex, Alabama 36114-3000 and HQ 754 Installations and Logistics Division ((HQ 754 ELSG/IL) has a Brand Name requirement for (a) the purchase of 1 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager 6400 V9 Load Balancing device with 4GB memory (A0658555) and (b) the purchase of 1 BIG-IP FIPS SSL 2000TPS Module for BIGIP6400 (A05611964) to include one year of maintenance with technical support for the BIGIP 6400 (A0767015). "This is a not a solicitation/request for quote. "This is a notice of the Government's intent to award on a sole source basis to a follow-on contract". This requirement will close on 11 June 2008 at 1700 hours Central Standard Time (CST). All submissions should be e-mailed to contact@example.gov! il. "An ESC Ombudsman has been appointed to consider and facilitate the resolution of concerns for this acquisition. Before consulting the Ombudsman concerned parties should first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendation to the Contracting Officer for resolution. In addition, AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman, will be included in this acquisition's solicitation and the resulting contract. The ESC Ombudsman is the ESC Director, Commander's Staff, and can be contacted at: ESC/DS Bldg 1606 9 Eglin Street Hanscom AFB, MA 01731; Telephone #: +1 (555) 000-0000; Facsimile #: +1 (555) 000-0000; E-Mail: contact@example.gov. For specific questions, please contact Mr. John Crowell, Senior Contract Technical Advisor at +1 (555) 000-0000 or Ms. Sharon F. Stallings, Contracting Officer, at +1 (555) 000-0000. BRAND NAME UNIQUE JUSTIFICATIONFOR BIGIP LTM 6400 V9 LOAD BALANCING DEVICE + MAINTENANCEFA8771-08-R-0015 ACES application servers use secure socket layer traffic as part of an integrated security program which supports the Air Force's Civil Engineers. It is imperative that the developmental environment matches the operational environment to ensure completeness in testing. Without the purchase of this hardware and its associated maintenance, the required testing before fielding new software and/or system architecture changes would not be able to take place. This could adversely affect Civil Engineers Air Force-wide with the introduction of new software and/or system architecture changes that are not thoroughly tested. The Government's minimum needs can only be satisfied with the purchase of this hardware and maintenance. This purchase allows the developmental environment to match the operational environment. A failure to purchase specified hardware and maintenance would prevent the 754 ELSG from meeting current customer requirements of thoroughly tested changes to softwa! re and system architecture. BRAND NAME UNIQUE JUSTIFICATIONFOR BIGIP LTM 6400 V9 LOAD BALANCING DEVICE + MAINTENANCEFA8771-08-R-0015 ACES application servers use secure socket layer traffic as part of an integrated security program which supports the Air Force's Civil Engineers. It is imperative that the developmental environment matches the operational environment to ensure completeness in testing. Without the purchase of this hardware and its associated maintenance, the required testing before fielding new software and/or system architecture changes would not be able to take place. This could adversely affect Civil Engineers Air Force-wide with the introduction of new software and/or system architecture changes that are not thoroughly tested. The Government's minimum needs can only be satisfied with the purchase of this hardware and maintenance. This purchase allows the developmental environment to match the operational environment. A failure to purchase specified hardware and maintenance would prevent the 754 ELSG from meeting current customer requirements of thoroughly tested changes to softwa! re and system architecture.