D -- Gcom protocol Appliance and Suite Kit products

The Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service (NWS), Telecommunication Operations Center intends to negotiate on sole source basis, under authority of Federal Acquisition Requlation (FAR) Subpart 6.302 Other Than Full and Open Completion, with the Gcom, Inc., 1800 Woodfield Drive, Savoy, IL 61874, to provide annual Software maintenance support on Gcom protocol Appliance and Suite Kit products.. The National Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway is a critical link in the national and global infrastructure that collects and distributes weather data. The NWSTG, operating in a real-time environment, ensures NWS meets its mission to provide weather and flood warnings; public forecasts; and, advisories for the entire United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas. An outage of the NWSTG, for even a few hours, could result in loss of life or property and adversely affect the national security and economy. Certain critical telecommunications running X25 and Asynchronous protocols are interfaced with the NWSTG message switching system through Front-End-Processors comprised of servers with specialized interface hardware and specialized licensed software applications using proprietary source code. Gcom software support renewal coverage for period between Mar l, 2007 to Feb 29, 2008. Order No SU-0074, Product ? Gcom protocol Appliance, 4 port, rack mountable, 5 each Order No. SU-0074, Product ? Gcom Protocol Appliance, 4 port, rack mountable , 1 each Order No. L224A3, Product ? Gcom Protocol Appliance, 4 port, rack mountable, 1 each Order No. SU-0033, Product ? Gcom Protocol Suite Kit ? 4 pt PCI, 12 each Order No. U0074, Product ? Gcom Protocol Suite Kit ? 4 pt Universal, 12 each An active software support agreement is required to ensure timely support for software problems and to ensure installation of version updates and maintenance/security patches. This is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested companies may submit an affirmative response to the requirement within 5 days from the posting date of this notice to contact@example.gov or fax to +1 (555) 000-0000. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No telephone requests will be honored. Award will be made under commercial simplified acquisition procedures, FAR Subpart 12. Note 22