70--Bluecoat SG 900-10B-PR Brand name or Equal

Bluecoat SG 900-10B-PR Brand name or Equal **THIS WILL BE A Computer, Hardware, Enterprise Solutions and Solutions (CHESS) PURCHASE, AS REQUIRED BY REGULATION quote mark This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a Request for Quotation (RFQ); it is strictly a Request for Information (RFI) as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e) NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a RFP or as an obligation on the part of the Government for follow-on acquisition. Responses to this notice are not offers and will not be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. The forwarding proxy must provide a minimum of four RJ-45 1000Base-T interfaces. It must be rack-mountable and support wired, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet network connectivity. It must have 8 GB of RAM and come with a 500GB SCSI storage hard-drive. The proxy must come with required software Licenses for Hardware based Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Application Delivery Network (ADN) for minimum of 3500 users, Real-Time web content ratings and filtering down to the client level, Social Network Threat protection, True File type checks, file and attachment filtering, Proxy avoidance blocking, Transparent or Explicit deployment, Acceleration and optimization, Bandwidth Management. Support for the proxy should be for 3 years and must be 24x7 with next business day delivery on hardware. Must be FIPS 140-2 compliant. BlueCoat is the manufacturer for BlueCoat SG 900-10B, but there are resellers available on Army CHESS the can sell the SG 900-10B to the government allowing for procured through Army CHESS in accordance with AFARS 5139. Only BlueCoat or a BlueCoat quote mark Authorized Reseller quote mark can provide this maintenance support. If a vendor other than BlueCoat or a BlueCoat quote mark Authorized Reseller quote mark provides maintenance support, DLS's current warranty will be voided. Must have the capability to support Data Loss Protection (DLP).121551 Seeking to purchase Blue Coat SG 900-10B-PR Brand name or Equal as follows: Blue Coat SG900-10B, Proxy Edition SG900-10B-PR Flash Proxy License - SG900 SW-FLASH-SG900 End Customer Support, 24x7 L1-3 Software Only, SG900-10-PR, 3 YR SL133Y-SG900-10-PR Next Business Day Delivery Hardware Support, SG900-10-PR, 3 YR HNBDS3Y-SG900-10-PR All responsible parties (CHESS) that feel they can provide this service should forward their capabilities in writing to [email protected]. Please note that this is not a solicitation but a sources sought only.This notice will close on 22 April 2014. Responses MUST include your product specification, and or product capabilities statement.