# USAC RFQ: Cisco Smartnet Renewal Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/it24004 - Solicitation number: IT-24-004 - Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation - Status: Closed. Deadline was January 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST - Department: Federal Communications Commission - Contracting office: FCC (273FCC) - NAICS: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - Product or service code: 7F20 Hardware and software products supporting IT Management services. Includes Enterprise Architecture (EA), Financial Management, and Strategic Planning. EA includes services supporting business, information, application and technical architecture to drive standardization, integration and efficiency among business technology solutions. Financial Management includes services involved in the planning, budgeting, spend management and chargeback of IT expenditures and the costing of IT products and services. IT Management and Strategic Planning include senior professional and administrative support services facilitating centralized IT strategy and planning. - Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia - County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001 - City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000 - First posted: January 5, 2024 - Last posted: January 5, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5e496aedaa2a4524a6cbf8e12c4a0c7e/view ## Description At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted this solicitation on its website. The purpose of this Request for Quotes (“RFQ”) is to renew USAC’s Cisco Smartnet. This Request for Quotes (RFQ) describes the products/services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Proposals are due no later than January 15, 2024, at 11:00 AM ET. This Request for Quotes (RFQ) describes the products/services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Further details provided herein. Quotes shall be submitted no later than January 15, 2024, at 11:00 AM ET. The RFQ is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation issued in accordance with Part 13 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (known as the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; no separate written solicitation will be issued. The solicitation number is IT-24-004. Quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFQ describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. **BACKGROUND:** USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Lifeline (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. The purpose of this Request for Quotes (“RFQ”) is to renew USAC’s Cisco Smartnet. This Request for Quotes (RFQ) describes the products/services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Quotes are due no later than January 15, 2024, at 11:00 PM ET. The RFQ is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/procurement. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFQ WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. ## Publications - January 5, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due January 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice 5e496aedaa2a4524a6cbf8e12c4a0c7e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5e496aedaa2a4524a6cbf8e12c4a0c7e/view ## Points of contact - Dania Powers, Dania.Powers@usac.org, 2024142734 - Noor Jalal, noor.jalal@usac.org, 2027760200 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/it24004.