NET-16571 - USA (Waterloo, Iowa) - Network Equipment and Services - Deadline July 16,2026

(1) Vendor needs to provide network equipment and services to the government authority located in Waterloo, IA.        – Installation and configuration of network equipment.– Evaluate readiness of data centers, LAN sites, and ring sites for equipment installation.– Evaluate current compute and storage hardware, software, and virtual workloads.– Install and configure out–of–band management hardware and software.– Evaluate fiber distribution panel locations and connector profiles.– Installation and configuration of management network.– Create virtual machines for management software.– Provide the turn–key go– live ready system specified.– Identify required fiber strands and ports.– Install power whips and PDUs.– Install and configure logging software.– firewall management.– high–level troubleshooting techniques.– Install fiber jumpers and cabling as required.– Install latest stable release software.– Fiber and copper jumper cables.(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than June 30, 2026.         (3) The contract period will be for three years.          (4) A non–mandatory pre–proposal conference will be held on June 23, 2026.