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This is a Request for Information (RFI) only issued for conducting market research. Accordingly, this RFI constitutes neither a Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), nor a guarantee tha... This is a Request for Information (RFI) only issued for conducting market research. Accordingly, this RFI constitutes neither a Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), nor a guarantee that one will be issued by the Government in the future; furthermore, it does not commit the Government to contract for any services described herein. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted because of this request. The Government does not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred for responses to this RFI. The core VA network is primary composed of Cisco equipment which in turn requires ongoing Cisco product security licensing support to maintain it in an operational state as well as obtaining additional perpetual and renewals of term security licensing. Only Cisco or an authorized Cisco reseller can provide the necessary device security licensing for VA owned Cisco products. This Cisco Security Enterprise License Agreement (CSELA) supports all of VAs Cisco security products that protect it from external threats, these include the Email Security Appliances (ESA), Intrusion Preventions Systems (IPS), Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls, Integrates Services Router (ISR), Aggregation Services Router (ASR), Cisco Secure Duo, and many other devices listed in the table below. These systems are located at the VA Enterprise Internet Gateways and throughout VA s distributed enterprise network. The Period of Performance (PoP) shall include one 12-month base period, one 12-month base year optional task, four 12-month option periods, and four 12-month option period optional tasks. PLEASE RESPOND NO LATER THAN APRIL 19, 2022, 3:00PM EST to Matthew Newell, Matthew.Newell@va.gov and Elena Juliano, Elena.Juliano@va.gov