PRESOL | 70 | DBWA Transport System

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 10, 2003 FBO #0527
SOLICITATION NOTICE

70 -- DBWA Transport System

Notice Date: 5/8/2003
Notice Type: Solicitation Notice
Contracting Office: Defense Information Systems Agency, Acquisition Directorate, DITCO-NCR, 5111 Leesburg Pike Skyline 5, Suite 900A, Falls Church, VA, 22041-3206
ZIP Code: 22041-3206
Solicitation Number: DCA100-03-T-4032
Response Due: 5/23/2003
Archive Date: 6/7/2003
Point of Contact: Purnell Drew, Contract Specialist, Phone (703)681-1244, Fax (703)681-1211, - Michael Scott, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-681-0397, Fax 703-681-1211,
E-Mail Address: drewp@ncr.disa.mil, scottm@ncr.disa.mil
Description: 7. This a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 60 calendar days after award DELIVERY: In accordance with the SOW dated 1 May 2003. SUBMISSION OF OFFERS: Vendor?s Firm Fixed Priced proposals are due by noon 15 May 2003. SECURITY: Contractor must obtain a ?SECRET? clearance. POINT OF CONTACT: If you have any questions regarding this solicitation, please, contact the Contract Specialist, Michael Scott at (703) 681-0397. Please, send your proposals to: scottm@ncr.disa.mil. If you have any technical questions regarding this solicitation, please, contact Dr. Syed A. Shah at (703) 882-0062 or his alternate point of contact Dr. Syed R. Ali at (703) 882-0796.***** STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DISN Broadband Wireless Access (DBWA) Transport System DNSPR30609 As of: 1 May 2003 Contract Number: TBD Order Number: TBD Tracking Number: DCA100-03-T-4032 Previous Order Number: N/A 1. Points of Contact a. Primary Task Monitor (TM): Name: Dr. Syed A. Shah Organization: DISN Systems Engineering Support Division (NS41) Address: Seven Skyline Place5275 Leesburg PikeFalls Church, VA 22041-3801 Phone No.: (703) 882-0062 Fax No.: (703) 882-2878 Email Address: shahs@ncr.disa.mil b. Alternate Task Monitor (ATM): Name: Dr. Syed R. Ali Organization: DISN Systems Engineering Support Division (NS41) Address: Seven Skyline Place5275 Leesburg PikeFalls Church, VA 22041-3801 Phone No.: (703) 882-0796 Fax No.: (703) 882-2878 Email Address: alis@ncr.disa.mil 2. Order Title: DISN Broadband Wireless Access (DBWA) Transport system and its integration with DISN Transport 3. Backgrounds and Introduction: Among other responsibilities, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Network Services Organization (NS) provides design and development engineering and RDT&E for all information transfer and network control systems managed by DISA and used in the dynamically evolving DISN and the Global Information Grid (GIG). The Center for DISN Evolution (NS4) provides preeminent systems engineering for joint information transfer systems. NS4 plans, evaluates, and integrates cutting edge information transport technologies into the DISN to provide information superiority services to the war fighter that satisfy requirements under all conditions. A primary resource managed and used by the Network Services Organization is the Network Engineering Assessment Facility (NEAF). The NEAF is used for prototype design validation, functional specification development, system transition assessment, assessment plans and procedures, development, exploratory development, feasibility assessment, and near real﷓time resolution of network operation problems. It is a key element in the systems engineering process, bridging the gap between theoretical designs and actual implementation. Worldwide demand for wireless services continues to grow rapidly. It is expected that by 2010, more than half of all information sent in the world may use wireless communications media. Emerging commercial wireless systems and services are becoming rich in capabilities, and many of these capabilities are becoming hard requirements within Department of Defense and military C4I architectures. Significant commercial investment has been and will continue to be made to support mobile users, and leveraging this investment for the war fighter is what this work is all about. Wireless is clearly emerging as the mobile access segment of the DISN networks, and NS4 is working to develop a variety of DISN Wireless Services so that mobile DoD personnel can securely access the DISN anywhere and anytime. NS4 is evaluating Broadband (fixed) Wireless Access Transport for local loop bypass applicability, a separate technology that is vital to providing the DISN with increased diversity and reliability over the ?last mile? between commercial Points of Presence and DISN nodes on Service posts, camps, and stations. This activity to date has been at the architectural and planning levels. It is now time to move to a hardware evaluation and integration stage, which is the purpose of this task order. Leveraging Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) products and services, the DISN Systems Engineering Support Division (NS41) is planning to develop a proof of concept DISN Wireless Voice and Data Services pilot test bed for installation in the NEAF. The Wireless Network Services proof of concept pilot will be used to develop secure extensions and interfaces to the DISN Wireless Network Services, followed by assessment and evaluation. This effort will allow the Defense Information Service Network (DISN) to extend its wireless services to both the strategic and tactical communities via wireless broadband communication. 4. Objectives and Purpose: Objective: The objective of the SOW is to acquire and install DISN Broadband Wireless Access Transport System as a part of the project to develop an operational proof of concept pilot. The ultimate goal is to develop and deploy a broadband global mobile DISN Service for DOD mobile users, and tactical war-fighters. Purpose: The purpose of the test bed is to evaluate low cost alternatives for providing the normally time consuming and expensive provision of ?last mile? connectivity between on-base military communications nodes and commercial nodes, as well as for contingency use during emergencies or failure of normal connectivity. This acquisition is for a reference standard, commercial carrier grade link between the NEAF and the Columbia Pike (CPK) building via a unique hybrid or a combination of both Free Space Optical (FSO) and millimeter-wave technology. Each of the two supporting technologies has strengths but are affected by weather in different ways. In order to assess various competing products it is necessary to have an exacting standard for comparison, and the proposed acquisition provides that reference standard, one which is designed to provide an integrated connectivity with commercial carrier grade reliability (0.99999 availability) without being affected by weather. The assessments to be accomplished over the next few years will be in collaboration with the D-force Wireless Lab at the CPK. The links between existing wireless applications and platforms at the CPK lab and NS wireless transport equipment in the NEAF will further give us the opportunity to assess the interoperability of diverse wireless products. The results of these ongoing assessments will provide products that will be integrated into the GIG-BE and Defense Information Service Networks (DISN). In addition, the effect of integrating COTS and NSA certified encryption would be assessed. 5. Scope: This will be a firm, fixed price acquisition of a -commercial, off-the-shelf hardware and software in support of a wireless test bed at the DISA Network Engineering Assessment Facility (NEAF) in Skyline 7. The scope of this effort includes acquisition, installation on an existing Line of Sight Mounts (structure), followed by performance acceptance test for an operational turnkey system for the line of sight (LOS) OC12 (622 MBPS) access link between two existing Government laboratories situated within a mile of each other. The access link shall be a dual system, primarily FSO link with an automatic (Hot Swap) fall back upon mm-wave link to circumvent the signal degradation of the FSO link due to adverse weather conditions. The minimum acceptable requirements are listed below. Laboratory Addresses: NEAF address: 5275 Leesburg Pike Falls Church VA 22041 CPK address: 5600 Columbia Pike Falls Church VA 22041 The minimum acceptable requirements are listed below. Main Feature: This system shall provide point-to-point network interconnectivity between two routers, situated at the abovementioned addresses, via combined FSO/MM-wave link to provide the user access to the enterprise network or other connected networks. Minimum Requirements/Technical Specifications: Note: Although no field data may be available to verify the claims of the vendor, we expect the vendor to comply with the following technical specifications (for the measurement Test Period of 24 hours) during acceptance testing. Error Free Seconds: 99% Severely Error Seconds: not greater than 0.2% Degraded Minutes: not greater than 0.4% Bit Error Rate (BER): 1 Times 10 TO MINUS 12 Residual Bit Error Rate (RBER): 1 Times 10 TO MINUS 9 Combined Availability (FSO/mm-wave): 0.99999 Mean Time to Loss of Bit Count Integrity (MTLBCI): 4/24 Hours Delay: Less than 60 milliseconds Transport Element Status: Controlling element shall perform automatically in near real time to switch over from FSO to mm-wave if and when required 6. Specific Tasks: 6.1 Task 1 ﷓ Contract﷓Level and Task Order Management As appropriate to the specific nature of the SOW the contractor(s) shall: (1) (1) acquire, install, and performance acceptance test in a turnkey systems for the line of sight (LOS) OC12 (622 MBPS) access link between two existing Government laboratories situated within a mile of each other. The access link shall be primarily an FSO link with a fall back upon mm-wave link to circumvent the signal degradation of the FSO link during dense fog., (2) (2) perform acceptance testing., (3) (3) prepare a diagnostic chart/documents for trouble shooting/initialization and general upkeep of the system., (4) (4) provide initial training to DISA personnel and (5) (5) maintain the system for a year. Period of Performance: The period of performance is 60 calendar days after task order award. 8. Deliverable/Delivery Schedule: Hardware Delivery and Installation: The hardware and installation will be delivered 30 days after the award date of the purchase order. Testing and Documentation: Assessment Plan that shows the contractors approach to pass the specifications in the requirements given paragraph 5. The Assessment Plan shall be provided within ten days after the award. Within ten days after installation and delivery of DISN Broadband Wireless Access Transport System, the contractor shall include copies of diagnostic chart/documents, for trouble shooting/initialization and general upkeep of the system. The Acceptance Test and Assessment Report will be delivered within 30 days after the installation and delivery of the system. The Acceptance and Report will evaluate how well the contractor satisfied the specifications in the requirement. *Standard Distribution of diagnostic chart/documents ? 1 copy of the transmittal letter without the deliverable to the Contracting Officer (CO/DITCO/DTS23) and Contracting Officers Representative ? 1 copy of the transmittal letter and two copies of the deliverable (one in electronic form and the other in hard copy) to the Primary TM. One electronic copy of the deliverable to the Alternate TM. 10. Security: The contractor shall obtain and maintain as a minimum a ?SECRET? clearance. The contractor shall have access to the Network Engineering Assessment Facility located at Seven Skyline Place, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA. While using this facility the Contractor shall adhere to any established practices, guidelines, procedures and operational requirements of the facility as specified in the NEAF Engineering Management Plan. Additionally, the contractor shall obtain and maintain a ?SECRET? clearance at 5600 Columbia Pike, Falls Church VA 22041. 11. Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE)/Government-Furnished Information (GFI): None 12. Packaging, Packing, and Shipping: N/A 13. Inspections and Acceptance: N/A 14. Other Pertinent Information or Special Considerations: The contractor shall be knowledgeable of DISN and have experience in configuring ATM switches and Routers as well as understanding the protocols associated with these devices. As a part of the contract proposal, the contractor shall include resumes of primary and key personnel being proposed to work on this task. 15. Evaluation Criteria: This will be a best value procurement. 1. Technical Approach: The contractor?s technical approach will be evaluated for feasibility, creativity, completeness and responsiveness to requirements. Technical approach will beis significantly more important than cost. Technical proposals should be no more than 5 pages long. Technical proposals will be evaluated based on: (a) How specifications are satisfied in paragraph 5 (b) Contractor?s approach to the Assessment Plan 2. Past Performance: The contractor will provide proof of performing similar requirements. 3. Cost. This is a best value acquisition. Cost is least important factor. Proposal will be evaluated against the IGCE. Per scale above, this factor will be evaluated low.
Place of Performance: Address: Seven Skyline Place, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA, and, 5600 Columbia Pike, Falls Church VA 22041; Country: USA
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