SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NATO Call for Bids (CFB) for Internet Communications in Support of the Second Phase of the Virtual Silk Highway Project (SILK 2)
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry & Security, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Defense Programs Division, Room 3876 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230
- ZIP Code
- 20230
- Solicitation Number
- CFB-SILK2-2006-17
- Response Due
- 5/19/2006
- Archive Date
- 5/22/2006
- Description
- The NATO International Staff announces a Call for Bids (CFB) concerning internet communications in support of SILK 2, the second phase of the Virtual Silk Highway project. SILK is the commonly used word for the NATO Virtual Silk Highway project through which NATO provides internet connectivity to academic and educational institutions in Central Asia and the Caucasus. The first phase of the project was approved in October 2001 and became fully operational in spring 2003. In this Call for Bids, SILK refers to the ongoing phase 1 of the project, whereas SILK 2 (second phase of the Virtual Silk Highway project) refers to the service solicited for the next two years of the project. SILK 2 is the object of the present Call for Bids. SCOPE OF PROJECT The SILK Project is a computer network. It is designed specifically to facilitate the exchange of information between academic and educational institutions in the Caucasus and Central Asia with peers in the rest of the world by providing basic and reliable internet connectivity. The SILK 2 project basic requirement is for 10 internet Points of Presence (POPs), one for the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany and one each for the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. The contractor shall design and implement these POPs within the constraints of the Statement of Work. The contractor may make use of the existing system; or not; or some combination of new and old systems, equipment, and facilities. The period of the contract is for 24 months, with an option of 12 months of additional service. The contractor shall provide an option for three to eight additional POPs. The contractor shall also provide an option for a fully contractor-managed solution. The current system is NATO-managed. A NATO-managed solution is acceptable. For further information of a contractual or technical nature, please telephone Mr. Yves van Schendel, Purchasing and Contracts Service, at 011-32-2-707-42-02. BIDDING PROCESS If your firm would like to submit a bid, you will need to obtain copies of the General Contract Specifications, Special Contract Specifications, and Statement of Work. Electronic versions (PDF file) of these documents are available to U.S. firms from the U.S. Department of Commerce. To receive copies, send an email request to Lcarpent@bis.doc.gov or dnewsom@bis.doc.gov Two copies of the bid must reach NATO Headquarters by 4 p.m. Brussels time on 22 May 2006.
- Record
- SN01020563-W 20060406/060404220313 (fbodaily.com)
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