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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 FBO #2134
SOLICITATION NOTICE

58 -- 58--Market Survey for Expansion of Iraqi Defense Network and Defense Private Network

Notice Date

9/28/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
 

ZIP Code

07703-5008
 

Solicitation Number

MARKET-SURVEY-4042-1
 

Response Due

10/11/2007
 

Archive Date

12/10/2007
 

Point of Contact

Andrea Ferrell, 732-532-5585
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The US Army CECOM LCMC intends to acquire an expansion of the Iraqi Defense Network (IDN) and to acquire the Defense Private Network (DPN) Network Operation Center and Rapid Expansion of the Cellular Telephone Network. This expansion will be initiat ed by 01 April 2008 and shall be completed by 01 October 2008. IDN Engineering Services: The contractor will be required to expand the IDN at current and future sites to include the procurement, delivery and installation of all necessary equipment, and to provide both warranty and logistical maintenance support during the warranty periods. The contractor shall install the packaged IDN solutions established by the Ministry of Defense (MOD) for IDN expansions, provide technical input and provide site survey s. The contractor will procure homogenous vendor equipment including network switches, routers, security devices, computers, printers, telephones and IP encryptors in accordance with the proposed package configurations, packaged solution installation and maintenance. A pricing scheme for each packaged solution must be provided. The expansion is for installation of an additional 20-70 IDN packages. The contractor shall install IDN nodes (packages) as selected by the IDN Program Manager, and to provide al l logistical, security and maintenance support for the new IDN sites (sporadically placed throughout Iraq). The contractor shall be responsible for providing all necessary tools needed to complete the installation, and shall provide its own transportation , security and life support during the performance of the contract. The contractor shall provide a 24/7 technical support staff that can respond and correct any issues/problems during the warranty period. The current IDN consists of a Network Operations Center (NOC), a Local Area Network (LAN) and twenty-five (25) remote sites. Collectively this represents the current IDN Wide Area Network (WAN) of 27 sites. This network provides a dedicated communications network infrastructure critical to Iraqs natio nal security interests. The IDN allows the military to send secure data between IDN users and geographically dispersed IDN locations. The system includes enterprise network services including a unique and registered domain name and domain name services, e- mail accounts, e-mail exchange for the IDN intranet, Internet e-mail communication, file and print services, antivirus protection, firewall protection, and Internet connectivity for IDN users. In addition to the data networking capabilities, the IDN suppo rts voice services provided by VoIP servers, gateways, and VoIP capable routers. The IDN infrastructure is designed and configured to appropriately route voice traffic by implementing quality of service (QOS) DiffServe Code Points (DSCP) for VoIP voice tra ffic and voice call-signaling. The following non-exhaustive list of equipment shall be installed, integrated and configured to meet the current interoperability requirements of the IDN: Cisco 2851 Security Bundle, Cisco Survivability Remote Site Telephon y 96, Cisco Four Port 10/100 Ethernet Switch Card HWIC-4ESW, Cisco 2851 IDS Network Module, Cisco SFP/LC SX GBIC, Cisco Firewall - restricted version, Cisco PIX-515E-R-BUN, Cisco 2960 24 10/100 2 GETH ports Switch, Cisco Catalyst 3560G 48 10/100/1000T P oE + 4 SFP Enhanced Image, BlueCoat Proxy, Cisco SMARTNET 8X5XNBD 2851 w/ AC+POE,2GE,4HW, Cisco SMARTNET 8X5XNBD Catalyst 2960G 24 10/100, Cisco SMARTNET 8x5xNBD Svc, PIX-515-R-BUN Chassis. DPN Engineering Services: The contractor shall provide for the D PN, Network Operation Center (NOC) in Iraq and Rapid Expansion of cellular telephone network. The DPN is Ericson AXE  810 digital cellular telephone system with Radio Base Station (RBS) capacity of the 96 instantaneous call used as a command and control tool by MOD and the Iraqi armed forces (IAF). The system currently supports eighteen (18) different locations with allowances for future expansion for approxi mately 50,000 total IAF personnel and Coalition support staff. Currently, the DPN consists of 18 geographically dispersed, self-sustaining switching centers, each with a tower, switching shelter, radio base station, and backup generator. The following se rvices are required: create a Tier II-Level NOC; expand services to at least 4 new locations with 10KM coverage area, including 250 Nokia GSM Cell phones with sim chips for each site; provide normal level of connectivity redundancy to five existing orphan site, and provide secure mobile telephony services across the entire network. The proposed solution(s) will be compatible with existing hardware and software now in use by the DPN and be scalable to support any future network growth. Services shall be ex panded to at least 4 new locations, and normal level of connectivity redundancy shall be provided to 5 existing orphan sites. Secure mobile telephony services shall be provided across the entire network. The contractor shall provide vehicles for transpor tation of personnel and equipment in and around Iraq for the conduct of meeting any and all requirements of this expansion. The contractor shall supply a list of employees to be approved by the Iraqi Government. The contractor shall be required to perfor m this contract during war or state of emergency. The current DPN has been implemented in two stages, the first being the original thirteen sites and the second consisting of a five site expansion for a total of eighteen (18) sites. The original eleven s ites are currently fully meshed with each other (via a VSAT and Microwave transport layer) and the five expansion sites are connected through a VSAT Hub and are not currently meshed with the original eleven sites. Hence, these five sites are treated as o rphan sites. The customer is requesting that these orphan sites be integrated in to the meshed network topology of the original eleven sites. In addition, the customer is requesting that four new (expansion) sites be added to the network bringing the total number of site up to twenty-two. These sites will also need to be integrated in to this meshed network topology. The purpose of this completely meshed topology is to provide the capability of secured telephony on the GSM network. Currently the net work topology will not support encryption due to the latency of the transport layer of the orphaned sites. Respond to Donald Baldwin by COB 11 Oct 2007 at email address below or 732-532-8178. EMAIL-ADDRESS: Donald.L.Baldwin@us.army.mil
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07 ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ

Zip Code: 07703-5008

Country: US
 

Record

SN01424330-W 20070930/070928223853 (fbodaily.com)
 

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