SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Broadcast live streaming audio/video presentations
- Notice Date
- 12/21/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APS SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS BRANCH MS 205 RESTON VA 20192
- ZIP Code
- 20192
- Solicitation Number
- 08HQ08-NOSOLICITATION
- Response Due
- 1/2/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/20/2008
- Point of Contact
- RAFFAELA SMITH CHIEF, SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS 7036487388 RMSMITH@USGS.GOV;
- E-Mail Address
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- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, is a science based organization with approximately 10,000 employees located at roughly 400 field offices. USGS Headquarters is the largest facility and is based in Reston, VA. Each USGS location is typically connected into a common WAN backbone (Verizon Business VBNS+ VPN) at no less than T1 (1.5Mbps) speeds. The Reston HQ has at least an OC3(155Mbps) connection into the WAN backbone as do other key locations including Menlo Park, CA, Denver, CO and Sioux Falls, SD. Currently multicast is not enabled on the WAN backbone nor is Quality of Service (QOS). The USGS desires to deploy a live streaming audio/video application. The ultimate goal of this project is to provide a live audio/video broadcast of various content to all USGS employees simultaneously at their desktop via the USGS Intranet. As an interim goal, they would like to be able to send one live stream to each of the 400 field locations simultaneously via the USGS Intranet. The secondary goal of this project is to provide employees access to archived presentations and to conduct live streaming presentations to the public over the common Internet. INFORMATION REQUESTED: The primary intent of this RFI is to identify current and future industry standards-based solutions to broadcast live streaming audio/video presentations as well as the capability to store archived presentations and stream those as needed. This capability must scale to serve these presentations to all USGS employees across the USGS Intranet as well as to the public community over the Internet without severely impacting a particular site's bandwidth and its ability to perform its mission. Please provide the following information and specifications: - Solutions that are Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS). - Solutions that are standards based and which can perform both unicast and multicast functions. - Description of any potential network constraints (WAN/LAN) that must be considered prior to deploying such an application, including QOS provisioning as well as provisioning multicast on both LAN and WAN infrastructure. - Solutions that can accommodate both live streaming and archived audio/video downloads. - Solutions that have the capability to control bandwidth or delivery speeds per stream (adaptive bandwidth controls). - Solutions that have the capability for various frame rates, color depths, and resolutions. - Solutions that support various video formats such as: MPEG, Real-Video (RM, RAM), AVI, WMV, ASF, ASX, QuickTime (MOV), FlashVideo (SWF/FLV) and/or other video format standards that are not inclusive in this list that are preferred and why. - Solutions that support various audio formats such as: MP3, AAC, OGG, Real-Audio, WMA and/or other audio standards that are not inclusive in this list that are preferred and why. - Description of standard protocols, what the preferred standard is, and why. - Solutions that can accommodate and scale to enough streams to service the entire USGS. - Specifications of any and all necessary hardware and software such as servers, recommended operating system platforms, memory and hard-drives, cameras, control devices, and capture and recording devices required to produce and store broadcasts. - Which solutions could be portable, i.e., installed on a movable cart to be used in several locations. - Recommendation for the preferred (standards based) viewer software/client such as: Real Player, Windows Media Player etc. and why. - Descriptions of the functions and capabilities of the system that comply with the Federal Government's Section 508 Accessibility law (such as captioning etc.) - Availability of training for up to 10 USGS employees on operation of system - Availability of maintenance and service contracts as well as technical support. This RFI does not constitute an invitation for bids, a request for proposal (RFP), a solicitation, a request for quote (RFQ) or an indication that the government will contract for items provided by the submitter. This RFI is for planning purposes only. The government will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with the preparation or submission of the information requested nor for the government's use of that information. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of the government's assessment of the information received. No basis for claims against the government shall arise as a result of response to this request for information, or in the government's use of such information as either part of a USGS evaluation process or in developing any subsequent policy or announcement. Point of Contact: Leslie W. McElroy, U.S. Geological Survey, 119 National Center, Reston, VA 20192. Phone: 703-648-4354. E-mail: lmcelroy@usgs.gov
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- Place of Performance
- Address: RESTON, VA
- Zip Code: 201920002
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 201920002
- Record
- SN01475371-W 20071223/071221225740 (fbodaily.com)
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