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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JULY 28, 2013 FBO #4264
SPECIAL NOTICE

70 -- University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (I2)

Notice Date

7/26/2013
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

541513 — Computer Facilities Management Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC2 - 11th floor /OFA61, 1325 East West Highway, 11th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
 

ZIP Code

20910
 

Solicitation Number

NRMJ0000-13-00121
 

Archive Date

8/25/2013
 

Point of Contact

Craig Kurtz, Phone: 3016281356
 

E-Mail Address

craig.kurtz@noaa.gov
(craig.kurtz@noaa.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Government intends to negotiate a noncompetitive Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) type contract with Indiana University for Advanced Internet Development (I2) for connectivity of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) facilities to NOAA Research Network or N-WAVE. The noncompetitive contract shall be awarded for one base year or performance with four (4) one year option periods. The Government anticipates that the base period will commence on or about September 9, 2013 through September 8, 2014. The four (4) option periods, if exercised, shall be for twelve (12) months duration each, from September 9, 2014 through September 8, 2018. The total performance of this contract shall not exceed five (5) years. NOAA's Office of the Chief Information Officer (OICO) designed, engineered, and built a National high performance science network (N-WAVE) which interconnects many of NOAA's research facilities throughout the country. N-WAVE is undergoing continuous technological improvements and expansion in order to integrate NOAAs' Internal research efforts as well as the research efforts of external educational and nonprofit organizations. NOAA's research facilities, research universities and nonprofit organizations are geographically dispersed across the world. The N-Wave relies on optical capabilities and services that represent the way forward for high capacity and high performance as well as scalable internal and external interchange for an ever-increasing demand. Internet2, which is network collaboration between universities, partners in industry and government to develop advanced Internet technologies and applications, provides the physical infrastructure (optical fiber circuits) for connectivity among the wide dispersion of research entities and is the foundation of N-WAVE's national backbone network. As an organization, Internet2 members leverage their high-performance network and worldwide partnerships to support and enhance their educational and research missions. Beyond providing networking capabilities for support of research, the Internet2 community engages in the improvement of this valuable research tool by developing new technology such as middleware, security, network research and performance measurement capabilities which ultimately enhance their primary mission, which are research activities. Physical access to Internet2 is limited to a GigaPOP (Gigabit Point of Presence) also known as a Regional Optical Network. The regional GigaPOPs/RONs allow NOAA facilities in a particular region access to the core N-Wave nodes which makes possible for the national high speed data transit from one NOAA facility to another or other research entities in a regional network and the national network. The proposed contract action is to acquire network operation center services to support N-Wave and its interconnecting NOAA customers, a nationwide science and supercomputing network. The network operation center services to be acquired shall be designed and engineered to support applications to include, but not be limited to, video conferencing, engineering, webcasting, data center facilities, collocation services and connectivity. The contractor shall deliver the services set forth in this Performance-Based Statement of Work pursuant to task orders issued against this contract. The overall object of the services to be provided is to support N-Wave in the accomplishment of the following tasks via the National Network Infrastructure: a. Collaboration and effective pooling of resources of local GigaPops as well as the members of the Internet2 and LambdaRail consortiums. b. Real-time scientific visualization c. Rapid access to multi-media libraries and large distributed computational resources using meta-computing approaches. d. Access for N-Wave sites to the Internet, national research and education networks, government research organizations, national and regional networks, and various R&D network test beds. e. Connectivity between NOAA facilities for large scale distributed computing, distributed mass storage file systems and archival storage. f. Very large single stream data rates between user desktops and large scale computational systems, databases, libraries as well as other systems. g. Special dedicated connectivity between NOAA members or members of another Community (Community is defined as a network with specific membership privileges accessible via I2 and /or LambdaRail). h. Short term dedicated (virtual) connectivity builds for special projects, exercises, and demonstrations. The technical services required to support the NOAA's N-WAVE are described below. Install, Modify, Terminate and Restore Services. The contractor shall install, modify, terminate, and restore any service specified in the contract. Task Order Management Planning and Control The contractor shall provide an implementation plan and schedule for each new service and or modification to existing service. Acceptance Testing/Plans Following the installation of the designated location/site or service, the contractor shall execute acceptance tests in accordance with the Government-approved location/site Acceptance Testing procedures. Services shall be validated with the approved location/site Acceptance test Plan. Test plans shall be per individual task. N-Wave services shall be configured and/or delivered correctly and be operational in accordance with N-Wave service requirements. Successful testing in accordance with the approved plan will result in an "operational" state for the designated location/site with services that meet the requirements specified in this Performance-based statement of work and the task order. Network Operation Center Management and Monitoring Services The contractor shall provide a 24x7x365 Tier-1 Network Operation Service Desk for the day to day operation and monitoring of the N-Wave network and NOAA Networks in which N-Wave Interconnects. The contractor shall provide Tier-2 and Tier-3 specialized network service technicians/engineers dedicated to the N-Wave program and those N-Wave network and NOAA Network components listed above. The contractor shall provide hardware and software systems in support of day-to-day network operation center management and monitoring of the N-Wave network and NOAA Network components listed above. Network deployment, architecture, and consulting Contractor shall provide engineers for network deployment planning and architecture consulting from initial testing through turn-up of services following industry standards and best practices to include: • Network topology planning • Network resiliency and disaster planning • Advice on installation best practices • Network device code version/configuration consulting • Network architecture review • Configuration improvements • Network Upgrade and expansion planning to ensure uninterrupted service to include deployment assistance. Network Tools Design and Development Develop and provide the government as needed with tools that are customized for high performance networking operations built from resources utilized within the research and education networking community. This includes research and measurement platforms, specialized tool development as needed to for: • Advanced visualization systems that show real-time networking information on a global scale • Advanced visualization systems that can be ported to other application use or integrated with existing scientific applications • Fully integrated system of network management and measurement tools • Upgrade and maintain the suite of performance monitoring and analysis tools Integrator Service provider for Regional Optical Network Connectivity and Services Interoperability Where the relationship exists, the contractor shall obtain on behalf of N-Wave and those NOAA organizations N-Wave supports, access to services provided by the Research and Education Regional Optical Networks (RON). The contractor shall be the integrator of RON services to N-Wave by acting on behalf of N-Wave to acquire connectivity, collocation and engineering services offered by a given RON. Such connectivity services offered by RONs are, Optical Lambda's or dark Fiber, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Transport, commodity Internet, and RON specific consortium membership. Connectivity and services shall be capable of interoperating with other network providers and services to include but not limited to; the national research and education networks Internet2 and the National LambdaRail, commodity Internet carriers at RON aggregation points and other government/collaborator research and education networks. Interface and interoperability shall be for the full range of applicable communications functions, including addressing plans, access control, network management, signaling, and timing and synchronization. The Contractor shall also specify interfaces and inter-connectivity between the N-Wave and other networks and have the ability to establish relationships in order to work with these networks. Integrator Service provider for Collocation Services and Interconnectivity Functions Collocation services or interconnectivity functions at locations/sites or implemented at similar connection boundaries between N-Wave and other networks such as the national research and education networks Internet2 and the National LambdaRail, commodity Internet and other government/collaborator research and education networks or the function may occur at a core location in N-WAVE. When collocation services or interconnectivity functions are required between N-WAVE locations or at connections between N-WAVE and an outside entity, the Contractor, at the option of the Government, shall support the installation and delivery of equipment, up to and including Government specified locations/sites, as well as Government-provided equipment to enable N-WAVE services as part of the gateway functions. Disaster Recovery and Contingency The Contractor shall exert its best effort to provide continuity of services in the event of disasters, including fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, and flooding. Disasters also include human-related events, such as fraud, vandalism, arson, work stoppages, strikes, civil disturbances, armed conflict, and sabotage. The Contractor shall protect the transmission services in accordance with the security requirements of the contract and the industry standards and best practices. Evolution of Existing Services An objective of this contract is to acquire state-of-the-art digital data transfer services that are constantly evolving especially within the Research and Education. A fundamental element of the success of the N-WAVE environment is the ability to implement and support leading edge and next-generation network capabilities that grow and evolve with the needs of the computing and research community which is creating next-generation solutions for NOAA. The Contractor shall both initiate/support technology insertion efforts and perform system upgrades to maintain state-of-the-art, commercially available services and compatibility with evolving technologies and standards. This may include but not be limited to architectural planning, life cycle engineering or equipment technical refresh to both the infrastructure and the defined location/site(s). The Contractor shall ensure services provided under this contract remain compatible with current state-of-the- art versions of the applicable standards. Technology Improvements/ Changes The Contractor shall provide upgrades, generic or version, specific to service delivery points that will enhance NOAA's use of N-WAVE. The contractor shall continue to upgrade and improve the underlying infrastructure that supports the connectivity of N-WAVE. The Contractor shall perform regression testing on all minor and major upgrades to N-WAVE, as necessary, to ensure features in the legacy systems are supported by the upgrades. In contracting with University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (I2), NOAA leverages substantial research investment as a long standing member of multiple research consortiums. This proposed action will also enforce NOAA's commitment to current and future network access privileges granted through consortium "Indefeasible Right of Use" agreements (IRUs). Finally, NOAA's opportunity to enhance its leadership role in research is sustained through collaboration with Federal agencies labs, non-profit organizations, universities, libraries and technology and information service providers throughout the United States. This notice is not a request for proposals. It is the Government's belief that I2 is the only entity capable of meeting the requirements above. Any potential sources with the expertise and required capabilities to meet these requirements may demonstrate its ability to meet the requirements stated above by submitting a capabilities statement via email no later than 15 calendar days from the date of the posting of this announcement. Any response must include sufficient information to allow the Government to evaluate its capability relative to the technical requirements stated herein. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement for competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within its discretion. The Government will not be responsible for any cost incurred in preparation of statements, proposals or quotations submitted for consideration by the agency. Responses are to be submitted to Craig Kurtz, Contract Specialist, at craig.kurtz@noaa.gov and Contracting Officer, Michael Blumenfeld, at michael.blumenfeld@noaa.gov. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/AGAMD/NRMJ0000-13-00121/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, 462022, United States

Zip Code: 62022
 

Record

SN03128609-W 20130728/130726234738-dc2961cd644d16f00e699770bf0dcdd5 (fbodaily.com)
 

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