MODIFICATION
58 -- SHERPA SERVICES COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION-MODIFY TO INCLUDE QUESTION/RESPONSE.CORRECT CLIN/QUOTE FORMAT
- Notice Date
- 2/25/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 517410
— Satellite Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- USPFO for Louisiana, 495 3rd Street, Camp Beauregard, Pineville, LA 71360
- ZIP Code
- 71360
- Solicitation Number
- W912NR-14-R-0004
- Response Due
- 3/4/2014
- Archive Date
- 4/26/2014
- Point of Contact
- Crystal L. Stiles, 318-290-5982
- E-Mail Address
-
USPFO for Louisiana
(crystal.l.stiles2.mil@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is 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; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is W912NR-14-R-0004. The solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-64, DFARS Change Notice 20130228. This solicitation is a Small Business Set Aside and the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition is 517410 and small business size standard is 30 mill dollars. 1. Project Scope: The purpose of this project is to have satellite service for six 1.2 meter Hawkeye II satellite terminals with idirect iconnex modems. Interested vendors shall quote per terminal in CLINS 1- 3. CLIN 1 shall be the monthly price for a twelve month period, with option built in for 4 (four) yearly extensionscar. The requirements for each terminal are as follows: Bandwidth: 5.0 M x 1.5 M Each Government provided Hawkeye II terminal shall have CIR: 128K x 128K Service billed quote mark per day quote mark and not by data usage 5 usage days included per month with 1 additional day per month for testing Include quote mark price per day quote mark for any days outside of 6 provided in plan 24 hour phone support for terminals Service provider should be able to host our Encore VPN device Ability to monitor bandwidth usage per terminal through a web interface Ability to increase bandwidth on any terminal within 24 hours CLIN 2 shall be an activation fee (if required) CLIN 3 shall be for: 14 VOIP phone service with local 225 area code and nationwide calling plan 2. Period of performance: Period of performance shall be 18 Mar 2014 - 17 Mar 2015 and will require satellite service throughout the state of Louisiana. The following provisions and/or clauses apply to this acquisition. Offerors must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items. Provide past performance if performed these services currently or in the past. Price and technical are equal but greater than past performance. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999): (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Price and Delivery with delivery being more important. FAR 52.212-3 Alt I Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-5 (Dev) Contract Terms and Condition Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Deviation). FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities. FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management. 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor. FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons. FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. FAR 52.232-33 Payment by EFT - SAM. FAR 52.233-1 Disputes. FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest. FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award. FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contracts. FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, with the following fill-in: http://farsite.hill.af.mil, DFARS 252.204-7004 Alt A System for Award Management, DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program, DFAS 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors, DFARS 252.247-7023 Alt III Transportation of Supplies by Sea, Alternate III, DFARS 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea. Clauses may be accessed electronically in full text through http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Contractors must be actively registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. Questions shall be emailed NLT February 21, 2014, 10:00 am CST. Quotes shall be emailed to crystal.l.stiles2.mil@mail.mil (318-290-5982) NLT March 4, 2014, 3:00 pm CST. Alternate POC is MAJ David Bourgeois, david.l.bourgeois4.mil@mail.mil (318-290-5933). QUESTION/RESPONSE: 1. Will the government accept area codes other than 225? No due to the substantial costs to the state when calling armories as well as the JOC. 1. What the contention ratio on the 5mb x 1.5mb network? (125:1) 2. Is this 5mb x 1.5mb quote mark Information rate quote mark or an quote mark IP rate quote mark Information Rate 3. Is the 5Mb the inbound rate or out bound rate? 5MB Down 1.5 Up 1. Who is the incumbent contractor? SQUIRETECH 2. What is the existing contract Award ID (HC1013-R-4-XXXX)? W912NR-13-P-0044 3. What satellite is providing the existing service? KU BAND 4. What is the value of the existing contract (Base and options)? ONE YEAR CONTRACT Clarify number of sherpas: 1. area code 225 Baton Rouge Metropolitan 2. Number of VoIP phones at each remote? 10 VoIP phones at each and what type switch at each remote? Using a Idirect modem 3. Will you need us to host a router at our teleport to tunnel traffic back to your HQ. No 1) Is this to replace an existing bandwidth contract, or is this a new service? EXISTING BANDWIDTH 2) Are any locations mobile units? ALL MOBILE CONFIGURATIONS 3) What satellite are the Hawkeye II satellite terminals currently pointed to? NOT SURE 4) What band KU or C? KU BAND 5) What is the model number for idirect iconnex modems that are in place? GCS-253 6) Is there a network diagram? WE OPERATE WITHIN CONUS 7) What other features are required? Examples: TCP Acceleration? Caching? TCP ACCELERATION 8) Besides VoIP and VPM, What type of traffic will the link be used for? WEB BROWSING Web browsing, Citrix, Video conferencing? VoIP and Web Browsing 9) Is there an SLA for packet loss, jitter, or weather? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DOWN TIME 1.Is CLIN7 to be priced as 14 VoIP lines as a pool to be shared by the 6 terminals, or is the intent to provide 14 VoIP lines for each of the six terminals? 10 VOIP LINES PER TERMINAL 2.Is it acceptable to provide SubCLINs for option year pricing for each of the 7 CLINs, or would Louisiana NG prefer a different structure? Please advise. QUOTES SHOULD BE 3 CLINS AND 3 CLINS PER OPTION YEAR. see announcement. 3.Will the Government accept service that is quote mark always on quote mark for all the days of a month and includes a set data capacity, with a quote for overages by the Gigabyte? WE DO NOT WANT quote mark ALWAYS ON quote mark PRICING. 4.Should the satellite service provide direct Public Internet access to the terminals? YES 5.Please describe the concept of operations for the Encore VPN. a.Will the Encore VPN device to be hosted by the service provider be connected to a secure terrestrial network, or will it allow only secure inter-terminal access for the 6 terminals included in this contract? THE SERVICES WILL BE USED BETWEEN THE 6 TERMINALS b.Are leased lines to connect to a secure network required, or will tunneling over the Public Internet be utilized? TUNNELLING WIL BE USED 6.Please specify the model of Encore VPN device to be hosted by the service provider. NOT CERTAIN BUT I BELIEVE IT IS A CISCO VPN 7.Please provide the model of iDirect iConnex model used in the satellite terminals. GCS-253 8.Please provide the BUC size, EIRP, and G/T for the Hawkeye II terminals. 4WATTS 1. Will the LANG accept alternate proposal options or change/modify the requirements within the RFP to reflect a contention of 10:1 or less? I WOULD SAY THE ONLY WAY WE COULD ACCEPT THIS IS IF WE COULD BE GUARANTEE PRIORITY OF SERVICE WHEN OUR TERMINALS COME ONLINE AND THIS IS IN WRITING SO THERE IS NO REFUSAL OF SERVICE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USPFO for Louisiana 420 F STREET CAMP BEAUREGARD Pineville LA
- Zip Code: 71360
- Zip Code: 71360
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