Peace Corps, Office of Contracts, Room 6376, 1990 K. St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20526

D -- PEACE CORPS INTERNET SERVICE SOL PC-97-03 DUE 030197 POC Sunil Xavier, 202-606-9510 Background: The Peace Corps is connected to the Internet via PsiNET. PsiNET is an authorized Internet Service Provider (ISP). PsiNET entered into an agreement with Peace Corps in March 1995 to provide expanded Internet services including access to the WWW. All current Internet services, including e-mail, World Wide Web (WWW), internal mainframe sessions, and services requiring TCP/IP support (IP addressing), have been provided by PsiNET since that time. Peace Corps has purchased its Domain Name Ser vice (DNS) and pays a fee to Network Solutions, Vienna, Va. to maintain this address. The address name is "peacecorps.gov". The IP addresses, in use by Peace Corps headquarters and area offices are provided by PsiNET. Under our current agreement these addresses are unique to Peace Corps and they identify each work station with the ISP. Still, these address are the property of PsiNET. IP addresses are assigned to PsiNET by the same vendor that provides our Domain Name Service, Network Solutions. All IP ad dresses are controlled by the Internet Network Information Center, know as InterNIC. This organization maintains information about the structure and functioning of the Internet and maintains the integrity of unique computer and network addressing. It is our understanding that any change in ISP will require that a new set of IP addresses be used for all Peace Corps links to the Internet. To change these addresses would require significant effort to reconfigure the agency's routers, hubs and desktop units. T here shall be no disruption to Internet access during the transition period. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION FOR THIS REQUIREMENT. This notice may represent the only official notice of such requirements, and it includes the statement of work. The contract period of performance shall be for one year plus four one year options to extend the contract. This Statement of Work identifies Peace Corps' requirements for full Internet service to be provided by an authorized Internet Service Provider (ISP). Peace Corps currently has a Domain Name Service (DNS) of "peacecorps.gov" and this link provides world-wide access to Internet services maintained by Peace Corps staff and 11 domestic area offices. The method that Peace Crops uses internally to maintain its Internet components must remain the same. The current DNS must be maintained as apart of any future service. In addition to the basic service listed above, the following requirements must also be met or maintained: 1. Currently, the Peace Corps has a block of 64 Class C networks (192.xxx.xxx.x through 255.xxx.xxx.x) for a possible 16,384 IP addresses. Our current needs should not exceed 1500 work station units. Peace Cor ps' IP addresses are assigned statically to each work station in the headquarters and area office locations. These addresses or the same number of addresses must remain a part of any contracted service. Any change to IP addressing must include configuration of all routers, host and client computers (headquarters and area offices), continued registration of DNS and any other service requiring TCP/IP support. This will be provided at no additional cost or impact to the Peace Corps. 2. No disruption of Inter net service (e-mail, WWW, TCP/IP) or productive work station time, during the normal work week, can be allowed during service installation. This includes the Peace Corps Headquarters location and all area offices. 3. Internet services that must be provided are; access to the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic e-mail, News Feed Service and TCP/IP addressing. 4. Bandwidth access to the Internet Service Provider will be at speeds equal to fractional T-3 (4 Mbps). 5. The ISP will provide all equipment, tech nical support, warranty, maintenance and installation of equipment required to access the Internet and maintain uninterrupted access to the Internet (i.e., routers, CSUs, DSUs). The price proposed must be all-inclusive of all equipment, installation, maintenance and service fees. 6.. Provide Peace Corps with daily and weekly Internet bandwidth usage reports. These are customized reports with defined user formats (examples provided upon request) and must be provided to Peace Corps through electronic mean s. 7. Any future cost reduction of Internet or local access fees provided to the ISP are to flow down to the Peace Corps in the form of reimbursements through quarterly payment reductions. 8. Technical support for all services to be provided seven days a week, 24 hours a day, for 365 days each year. The ISP will provide 24 hour toll-free access to its technical support contact. All costs associated with these services must be included in the proposed all-inclusive price for one year. In addition, each offeror shall provide an all-inclusive price for four-one year options to extend the contract. 9. Offerors must include,in addition to their price proposal, a Technical Proposal which contains a detailed description of the how they will perform each requirement of the Statement of Work, including milestones for the implementation plan. After the initial technical evaluation, oral presentations may be required at Peace Corps Headquarters. Technical Proposal will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 52.2 1.-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items. Technical and Past Performance when combined will be of equal importance when compared to Price. Submissions should be received no later than March 1, 1997. Send to: Peace Corps, 1990 K Street, NW, Office of Contracts, Room 6376, Washington,DC 20526, Attention: Sunil Xavier. (0043)

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