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D -- DISN TRANSMISSION SERVICES -- EUROPE POC Peter G. Smingler, Contracting Officer, (703) 681-0526 WEB: Click here to download copies of draft DISN -- Europe documents, http://www.disa.mil/DISN/disnhome.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, sminglep@ncr.disa.mil. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) hereby issues a Request for Information (RFI) regarding transmission services (terrestrial, satellite, or a combination) to support Defense Information System Network (DISN) users within Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia, Western Russia, Greenland, Azores, Arctic Region, Iceland, and communications interface points located in the United States. The transmission services will support digital voice, data, and video telecommunications along with signal encryption capabilities between points designated by the Government. The transmission services requirements are for dedicated bandwidth leased services comprised of simplex, full duplex, or half duplex transmission links with bandwidth ranging from sub T-1 through STM-16 (or higher if commercially available during the life of the contract) between service delivery points (SDPs) (inter-country and intra-country) within the service region. The transmission architecture allows for incorporation of evolutionary or new commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) open-systems-standards based technologies and media capabilities. The Government has developed notional connectivity requirements between SDPs and bandwidth managers. However, the requirements between SDPs and bandwidth managers are notional only and should not be interpreted as representing the Government's actual requirements. It is contemplated that the proposed contract will be a fixed price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity delivery order type contract. It is contemplated tha the period of performance will be a three-year base period with seven one-year option periods. The DISN Europe acquisition strategy consists of two major components; (1) bandwidth network management, switching, installation services, and systems integration and (2) transmission services. The two components will be procured on separate contracts. Bandwidth network management, switching, installation services, and systems integration will not be addressed in this RFI. However, the Government's notional network management functional requirements specification (FRS) is available to describe the interface to the Government's network management facility and data reporting requirements. This RFI addresses transmission services that will consolidate independent networks into a single, integrated, multimedia, cost effective, efficient, common-user global "infosphere." The DISN will provide seamless and interoperable information transport across strategic and tactical networks. The DISN will use available commercial products and services, while providing the degree of network control necessary to ensure rapid response to end-user requirements. The DISN will facilitate the management of information resources. Respondents are invited to offer comments regarding the acquisition strategy, the draft documents located on the DISA DISN WEB site, and the questions listed below. Creative comments concerning the use of satellite technology and/or emerging technologies such as ATM to satisfy requirements, accommodate future technology insertion and its integration into the infrastructure, and reduce costs are also encouraged. The DISA DISN WEB site address is http://www.disa.mil/DISN/disnhome.html. You are requested to provide comments concerning the following questions within these parameters: (A) Estimate the nonrecurring and investment cost and/or recurring costs which would be charged to the Government and (B) Describe the contractual features of your proposed concept. Offered suggestions and comments concerning solution approaches should be based on the following criteria: -- Transmission services must meet or exceed the performance specifications described or referenced in the FRS for transmission services. -- All Transmission nodes in the geographic area of interest must be located on US Government installations (usually a transmission node is at a SDP and contains a bandwidth manager and/or related equipment(s) for control of transmission resources). (1) Estimate the nonrecurring and investment costs and/or recurring costs which would be charged to the government for initiating sub T-1 through STM-16 services in each geographical area of interest. (2) Describe the contractual features of your proposed concept, including effects on other customers. (3) Describe your company's immediate ability to provide sub T-1 through STM-16 transmission services/capabilities, to include dedicated, partial satellite transponder(s), within each geographic area of interest and potential interface points in the United States and Pacific regions. If no immediate capability exists, explain your company's plan (include service availability dates) to provide the various transmission services covered in this RFI. Describe your capabilities by country for the region to include host nations agreement, secured landing rights, and connection approvals already in place. Also describe your capabilities to provide both European and North American transmission service standards and your ability to interface between the two. (4) Describe your transmission service especially your ATM capabilities and plans for future technology insertion. Describe and disclose any geographical technological limitations, particularly with regards to ATM capabilities. (5) Describe your international standard ATM services capabilities between any of the listed service points/bandwidth managers. Include an order of magnitude cost for these services? (6) Identify new technological advances and describe your strategy and estimated timelines for inserting this new technology that would optimize the supporting telecommunications infrastructure. (7) Describe your quality of services including your concepts for maintenance and projected restoral time periods in each geographical area of interest. Characterize the quality of services available for each given SDP? Explain how you will address and ensure user diversity requirements? (8) For new service requests, what is the time necessary from an order date to the delivery of the new service? If not uniform, please break this out by geographic area of interest and explain any limiting factors. (9) Describe your ability to provide network management information and data through an active interface with the U.S. Government's DISN network management center at the Regional Operations and Security Center (ROSC) in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia? If no ability exists, describe your proposed solution to establish an active interface for network management with the respective ROSC. (10) In any of the above areas of concern, please describe any limitations for a given geographical area of interest. (11) Are there any contractual limitations to the requirement for a three year base period with seven one year option periods? The point of contact for technical issues concerning this announcement is Ms. Victoria Voight, DISA/D214 at (703) 681-0325, Fax (703) 681-0342. The point of contact for contractual issues is Mr. Aaron J. Tilock, Contract Specialist at (703)681-6985, Fax (703) 681-6625. The Contracting Officer is Mr. Peter G. Smingler, Contracting Officer, DISA/D211 at (703) 681-0526, Fax (703) 681-6625. Proprietary information should be identified as such. In order to be considered, responses must be submitted no later than 15 December 1997 and must include one original, ten hard copies and one electronic copy in MS word 7.0. Responses should be sent to Mr. Aaron J. Tilock, DISA/D211, 5113 Leesburg Pike, Room 428, Falls Church, VA 22041. Two hard copies and one electronic copy should be sent to LtCol Stephen Shively, DITCO-Europe, Heuberg 143, 67681 Sembach, Germany. Responses should include the Company Name, Street Address, City, State, nine-Digit Zip Code (or appropriate country mailing address), Point of Contact (POC), POC telephone and facsimile numbers. If the company address includes a post office box, a complete street address should also be provided. It is contemplated that Standard Industrial Code (SIC) 4899 will be used for determining company size status.***** LLLL (0321)

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