19SG2018Q0017__US_Embassy_DKR_Consolidated_Internet_Leased_Line.doc

U.S. Embassy Dakar

Date: April 17, 2018 To:

Prospective Quoters Subject: Request for Quotations number 19SG2018Q0017 – Consolidated Internet Leased line for US Embassy Dakar

Enclosed is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) to provide a consolidated internet leased line service to the US Emaassy Dakar. If you would like to submit a quotation, follow the instructions in Section 3 of the solicitation, complete the required portions of the attached document, and submit it to the address shown on the Standard Form 1449 that follows this letter.

There will be a pre proposal conference on May 08, 2018 at 16 : 00 (local time) to go through the details of this solicitation and allow interested parties the opportunity to ask any questions they may have concerning the request for quotation.

For anyone from your firm who wishes to attend; please send your company name and DUNS number, the national identification number and nationality of the person attending the conference to FayeAC@state.gov or/and Dakarprocurement@state.gov no later than May 04, 2018.

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract/purchase order to the responsible company submitting an acceptable quotation at the lowest price. We intend to award a contract/purchase order based on initial quotations, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.

Submit your proposal in English in a sealed envelope marked “19SG2018Q0017 / proposal enclosed" to

American Embassy Dakar

Route des Almadies

Attn.: Contracting Officer

GSO /Procurement office

Dakar – Senegal The proposals can be sent to this electronic email address OkothEA@state.gov The proposals shall be submitted in separate envelopes (one technical offer and one financial offer).

Proposals are due by May 25, 2018 no later than 12:00 Am (local time). No proposals shall be accepted after this time.

All contractors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov prior to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 5.207. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of proposals. The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at:

https://www.statebuy.state.gov/pd/Pages/AdditionalVendorReg.aspx

Sincerely, Evelyn Okoth

Contracting Officer

Enclosure:

As Stated.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1 - The Schedule

· SF 1449 cover sheet

· Continuation To SF-1449, RFQ Number 19SG2018Q0017

Prices, Block 23

· Continuation To SF-1449, RFQ Number 19SG2018Q0017, Schedule Of Supplies/Services, Block 20 Description/Specifications/Work Statement

Section 2 - Contract Clauses

· Contract Clauses

· Addendum to Contract Clauses - FAR and DOSAR Clauses not Prescribed in Part 12 Section 3 - Solicitation Provisions

· Solicitation Provisions

· Addendum to Solicitation Provisions - FAR and DOSAR Provisions not Prescribed in Part 12 Section 4 - Evaluation Factors

· Evaluation Factors

· Addendum to Evaluation Factors - FAR and DOSAR Provisions not Prescribed in Part 12 Section 5 - Offeror Representations and Certifications

· Offeror Representations and Certifications

· Addendum to Offeror Representations and Certifications - FAR and DOSAR Provisions not Prescribed in Part 12

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

PR7077624

2. CONTRACT NO.

3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE DATE

4. ORDER NUMBER

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

19SG2018Q0017

6. SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

April 17, 2018

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME

CONTRACTING OFFICER

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER 338794210

8. OFFER DUE DATE/ LOCAL TIME

May 25, 2018 at 12.00 NOON

UNRESTRICTED

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SET ASIDE:____ % FOR:

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SMALL BUSINESS

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WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

AMERICAN EMBASSY DAKAR

Route des ALMADIES, BP49

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HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

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(WOSB) ELLIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM NAICS:

ATTN: GSO/ PROCUREMENT

DAKAR / SENEGAL

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SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

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EDWOSB

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8 (A)

SIZE STANDARD:

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINAT-

TION UNLESS BLOCK IS

MARKED

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SEE SCHEDULE

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

13b. RATING

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

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RFP

AMERICAN EMBASSY DAKAR

ATTN: IRM

DAKAR / SENEGAL

AMERICAN EMBASSY DAKAR

ATTN: GSO PROCUREMENT

DAKAR / SENEGAL

117a. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

CODE

FACILITY CODE

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

AMERICAN EMBASSY DAKAR

Route des ALMADIES, ATTN: FMC dkrfmcinvoices@state.gov

DAKAR /SENEGAL

CODE

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17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN

OFFER

18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK

BELOW IS CHECKED

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19.

ITEM NO.

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

21.

QUANTITY

22.

UNIT

23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

Consolidated Internet Leased line for US Embassy Dakar as per as attached solicitation terms and conditions

(Use Reverse and/or Attach Additional Sheets as Necessary)

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)

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27a.SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA

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27b.CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA

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28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN 02 COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN.

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29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. _________________ OFFER DATED ____________. YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION (BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30c. DATE SIGNED

31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

31c. DATE SIGNED

SECTION 1 - THE SCHEDULE

CONTINUATION TO SF-1449, RFQ NUMBER 19SG2018Q0017,

PRICES BLOCK 23

I.

Scope of Services The Contractor shall complete all work, including furnishing all labor, material, equipment, and services, unless otherwise specified herein, required under this contract for stated services within the time specified herein. The price listed below shall include all labor, materials, overhead, and profit. In consideration of satisfactory performance of all scheduled services required under this contract, the Contractor shall be paid a firm fixed-price for all services.

II.

Base Period

The contract will be for a one-year period from the date specified on the notice to proceed, with 02 one-year options to renew.

The notice to proceed shall be provided upon successful installation and acceptance by the Governement of the required circuits, which shall be installed and delivered within 60 days after contract award.

1.

The Contractor shall furnish all engineering, labor, tools, equipment, materials, supplies and services to provide the required circuit as specified under Section 1, hereof:

2.

Prices. In consideration of satisfactory performance of the services required under this contract, the Contractor shall be paid a firm fixed-price (FFP) per month as stated in the schedule below.

2.1 VALUE ADDED TAX

VALUE ADDED TAX. Value Added Tax (VAT) is not applicable to this contract and shall not be included in the CLIN rates or Invoices because the U.S. Embassy has a tax exemption certificate from the host government.

2.2.

The firm fixed-prices are stated in _(offeror to fill in currency) Local companies shall offer in CFA francs

BASE YEAR: (120 Mbps)

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

For comparison purposes we additionally need optionnal quotes for :

· 01 main circuit of 140 Mbps

· 01 main circuit of 150 Mbps

BASE YEAR: (140 mbps) – optional for the US Government

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

BASE YEAR: (150 mbps) – optional for the US Government

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

NOTA BENE:

To be considered , pricing for optional capacities shall be provided for the base year and all options years.

Total Firm-Fixed Price

CMR (ALMADIES)

A leased line of 4Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 4 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

For comparison purposes we additionally need optionnal quotes for this specific site:

· 01 leased line of 8 Mbps

· 01 leased line of 10 Mbps

(option - A)

A leased line of 8 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

For comparison purposes we additionally need optionnal quotes

(option – B )

A leased line of 10 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

A leased line of 4 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

SUB Total For Base Year ( 120 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For Base Year ( 120 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For Base Year ( 120 mbps + pc (10 mbps)

SUB Total For Base Year ( 140 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For Base Year ( 140 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For Base Year ( 140 mbps + pc (10mbps)

SUB Total For Base Year ( 150 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For Base Year ( 150 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For Base Year ( 150 mbps + pc (10mbps)

OPTION YEAR 1: (120 mbps)

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

OPTION YEAR 01 : (140 mbps) – optional for the US Government

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

OPTION YEAR 01 : (150 mbps) – optional for the US Government

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

Total Firm-Fixed Price

A leased line of 4Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 4 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

(option -A)

A leased line of 8 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

(option -B)

A leased line of 10 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

A leased line of 4 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 01 ( 120 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For OPTION Year 01 ( 120 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For OPION Year 01 ( 120 mbps + pc (10 mbps)

SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 01 ( 140 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 01 ( 140 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 01 ( 140 mbps + pc (10mbps)

SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 01 ( 150 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 01 (150 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 01 (150 mbps + pc 10mbps)

OPTION YEAR 02: - (120 mbps)

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

OPTION YEAR 02: (140 mbps) – optional for the US Government

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

OPTION YEAR 02 : (150 mbps) – optional for the US Government

Total Firm-Fixed Price

Leased Line 1 will be dedicated to USAID network (AIDNET) with a bandwidth of 32Mbps. Two Separate subnets. One /30 subnet to connect the ISP equipment to the USAID POP router. One /28 preferred (/29 will work) subnet to be fully advertised by the ISP and routed through the /30 subnet. This subnet will be used by USAID only. 8 public IP addresses provided by the ISP.

Leased Line 2 will be dedicated to the Opennet and all other networks with a bandwidth of 88 Mbps. The local ISP must provide a minimum of thirty two public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

Total Firm-Fixed Price

A leased line of 4Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 4 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

A leased line of 6 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

(option - A)

A leased line of 8 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

(option – B )

A leased line of 10 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block

A leased line of 4 Mbps total is needed up to the router provided by the ISP. The local ISP must provide a minimum of six public Internet routable addresses from their Internet block.

SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 02 ( 120 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For OPTION Year 02 ( 120 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For OPION Year 02 ( 120 mbps + pc (10 mbps)

SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 02 ( 140 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 02 ( 140 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 02 ( 140 mbps + pc (10mbps)

SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 02 ( 150 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 02 (150 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For OPTION YEAR 02 (150 mbps + pc 10mbps)

Grand Total FIRM-FIXED Contract Price, Including all Option Years

BASE YEAR - GRAND TOTAL :

SUB Total FOR ( 120 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total FOR ( 120 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For ( 120 mbps + pc (10 mbps)

SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (10mbps)

SUB Total For ( 150 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For ( 150 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For ( 150 mbps + pc (10mbps)

OPTION YEAR 01 - GRAND TOTAL :

SUB Total For ( 120 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For ( 120 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For ( 120 mbps + pc (10 mbps)

SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (10mbps)

SUB Total For ( 150 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For (150 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For (150 mbps + pc 10mbps)

OPTION YEAR 02 – GRAND TOTAL:

SUB Total For ( 120 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For ( 120 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For ( 120 mbps + pc (10 mbps)

SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For ( 140 mbps + pc (10mbps)

SUB Total For ( 150 mbps + pc (6mbps)

OPTION a - SUB Total For (150 mbps + pc (8 mbps)

OPTION B - SUB Total For (150 mbps + pc 10mbps)

CONTINUATION TO SF-1449, RFQ NUMBER 19SG2018Q0017

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES, BLOCK 20

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

I.

Scope of Work The purpose of this firm fixed price purchase order is to obtain Dedicated Internet service and Circuity for the American Mission in Dakar.

The local Telecommunication’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) contracting firm must provide internet services and dedicated leased line channels and circuitry for connecting American Embassy Dakar and remote Annex locations data links as shown below in this technical paper.

This is the list of required services:

1. SERVICE: Embassy Internet Circuit

32Mbps , and

88 Mbps of bandwith

Type of

Service:

Dedicated Internet Channel

The provided Internet Service shall comply with the following requirements:

Internet Services Quality

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) shall provide dedicated (not shared or bundled) leased channel high-speed access to the Internet; data transport media must be fiber optic, terrestrial connectivity. Twenty-four (24) hours uplink. Post Internet Service Provider (ISP) connection must be "always on" with unlimited usage, and must not require the installation of any custom software on the client side.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) digital bandwidth is the amount or volume of data that may be sent through the channel, measured in megabits per second (Mbps), without distortion. Required Bandwidth connection is defined in each service description.

· For Internet Services the Internet Service Provider (ISP) must guarantee full contracted bandwidth availability 24X7X365 from the originator side to the ISP’s internet gateway. Bandwidth sharing between other non-Embassy customers is not allowed. Connection Ratio must be 1/1.

· Internet Service or data service transmission from the originating information server towards an end server is referred to as downstream; and a transmission from an end user towards the remote server is referred as upstream; Post Internet Service Provider (ISP) Contention Ratio (downstream / upstream) must be 1:1 /1:1.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide excellent Quality of Service (QOS) for the connection, that represents the level of consistent download capacity provided, must be the higher QOS percentage possible but, at minimum, greater than 99.97% or the highest possible quality of service connection reaching 100%.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) connection must NOT, repeat, NOT use Network Address Translation (NAT).

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) Round Trip Time (RTT) reports the total time in milliseconds (ms) time to send a small data packet and obtain a reply back; must be faster than 160ms for the Round Trip Time (RTT) for internet service from Dakar to the DC area sites. Also, RTT must be faster than 7ms for local data services (for instance: point-to-point channels or web pages accessed through the Senegalese Network Access Point (NAP).

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must permit the transit of all Internet Protocol (IP) protocols (especially IPSec), including but not limited to, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), and IPSEC to transit without filters or proxies. Unfiltered access to the Internet is required without ISP firewall blocking. Filters or sniffers must not be established, connected, or introduced by the ISP for any Embassy channels. If there are any existing filters, sniffers, restrictions, or proxies, they must be identified, and removed prior lease line circuit installation.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must permit installation of Customer VPN encryption devices on circuit.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide detailed network topology map that shows all possible paths ISP use for the internet traffic between ISP hub in Dakar and the ISP hub in United States of America (USA).

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must have redundancy in the Internet backbone between Senegal and USA. For instance, If NAP of the host country’s backbone fail, NAP Americas, NAP Sprint, or any other alternate backbone paths shall be available.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide fault-tolerance Fiber Optic connectivity to the very end at the U.S. Embassy compound Telecommunications Service Entrance Facilities (TSEF) Room.

Network Identification

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide a block of public internet IP addresses on a single subnet for Internet services as described above.

Network Devices

The network devices shall comply with the following characteristics:

· Services provided by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) must be delivered with RJ-45 interface connectors with a 100/1000baseT interface.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide routers and Data media converters or transmission devices in all cases.

· Power standard sources must be dual voltage (110v/60hz and 220v/50hz)

· Devices must be Rack mountable in a standard Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) rack.

· One separate or individual physical interface connector is required per service.

Service Support and Contingencies

· The awarded ISP must warrant service support 7X24X365.

· The vendor must warrant service support on site if necessary 7X24X365, services must be coordinated directly with Embassy’s Contracting Office Representative (COR) or Information Technology (IT) representative from the Embassy Information Systems Center (ISC).

· Expected service availability and reliability must be at minimum 99.97%.

· The Contractor shall install a redundant Fiber Optic cable infrastructure known as backup line with channel state inspection mechanism, in order to verify service connectivity and provide immediate lease line backup connectivity services to the Embassy.

· The Contractor shall install a primary router and a backup router to support the Embassy Internet circuit leased line 2 (Opennet and other networks).

· The awarded ISP must have direct connection capability with major United States of America (U.S.A) telecommunication providers (ISPs) at Internet tier 1 level, having alternative line channels or backups in case of main Internet path malfunctioning.

· The awarded ISP must provide on line web access data traffic analysis graphs capabilities. Graphs must be updated on a daily basis. Graphs must retain traffic history behavior for at least one year.

· The awarded ISP must provide a central Information Technology (IT) point of contact (POC) in order to promptly coordinate technical issues during the initial installation process.

2. SERVICE: DIN – US MISSION – Remote locations

One (1) dedicated Internet channel at minimum of 4 Mbps

· DCR (Almadies)

One (1) dedicated Internet channel at minimum of 4 Mbps

· ACC (Mermoz)

One (1) dedicated Internet channel at minimum of 6 Mbps

· GSO Warehouse (Potou – Rte de Rufisque)

One (1) dedicated Internet channel at minimum of 6 Mbps

· PEACE CORPS (Almadies)

One (1) dedicated Internet channel at minimum of 6 Mbps

· PEACE CORPS (Thies)

One (1) dedicated Internet channel at minimum of 4 Mbps

Type of

Service:

Dedicated Internet Channel

All provided Internet Services and data point-to-point connections must comply with the following requirements (except when specified):

Internet Services Quality

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide dedicated leased channel high-speed access to the Internet; data transport media must be fiber optic. Twenty-four (24) hours uplink. Post Internet Service Provider (ISP) connection must be "always on", and must not require the installation of any custom software on the client side.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) digital bandwidth is the amount or volume of data that may be sent through the channel, measured in megabits per second (Mbps), without distortion. Required Bandwidth connection is defined in each service description.

· For Internet Services the Internet Service Provider (ISP) must guarantee full contracted bandwidth availability 24X7X365 from the originator side to the ISP’s internet gateway. Bandwidth sharing between other non-Embassy customers is not allowed. Connection Ratio must be 1/1.

· Internet Service or data service transmission from the originating information server towards an end server is referred to as downstream; and a transmission from an end user towards the remote server is referred as upstream; Post Internet Service Provider (ISP) Contention Ratio (downstream / upstream) must be 1:1 /1:1.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide excellent Quality of Service (QOS) for the connection, that represents the level of consistent download capacity provided, must be the higher QOS percentage possible but, at minimum, greater than 99.97% or the highest possible quality of service connection reaching 100%.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) Round Trip Time (RTT) reports the total time in milliseconds (ms) time to send a small data packet and obtain a reply back; must be faster than 150ms for the Round Trip Time (RTT) for internet service from Dakar to the DC area sites. Also, RTT must be faster than 7ms for local data services (for instance: point-to-point channels or web pages accessed through the Senegalese Network Access Point (NAP).

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must permit the transit of all Internet Protocol (IP) protocols (especially IPSec), all User Datagram Protocol (UDP) protocols, and all Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) protocol. Filters or sniffers must not be established, connected, or introduced by the ISP for any Embassy channels. If there are any existing filters, sniffers, restrictions, or proxies, they must be identified, and removed prior lease line circuit installation.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide detailed network topology map that shows all possible paths ISP use for the internet traffic between ISP hub in Dakar and the ISP hub in the USA.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must have redundancy in the internet backbone between Senegal and USA. For instance, If NAP Senegal backbone fail, NAP Americas, or any other alternate backbone paths shall be available.

· ISP must provide Fiber Optic connectivity to the very end at the U.S. Embassy Dakar remote sites Telecommunications Service Entrance Facilities (TSEF) Room.

Network Identification

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) connection must provide a block of public IP addresses on a single subnet as disscribed above.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide IP addresses used to identify the single subnet address in Classless Inter-Domain Routing address specification (Network IP address / 25) or, equivalently, its subnet mask 255.255.255.128, and ISP Gateway IP address.

Network Devices

The network devices shall comply with the following characteristics:

· Services provided by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) must be delivered with RJ-45 interface connectors with a 100/1000baseT interface.

· Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide router(s) and Data media converters or transmission devices in all cases.

· Power standard sources must be dual voltage (110v/60hz and 220v/50hz).

· Devices must be Rack mountable in a standard Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) rack.

· One separate or individual physical interface connector is required per service.

Service Support and Contingencies

· The awarded ISP must warrant service support 7X24X365.

· The vendor must warrant service support on site if necessary 7X24X365, services must be coordinated directly with Embassy’s Contracting Office Representative (COR) or Information Technology (IT) representative from the Embassy Information Systems Center (ISC).

· Expected service availability and reliability must be at minimum 99.97%.

· The awarded vendor must install a redundant Fiber Optic cable infrastructure known as backup line with channel state inspection mechanism, in order to verify service connectivity and provide immediate lease line backup connectivity services to the Embassy/Consulate.

· The awarded ISP must have direct connection capability with major United States of America (U.S.A) telecommunication providers (ISPs) at Internet tier 1 level, having alternative line channels or backups in case of main Internet path malfunctioning.

· The awarded ISP must provide on line web access data traffic analysis graphs capabilities. Graphs must be updated on a daily basis. Graphs must retain traffic history behavior for at least one year.

· The awarded ISP must provide a central Information Technology (IT) point of contact (POC) in order to promptly coordinate technical issues during the initial installation process.

II. General:

A. The Department of State has a requirement for one full period, full duplex, clear channels, digital circuits and Internet leased lines capable of supporting synchronous traffic. For clear channel circuits, they shall be completely transparent, with no bits added to or deleted from the bit stream provided to the interface of the Department of State equipment. The circuit shall be supplied for the transmission of a multiplexed aggregate bit stream for telegraphic and data signals.

The Department of State reserves the right to increase or decrease these digital circuits bandwidth requirement from no less than 1Mbps and up to 20 Mbps within 30 days written notice to the Contractor. The desired intervals for circuit bandwidth are as follows: 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 4Mbps, 6Mbps, 8Mbps, 10Mbps and 20Mbps. The Contractor is to provide fractional T-1 fixed cost pricing for this increase or decrease of digital service. The availability of this circuit shall not be less than 99.7 percent per month over the period of the contract.

B. These digital services shall be via whatever facilities are available to the Contractor. These digital

Services shall be via Optic Fiber. The service shall be for the exclusive use of the Department of State, 24-hours per day, 7 days per week, and 52 weeks per year.

C.

The Contractor shall coordinate the service and shall be responsible for the technical sufficiency of the circuit, including services necessary to establish, operate, and restore the circuit. Except for modems and terminal equipment furnished by the Government, the Contractor shall provide all equipment, materials, and supplies required to provide the service which includes the Data Service Unit (DSU) configured with Data Communications Equipment (DCE) interface. If required, signal element timing shall be provided by the Contractor’s facility.

D.

The Contractor shall provide sufficient technical support to ensure uninterrupted end-to-end service between such terminal points as are covered in this contract. The

Contractor shall provide, properly adjust, and maintain the circuit for continuous Department of State use. The Contractor shall ensure that the circuit complies with service changes, additions, or deletions as required under this contract.

E.

The Department of State will file a request with the National Communications System (NCS) for the assignment of a restoration priority immediately upon acceptance and activation of this circuit.

F.

The circuit shall be completely transparent, with no bits added to or deleted from the bit stream provided to the interface of the Department of State equipment. The circuit shall be supplied for the transmission of a multiplexed aggregate bit stream for telegraphic and data signals. All other characteristics will be in accordance with International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) specifications.

G.

The Contractor shall supply a Data Service Unit(s) (DSUs) configured with a Data Communications Equipment (DCE) interface. Signal element timing shall be provided as follows: (1) timing to the American Embassy will be provided by the Contractor’s facility.

H.

The Contractor shall use the following for interface standards:

OVERSEAS: RS-530 electrical/mechanical where available, or RS-422 electrical interface and RS-449 mechanical interface will be required between the DSU/CSU and the Department of State furnished equipment located at the US EMBASSY DAKAR – Almadies NOTE: Where applicable for digital service and for information purposes:

I.

Services. This is a firm fixed-price contract for the lease of one full period, full duplex, clear channels, digital circuits and internet leased lines capable of supporting synchronous traffic. For the clear channel circuits, they shall be completely transparent to 2,048 kbps data or different if specified on the service requirements, with no bits added to or deleted from the bit stream provided to the interface of the Department of State equipment.

J.

Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) The bit error rate (BER) for the service shall not be greater than 1 in 10 to the 6 bits for 99.7% of the time, for all time.

K.

Acceptable Level of Performance. The Standard of Performance (SP) for this contract is 99.7% percent availability per month (100 percent less 0.3 percent each month for corrective and preventive maintenance).

L.

Inspection and Acceptance. Unless specified in the Contract, the Government shall require a period not to exceed 24 hours in order to perform testing to determine acceptance of the required circuit under Section C. The U.S. destination point or the U.S. foreign post shall conduct the testing.

M.

Term of Contract: The required circuits shall be installed and delivered to the Destination Point on or before 60 Days after Contract Award. Upon successful installation and acceptance by the Government of the required circuit under Section C, the Contractor shall be provided, in writing, notice to proceed and shall provide contractual services for a twelve (12) month period, commencing on the date specified in the notice to proceed.

N.

The Contractor agrees that the work and services set forth in this contract shall be performed during the period commencing the effective date of this contract and shall continue through the end of the twelve month period of service (CLIN 1 through 8), excluding the exercise of any option.

O.

Option CLINs, e.g. 0005 through 012, if exercised, as reflected in Section 1, shall be for Twelve (12) months each, commencing at the expiration of the previous period of performance or a negotiated period.

P.

An Invoice, suitable for payment, shall contain, but not limited to, the following information:

1.

Name of Contractor;

2.

Date of Invoice;

3.

Original Invoice Number (Consecutive numbers);

4.

Contract number;

5.

Task or Delivery Order number, as applicable;

6.

Description of the item, or service actually provided;

7.

Period of performance of service is provided;

8.

Signature, Name and Phone number of Company representative authorized to sign invoices;

9.

Remit to address

10. Name, phone number and Mailing address to whom any disputed invoices should be addressed;

Failure to submit Invoices which do not identify this information shall be returned without payment to the Contractor for correction. Invoices will be sent to the Dakar Financial Management Center invoices dedicated email address below DKRFMCINVOICES@STATE.GOV

Q.

Reservec

R.

Authorized Instruction to Contractor a.

No person or agency other than the Contracting Officer (CO) is authorized to give instruction, orders or directions on behalf of the Government to the Contractor or his employees, unless such person or agency is authorized in writing by the CO to so act. The authority of such person or agency is strictly limited to the written authorization provided by the CO. The duty is upon the Contractor to determine the authority of such person or agency. Any questions regarding the authority of such person or agency should be directed to the CO in writing.

b.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): The CO may designate and authorize a representative(s) to act on his/her behalf under this contract. Such representative(s) as may be appointed shall be designated by a letter from the CO and a copy of the letter shall be given to the Contractor. The COR shall represent the CO as specified in his/her delegation of authority letter. The COR shall not be authorized to issue change orders or adjustments.

Changes in the Scope of Work/Specifications or any increase or decrease in the work called for by this contract shall be made by the CO by an executed modification to this contract.

S.

Reserved

T.

Release of Information

1. The Contractor’s organization shall clear with the Information Office listed below any public release of information on this contract. This information includes news stories, articles, sales literature, advertisements, radio-TV spots, etc.

2. The request for public release of information should be addressed to:

American Embassy Dakar

Attn. Contracting Officer

GSO/Procurement

Dakar

3.

Limited Use of Data and Information. Performance of this contract may require the Contractor to access and use data and information proprietary to the Government agency or agency personnel, or which is of such a nature that its dissemination or use, other than in performance of this contract would be adverse to the interests of the Government or others. The Contractor and Contractor personnel shall not divulge or release data or information developed or obtained in performance of this contract, until made public by the Government, except to authorize Government personnel or upon written approval of the Contracting Officer. The Contractor will not use, disclose, or reproduce proprietary data which bears a restrictive legend, other than as required in the performance of this contract. Nothing herein shall preclude the use of any data independently acquired by the Contractor without such limitations or prohibit an agreement at no costs to the Government between the Contractor and the data owner provides for greater rights to the Contractor.

U.

Circuit Downtime and Credits

Credits shall be assessed against the Contractor in those instances where the circuit during any given month or year that fail to achieve and sustain the minimum acceptance standards stated above.

1. Definitions:

Circuit Availability Acceptance Level: Yearly Circuit Availability Acceptance Level is computed by 365 calendar days times 24 (hours per day) times 99.7% acceptance level equals 8,716.20 hours annum. (365 x 24 = 8760 x 99.7% = 8,733.72). Monthly Circuit Availability is computed by the calendar days per month times 24 (hours per day) times 99.7% acceptance level (example: 31 x 24 = 744 x 99.7% = 741.76).

Downtime: That period of time when the circuit becomes non-operational or unusable for communication or transfer of data or failures to meet the minimum acceptance standards.

The maximum cumulative Annual downtime that shall be acceptable for corrective or preventative maintenance is 26.28 hours (8760 x .3%).

The maximum cumulative Monthly downtime that shall be acceptable for corrective or preventative maintenance shall be .3% of the total available hours for the month (example: 31 x 24 = 744 x .3% = 2.23 hours).

Period of Downtime: Downtime shall commence at the time first attempt for contact is made by the Government (or its representative) to the Contractor’s Point of Contact and shall be annotated on the Remedy Ticket and shall continue until the circuit is returned into Service by the Government.

Downtime Credits: Monetary value returned to the Government for failure to meet the Circuit availability requirements. Downtime Credits shall be assessed based on cumulative downtime time with the minimum assessment being one hour. Downtime credit shall be equal to the hourly or daily rate (as applicable) as identified in the schedule in Section B.

There are two (2) situations when circuit Downtime Credits can be accumulated:

1) Below Availability Level,

2) Extended Downtime.

2.

Credit for Circuit Downtime by Situation

Below Availability Level: If the downtime accumulated for a circuit adds up to 26.28 (8760 x 0.3%) cumulative hours or more during any one contract year (365 calendar days) or depending on the number of hours for the month (example 744 x .3%) cumulative hours per month (example: 31 calendar day month) the Contractor shall grant a hourly credit to the Government for each hour of downtime. Each additional one hour increment or portion thereof will be assessed as an additional hour.

Extended Downtime Credit(s): Cumulative time of more than 18 hours but not greater than 24 hours for any one outage shall be assessed at a daily rate. Any increment of 24 hours beyond the initial 24 hours of any one outage shall be assessed at the standards for the hourly rate up to 12 hours, however between 12 and 24 hours the credit shall be assessed at the daily rate.

3.

Exceptions to Cumulating of Downtime

Cumulating of circuit downtime shall include all unscheduled downtime deemed to be the responsibility of the Contractor, with the following exceptions:

a. When the failure to perform arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor or Sub-contractor as defined in the Termination for Default clause in Section I of this contract.

b. Malfunction of equipment, frequency fading and interference, errors of commission and/or omission by the Contractor or Sub-contractor, and commercial power surges or failures are considered to be normal hazards of the industry and therefore do not qualify as causes beyond the control of the…