Q&A_SOLICITATION.docx

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Attached to: Consolidated Internet Services for U. S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Solicitation number: 19TZ2019Q0003
Issued by: Department of State US Embassy Dar es Salaam

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Q&A RAISED DURING PRE-PROPOSAL CONFRENCE ON 02/25/2019

SOLICITATION: EMBASSY CONSOLIDATED INTERNET CONTRACT- 19TZ2019Q0003

QUESTIONS

ANSWERS

Is Excise Duty (if applicable) required to appear as a separate line item or can also be included within the Contract Line Item

Either is acceptable. Bidders are advised to note in their proposal which approach they are using.

CLIN: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24. For the above mentioned CLIN is the requirement an Internet Bandwidth Connection or VPN / Data Link?

These line items are for internet service at the specified service locations. We will likely use these links to establish VPN tunnels between these locations and the Embassy, and VPNs will be established with USG owned and managed hardware.

Please clarify to what Destination Network / ASN or Geography is RTT of faster than 100ms

Required.

U.S.

Please clarify RTT for local data services of faster than 7ms A. Within an ISP network.

B. ISP network to NAP Tanzania.

C. End-to-end between local inter-connected ISPs at NAP Tanzania Domestic

Please clarify on the requirement of a “Direct connection”. Does it mean the ISP should have a direct hop into U.S.A. or the ISP should be connected at tier-1 level to more than one major

Telecommunications provider in the USA.

Respondents are expected to provide service directly to the USA, or have contractual agreements directly with a USA tier-1 telecommunications provider to ensure quality service to the States. Providers should have redundant paths available in the event of a service interruption upstream (i.e. a cable cut on an undersea cable).

Please confirm if;

a) US Embassy scope includes service split (locations vs capacities)

b) There are demarcation points on the existing infrastructure especially at the US Embassy.

c) There is possibility for a physical survey for us to come up with actual costs.

d) What extent of Huawei and ZTE equipment limitation applies (CPE level at customer premises or up to the Core network/Backbone)

e) USA has many Major level 1 ISPs and which are the preferred/refereed ones

f) Tanzania NAP refers to Tanzania Internet Exchange Point (TIX)

g) For CPEs (Switch/Router) to be deployed at US Embassy premises who are the approved vendors for proper budgeting.

h) The supplier continues to manage the installed CPEs or will they be managed by US Embassy IT unit.

i) US Embassy will provide different physical entrance points for redundancy fiber cables.IPC01, IP02 etc are tags for your internal u8se.

j) We can do a public US IP through a proxy.

a. YES

b. There are two demarcation points at the Embassy. One will be used for a primary circuit and the other for a secondary/backup circuit.

c. YES, a site visit has been scheduled for Monday, the 4th of March, 2019 at 2.30pm at Plot 285 Toure drive. Please provide your own transport

d. None of such equipment is allowed on the compounds (office and residential). Vendors to inform us to what extent they are using this equipment so we can advise on its use after consultations with Washington. This restriction applies to all affiliates as well including: Nubia,Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision, NDahua Technology, Lumentum Holdings, Oclaro Inc (OCLR), Neophotonics Corp(NPTN-get report), Acacia communications Inc(ACIA- get report)

e. No preferred level

f. YES

g. Cisco and Juniper hardware is preferred, however any vendor hardware that isn’t prohibited is acceptable. Please document make/model of all proposed hardware in responses.

h. Vendor will provide and manage their equipment. No vendor-provided equipment is required on the premises

i. YES

j. Only one is required and it needs to be able to work with www.USPS.com for the purchase of click-and-ship labels.

Is there a possibility for the ISP to conduct physical site survey at the locations to determine the cable routes, materials required and overall cost of installation?

Yes, a visit will be arranged for the week of

March 4th

Given that at each mentioned site, it seems there are multiple services required does it mean that for each service the provider will need to have different fiber link and hence multiple termination devices at site? Or a single link will be terminated and all the services will be delivered through it? Need elaboration on the number of termination devices required.

Single line going into one device is acceptable

Regarding IP address requirement, there seems to be confusion as it was mentioned a block of sixteen IP is required on a single subnet, but on the second point it was mentioned /27 block which offers almost 32 IP address, can you please confirm the exact number of IPs required.

32 IP addresses on compound and can be less than that for the residences

Will the required subnet being used at all 5 locations (U.S Embassy, CDC Office, 9 Toure Drive, 285 Toure Drive and Ali Hassan Mwinyi) or each site will require its own subnet? If a single subnet is required for all the sites, is there a possibility for each site to be allocated its own subnet block? It is my hope that these will be addressed during pre-bid meeting on 25th Feb 2019.

Separate subnets are required

We would like to know if we can get the GPS coordinates for all the sites

The locations are already provided in the solicitation for each CLIN. Vendors may take the exact GPS coordinates during the site visit.

ALSO discussed was below:

· Solicitation allows for multiple awards.

· Scalability is important.

· A minimum of four VLANS and four networks is required at the residential locations. This requirement could change in future if the need arises.

· Routers can be provided. It is up to the vendor to document it.

· No vendor-provided devices will be allowed on compound beyond the demarcation point. Only circuit. Vendors could have devices only in the demarcation room.

· Only GE Interface is required.

· Cost proposals should be in local currency - Tanzanian shillings.

· Vendors to provide UPS for their equipment in case of power cuts.

· Power supply is AC

· The current standard for a connector is RJ45

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