20250508_Residential Internet Access RFI.pdf

Request for Information

Residential Internet Access Feasibility for Overseas Superintendent Quarters

8 May 2025

1. Introduction The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) maintains 26 permanent American military cemeteries and 31 memorials across 17 countries. Twenty-three (23) of these cemetery sites include ABMC-owned residential quarters that house the American Superintendent assigned to that location. Additionally, some of these residential quarters were built with materials that will prevent receptions of Wi-Fi signals between living spaces. These residences are located on or adjacent to cemetery grounds, and in some cases, in areas with limited or no current broadband or cellular service. Each cemetery has an enterprise fiber dedicated Internet access.

This enterprise fiber service is independent from the proposed residential service.

This Request for Information (RFI) seeks to identify vendors capable of delivering reliable, high-speed broadband Internet access to these residential quarters and their living spaces. This effort supports ABMC’s goal to ensure that American employees serving overseas have access to essential communications infrastructure comparable to what is available in a standard private home.

2. Objective ABMC is assessing the feasibility, cost, and service availability of extending broadband Internet access to the residences located at its overseas cemeteries. Please see Appendix 1 for the cemeteries’ addresses. ABMC is not seeking to procure residential LAN equipment or monthly services directly. Rather, ABMC seeks vendor solutions that can extend broadband infrastructure to the premises (modem or fiber ONT) of each residence, enabling the occupant to engage with a local Internet Service Provider (ISP) and establish private service.

3. Desired Capabilities and Service Parameters Vendors are asked to share solutions for establishing WAN connectivity that meet the following minimum expectations:

1. Minimum Service Speed: 100 Mbps download / 10 Mbps upload

2. One-Time Installation Cost (to the residence): ≤ $250 (to be paid by the resident)

3. Ongoing Monthly Service Cost: ≤ $75/month (to be paid by the resident)

4. WAN Termination: Service must reach the residence’s modem or ONT

5. Support for Individual Subscriptions: Service should support individual subscription and billing directly with the ABMC Superintendent (private resident)

6. Service Location Types: Remote or semi-rural cemetery campuses, often secured federal property with controlled access

4. Requested Information Vendors are invited to respond to this RFI with the following information:

1. Feasibility: Can your organization provide Internet service to residences located within secured cemetery grounds? Please describe any anticipated barriers and potential workarounds.

2. Service Availability: Identify which countries and regions your organization currently operates in and whether service is feasible at specific cemetery locations (See Appendix below).

3. Implementation Timeline: Provide a typical timeline from request to service activation for remote premises.

4. Pricing Structure: Include estimates for installation costs and monthly service rates.

Identify any volume discounts, if applicable.

5. Past Performance: Describe previous deployments or experience delivering residential broadband in remote or secured government/military environments.

6. Security and Regulatory Considerations: Note any security clearance, access control, or local compliance requirements your team would need to accommodate.

7. Additional Recommendations: Suggest any best practices, alternative approaches, or technical considerations ABMC should take into account.

5. Submission Instructions Please submit your response via email to Contracting Officer, Marissa L. Tregoning, by May 20, 2025. Responses should not exceed 20 pages and may include marketing brochures, maps, and technical diagrams as attachments.

This RFI is for market research and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or guarantee of future contract opportunities.

6. Point of Contact For questions related to this RFI, please contact:

Marissa L. Tregoning

Contracting Officer American Battle Monuments Commission Email: tregoningm@abmc.gov mailto:tregoningm@abmc.gov

Appendix 1 – ABMC Cemetery Locations

Country Location Code Site Name Physical Address

BELGIUM HCAC Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Rue du Mémorial Américain 159 Hombourg Belgium

BELGIUM ARAC Ardennes American Cemetery Route du Condroz 164 Neupré Belgium

BELGIUM FFAC Flanders-Field American Cemetery Wortegemseweg 117 8790 Waregem

FRANCE NOAC Normandy American Cemetery 14710 Colleville sur Mer FRANCE PDH Pointe du Hoc Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument

14450 Cricqueville-en-Bessin France

FRANCE BRAC Brittany American Cemetery 50240 Saint-James FRANCE LOAC Lorraine American Cemetery Avenue de Fayetteville

57500 Saint-Avold

FRANCE LEMC Lafayette Escadrille Monument Cemetery

5 Boulevard Raymond Poincaré 92430 Marnes-la-Coquette France

FRANCE CTAM Chateau Thierry American Monument

Route du Monument 02400, Chateau-Thierry France

FRANCE EPAC Epinal American Cemetery 385, Rue de la Rondenolle 88000 Dinozé

FRANCE MAAC Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

Rue du général Pershing 55110 Romagne-sous-Montfaucon

FRANCE AMAC Aisne-Marne American Cemetery Rue des Chevaliers de Colomb 02400 Belleau

FRANCE RHAC Rhone American Cemetery 553, Boulevard John F. Kennedy 83300 Draguignan

FRANCE SUAC Suresnes American Cemetery 123, Boulevard de Washington 92150 Suresnes

FRANCE SMAC Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery Route de Verdun 54470 Thiaucourt

FRANCE OAAC Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Chemin Départemental 2 02130 ‐ Seringes‐et‐Nesles

FRANCE SOAC Somme American Cemetery 02420 Bony ITALY SRAC Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Piazalle Kennedy, 1

00048 ‐ Nettuno (RM)

ITALY FLAC Florence American Cemetery Via Cassia S.N.

50023 ‐ Tavarnuzze, Impruneta (FI)

LUXEMBO

URG

LXAC Luxembourg American Cemetery 50, Val du Scheid L‐2517 ‐ Luxembourg

MEXICO MXAC Mexico City American Cemetery Virginia Fabregas No. 31, Col. San Rafeal Mexico City, Mexico

NETHERL

ANDS

NEAC Netherlands American Cemetery Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1 Margraten

6269 NA

Netherlands

PANAMA CZAC Corozal American Cemetery Cementerio Americano de Corozal Calle Rufina Alfaro Edificio 65-66 0801 Corozal

PHILIPPIN

ES

MNAC Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Taguig City, Philippines

PHILIPPIN

ES

CLAC Clark American Cemetery Manuel A. Roxas Highway 2010 Pampanga, Philippines

TUNISIA NAAC North Africa American Cemetery Cathage, BP 346 2026 ‐ Sidi Bou Said Tunisia

UNITED

KINGDOM

CAAC Cambridge American Cemetery Madingley Road, Coton CB23 7PH ‐ Cambridge

UNITED

KINGDOM

BKAC Brookwood American Cemetery Dawney Hill ‐ Brookwood GU24 0JB ‐ Woking, Surrey