822469660 IPNS Sources Sought 070824.pdf

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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

822469660

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking sources for the Internet Protocol Network Services (IPNS) for the Department of Defense.

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS:

DISA/DITCO

2300 East Drive

BLDG 3600

Scott AFB, IL 62225

INTRODUCTION:

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability and technical capability of small businesses, (including the following subsets: Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Certified 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses and Woman-Owned Small Businesses) to provide the required products and/or services.

DISA/DITCO is seeking information from potential sources to provide Department of Defense (DoD) mission partners with commercial IPNS, in defined regions. The services are primarily Commercial Internet Access (CIA), Internet Protocol Telephony (IPT), Digital Fax Service (DFS), and Managed Service (MS) focused between and among government-designated locations.

The anticipated Period of Performance is ten years.

The anticipated Place of Performance is 2300 East Drive, Bldg. 3600, Scott AFB, IL. 62225.

DISCLAIMER:

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS

IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION

AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.

RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER

NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTICE. NO

FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

NOTICE. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS IS STRICTLY

VOLUNTARY.

CONTRACT/PROGRAM BACKGROUND: N/A

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

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1. The Government uses Commercial Internet Access (CIA) and Internet Protocol Telephony (IPT) to support a wide range of connectivity requirements that enable Government users to access the Internet, Government-wide intranets, and extranets. The CIA and IPT will use the Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite to interconnect a wide-variety of Government Furnished Property (GFP) and/or Devices & Hardware (D&H) with other Government networks and the public Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks. Please provide your company’s ability in detail regarding the breadth of connectivity solutions your company specializes in, catering specifically to the diverse needs of government users seeking Internet access.

2. The Government intends to process both routine orders and expedited orders in terms of

Internet Service delivery. Please provide your company’s Service Provisioning Intervals for both routine and expedited orders and describe what measures your company has in place to shorten provisioning intervals effectively.

3. Please describe your company’s ability to streamline the process of ordering and implementing IP Telephony (IPT), including Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Trunk or Hosted services, with integrated access and unlimited domestic calling.

4. Please provide your company’s ability to simplify the ordering process focus solely on the desired service without specifying the delivery method, such as Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Virtual Private Network (VPN)s, Internet Protocol Service (IPS), 5G, Broadband, etc., particularly for Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) replacement.

5. The Government intends to award ID/IQs with a strategy of regionalizing service provisioning for cost-effectiveness and faster service delivery. Describe your company’s ability to configure service delivery within the defined set of regions below:

Regions National Capital Region (NCR) – District of Columbia (DC), Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax and Prince William Counties in Virginia.

Northwest - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming Southwest – Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah Southeast – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia (exclude NCR locations) Midwest – Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin Northeast - Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland (exclude NCR locations), Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia Domestic Locations Continental United States (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI), Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Midway Island, Palau, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), and Wake Island

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6. Describe your company’s ability to provide up to 100 Gbps bandwidth for your services, both presently and projected over a ten-year period.

7. Digital Fax Service (DFS) shall send and receive faxes that shall be delivered privately as unstructured document files directly to and from an email address. The service will securely send the documents to the required fax number. Describe your company’s ability to support DFS by seat as a stand-alone-service, with no other service (transport) ordered.

Further, describe your company’s ability to support DFS independently on a per-seat basis without bundling with other transport services.

8. Describe your company’s ability to support both Next Generation 911 (NG911) and legacy Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) gateways (LPG) while modernizing connectivity to PSAP.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Security clearance (SECRET) required.

SOURCES SOUGHT:

The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 517111 (https://www.census.gov/naics/), with the corresponding size standard of 1,500 employees. (https://www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards).

In order to make a determination for a small business set-aside, two or more qualified and capable small businesses must submit responses that demonstrate their qualifications.

Responses must demonstrate the company’s ability to perform in accordance with FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

To assist DISA in determining the level of participation by small business in any subsequent procurement that may result from this Sources Sought Notice, provide information regarding any plans to use joint ventures (JVs) or partnering. Please outline the company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed JV/partner who combined can meet the specific requirements contained in this notice.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Responses should include:

1) Business name and address;

2) Name of company representative and their business title;

3) Small Business Socio-economic status (if small);

4) CAGE Code;

5) Prime contract vehicles; to include ENCORE III, SETI, NIH CIO-SP4, NASA SEWP V, General Service Administration (GSA): OASIS, ALLIANT II, VETS II, STARS III, https://www.census.gov/naics/

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MAS (including applicable SIN(s), groups or pools), or any other Government Agency contract vehicle that allows for decentralized ordering. (This information is for market research only and businesses with a valid cage that lack prime contract vehicles are still encouraged to respond to this notice.)

Businesses who wish to respond must send a response via email NLT 12:00 PM Central Time on June 3, 2024 to allen.a.schmelzer.civ@mail.mil. Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package addressing the specific questions above (no more than five pages) demonstrating the ability to perform the services listed under Required Capabilities.

Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government and contractor personnel reviewing submitted responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as pursuant to 41 USC 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.