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This document outlines the technical requirements for a point-to-point dedicated 10 gigabit Ethernet circuit over non-routed commercial transport using wave technology with a 10 gigabit Ethernet handoff. Key details include the circuit must have a round trip delay of less than or equal to 10 milliseconds between Building 311 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and Building 104 at Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts. The service date to be met is March 21, 2023 and the government will assess consideration for delays in meeting the contracted service date. Level 3 Communications, LLC was awarded contract LEVC000328EBM for $266,166.66 on November 4, 2022 to provide this circuit. The requirement must also be engineered and provisioned with total physical path diversity and 50 meter minimum separation from the circuit being provided under inquiry number HC101322QA451 and TSR number AZ26MAR206605.

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1. TESTING PARAMETERS AND THRESHOLDS: ERROR PERFORMANCE (AVAILABILITY, SES,

DM, EFS) AND LOSS OF BIT COUNT INTEGRITY SHALL BE MEASURED AND RECORDED

OVER THE DURATION OF THE CONTIGUOUS 72 HOUR TESTING INTERVAL AND SHALL BE

MEASURED AND RECORDED PER DEFINITION IN ITU RECOMMENDATION G.826 AND

M.2100.

2. ERROR PERFORMANCE SHALL BE BETTER THAN THE FOLLOWING PARAMETER

THRESHOLDS TO BE ACCEPTABLE: AVAILABILITY SHALL BE GREATER THAN 99.5% OR

BETTER SEVERELY ERRORED SECONDS (SES) SHALL BE LESS THAN 0.02% DEGRADED

MINUTES (DM) SHALL BE LESS THAN 0.2% ERROR FREE SECONDS (EFS) SHALL BE

GREATER THAN 99%

3. MEAN TIME TO LOSS OF BIT COUNT INTEGRITY (MTTLBCI) SHALL BE GREATER THAN 24

HOURS.

4. ROUND TRIP DELAY (RTD): RTD SHALL BE BETWEEN (60-90) MILLISECONDS.

5. THE VENDOR'S FDP INSTALLED IN THEIR COMMERCIAL SUITE. VENDOR MUST SHOW

SITE PERSONNEL LISTED ON THIS ORDER THE EXACT TERMINATION POINT WHEN

SERVICE IS COMPLETE.

6. VENDOR MUST CONDUCT A SATISFACTORY 72 HOUR END TO END TEST IAW ITU

STANDARD M.2101 PRIOR TO TURN OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE

TESTING. THE END-TO-END TEST WILL NOT BE COMPLETED WITH LOOPS.

7. THE VENDOR TEST SET/SETS MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRINT OR ELECTRONICALLY

OUTPUT THE TEST RESULTS AND THOSE RESULTS MUST BE E-MAILED TO THE

ACCEPTING AUTHORITY FOR REVIEW.

8. VENDOR MUST PROVIDE THE LONG-HAUL CIRCUIT NO. AND LEC CKT ID PRIOR TO TURN

UP TO THE GOVERNMENT.

9. AVOID DISA MPLS/IP TRANSPORT SERVICES.

REMARKS:

1. BLACK TRANSPORT LAYER2 ODU-2(E)/CARRIER-ETHERNET CIRCUIT IS REQUIRED TO

SUPPORT MISSION REQUIREMENTS.

2. REQUEST CIRCUIT PROVISIONING TO RIDE VIA THE DISN AT ZERO COST TO THE

CUSTOMER.

3. CUSTOMER DESIRES AND WILL ACCEPT SERVICES SOONER IF POSSIBLE (SIP).

4. THIS CIRCUIT REQUIRES TRUE PHYSICAL PATH DIVERSITY FROM (TBD, NOT SUBMITTED

ATT) TO MEET MISSION REQUIREMENTS.

5. ANY ADDRESSEE ON THE TSO WILL NOTIFY ALL ADDRESSEES IMMEDIATELY BY

MESSAGE IDENTIFYING ANY ISSUES, PROBLEMS, OR SITUATIONS WHICH MAY PREVENT

OR DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ORDER

(TSO).

6. ALL STATIONS WILL REVIEW THE CONFIGURATION, EQUIPMENT, CONTACT NUMBERS

AND ADDRESSES CONTAINED IN THIS TSO AND PROVIDE UPDATES TO ORIGINATOR OF

TSO ANY ERRORS SO THAT SUBSEQUENT TSOS MAY BE UPDATED.

7. TSR CONTACT POC: PRIMARY: 480 ISR WING/SCX: MR. MICHAEL CHARNECKI;

MICHAEL.CHARNEC KI.CTR@LANGLEY.AF.MIL PRIMARY TECHNICAL: 27IS/SCO: MR.

JOHNNY PAY NE; JOHNNY.PAYNE.CTR@LANGLEY.AF.MIL S. JUSTIFICATION OF SERVICE

REQUESTED: AF1067:DCGS-16-002 T. DD FORM 1368: DD FORM 1368'S (MODIFIED USE OF

LEASED COMMUNICATION FACILITIES), OR EMAIL EQUIVALENT, WILL BE SUBMITTED, AS

REQUIRED, ON THIS CIRCUIT IAW THE PROCUREMENT GUIDE FOR

TELECOMMUNICATIONS BY THE STATION DESIGNATED IN PARAGRAPH 2H AS CCO/CMO.

GUIDANCE ON SUBMISSION IS AVAILABLE AT

HTTP://WWW.DITCO.DISA.MIL/ASP/PUBLICATIONS.ASP.

DIVERSITY/AVOIDANCE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. THIS REQUIREMENT MUST BE ENGINEERED AND PROVISIONED TOTALLY DIVERSE END

TO END TO THE GOVERNMENT'S SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS (SDP'S) FROM TSR

AZ26MAR206601.

2. THIS REQUIREMENT MUST BE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH TSR AZ26MAR206601.

3. THIS REQUIREMENT MUST BE ENGINEERED AND PROVISIONED TOTALLY DIVERSE END

TO END TO GOVERNMENT'S SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS (SDP'S) FROM TSR

AZ26MAR206601, MEANING THAT PHYSICAL PATHS ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE INCLUDING

MANHOLES, CONDUIT, (CENTRAL OFFICE LOCATIONS), AND FIBER BUILDS. ADDITIONALLY,

AS A MINIMUM THERE MUST BE A 50 METER PHYSICAL SEPARATION FROM TSR

AZ26MAR206601.

4. THE TELECOM PROVIDER MUST PROVIDE DITCO COLOR POWERPOINT DRAWINGS FOR

TECHNICAL REVIEW SHOWING THE ROUTES FROM THE COMMERCIAL D EMARCS TO THE

SUPPORTING CENTRAL OFFICES AND/OR WIRING CENTERS. D RAWINGS MUST INCLUDE

SEPARATION DISTANCES BETWEEN DIVERSE REQUIRE MENTS, TOTAL FIBER MILES AND

ROUND-TRIP DELAY (RTD), AND FIBER RO UTES RED LINED END TO END SO THE

GOVERNMENT CAN CONFIRM PHYSICAL END TO END DIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS ARE

MET. ADDITIONALLY, THE VENDOR IS TO PROVIDE DITCO WITH DETAILED CIRCUIT/PATH

CONNECTIVITY DI AGRAMS, IN KMZ OR KML FORMAT, IDENTIFYING ALL POINTS OF

PRESENCE (POP) FOR EVALUATION AND AS A FINAL RECORD OF THE INSTALLED PATH.

THESE DIAGRAMS MUST BE PROVIDED TO DISA HQ IE16 (DISA.MEADE.IE. MBX.IE16-

PROVISIONING-TEAM@MAIL.MIL) FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES. V. TEST & ACCEPTANCE

INSTRUCTIONS:

TESTING CRITERIA:

1. THE PROVIDER MUST CONDUCT A SATISFACTORY 24-HOUR TEST FROM THE DROP

SIDE OF THEIR OR LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS FDP INSTALLED IN THEIR EQUIPMENT

SUITE AT THE "A" LOCATION TO THEIR OR LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS FDP INSTALLED

IN THEIR EQUIPMENT SUITE AT THE "Z" LOCATION AND MUST INCLUDE THE EXTENSION

BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL DEMARC AND THE GOVERNMENT'S SDP. VENDOR MUST

ENSURE TEST SETS ARE PLACED AT THE DROP SIDE AT THE "A" LOCATION AND AT THE

"Z" LOCATION. TESTING MUST BE SATISFACTORY PRIOR TO TURN OVER TO THE

GOVERNMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE TESTING. THE VENDOR MUST TEST THE CIRCUIT FOR

24 HOURS IAW THE FULL ITU-T.Y.1564 BENCH MARKING METHODOLOGY FOR NETWORK

INTERCONNECT DEVICES STANDARD, AND AT THE COMMITTED INFORMATION RATE (CIR)

IAW ITU-T-Y.1564.

http://www.ditco.disa.mil/ASP/PUBLICATIONS.ASP

2. THIS CIRCUIT SHALL PASS A FULLY DOCUMENTED, SATISFACTORY, 72 HOUR SOAK

TEST BY DISA GOC AT SCOTT AFB, IL. PRIMARY: (C) 618-418-8627 (D) 418-8627.

3. 1 HOUR RESPONSE TIME TO RESPOND TO CUSTOMER UPON RECEIPT OF TROUBLE.

4. THE VENDOR MUST PROVIDE LIGHT LEVEL READINGS (SIGNAL STRENGTH IN DBM) ON

THE EXTENSION FROM COMMERCIAL POP TO THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY

POINT (SDP) AT THE "A" AND "Z" LOCATION PRIOR TO CIRCUIT TURN OVER TO THE

GOVERNMENT ENSURING LEVELS ARE WITHIN SPECS. LIGHT LEVELS MUST BE ADJUSTED

TO -3 TO -9 DBM. W.

CIRCUIT SPECIFICATIONS: SPECIFIC FORMAT TO BE USED IS: LINE RATE: 10.3125

GIGABITS/S, +- 100 PPM LINE CODE: ETHERNET

1. FIBER TERMINATION FRAME FORMAT OF ETHERNET, 802.3AE, 1310NM

2. THROUGHPUT SHALL BE REPORTED AS LAYER 2 (L2) CIR. CIR: 10G LEASED CIRCUITS,

THE VENDOR/TP IS REQUIRED TO DELIVER THE LAYER 2 CIR THROUGHPUT OF 9884.9

MBPS USING THE SPECIFIED EMIX FRAME PATTERN ABCDEFGH OF CORROSPONDING

FRAME SIZES OF 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280, 1518 AND 9000 BYTES

3. RTD: ROUND TRIP DELAY (RTD) FOR THIS DISA TRANSPORT TRUNK WILL BE MEASURED

IN MILLISECONDS FROM THE CUSTOMER'S SERVICE DELIVERY POINT (SDP) SITE-A TO

THE CUSTOMER'S SERVICE DELIVERY POINT (SDP) SITE-Z. THE RTD SHALL BE LESS THAN

OR EQUAL TO 10 MILLISECONDS TO EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S

MISSION. NOTE: FOR LOCATIONS THAT HAVE A TOTAL FIBER ROUTE DISTANCE OVER 600

MILES (ONE WAY), WHERE THE 10 MILLISECONDS RTD SPECIFICATION CANNOT

REASONABLE BE MET, THE RTD SHALL BE LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 10 MILLISECONDS

PER 350 MILES MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE A AND Z LOCATIONS.THE

GOVERNMENT ACCEPTING AUTHORITY WILL CONFIRM THE RTD DURING THE TURN-UP

AND TEST PHASE AND IF IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE CONTRACTORS PROPOSAL, DISA

IE161 WILL NOTIFY DITCO IMMEDIATELY IN WRITING.

4. ERROR PERFORMANCE: ERROR PERFORMANCE SHALL BE BETTER THAN THE

FOLLOWING PARAMETER THRESHOLDS TO BE ACCEPTABLE:

(A) AVAILABILITY SHALL BE GREATER THAN 99.5% OR BETTER.

(B) FRAME LOSS SHALL BE EQUAL TO ZERO WHEN TESTING AT 10 GIGABIT HIGHEST

FRAME RATE, AND SHALL MEET ITU-T-Y.1564 STANDARDS.

(C) JITTER SHALL BE LESS THAN 3 MSEC. DELAY SHALL BE BETTER THAN 10 MSEC.

5. MEAN TIME TO LOSS OF BIT COUNT INTEGRITY (MTTLBCI) SHALL BE GREATER THAN 24

HOURS.

6. ETHERNET FRAME SIZE WILL BE CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION

UNIT (MTU) OF 9000 OCTETS (BYTES) JUMBO FRAMES. THE VENDOR MUST CONDUCT

WALK-THROUGH SITE SURVEY PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AT BOTH LOCATIONS.

7. VENDOR MUST HAVE A 24X7 NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER

8. VENDOR REQUIRED TO HAVE CIRCUIT VISIBILITY TO ASSIST IN ANY CIRCUIT OUTAGES.

9. TELECOM PROVIDER MUST MAINTAIN OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND

ADMINISTRATION MONITORING OF ETHERNET CIRCUIT.

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