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Questions and Answers

Question 1: Regarding NIST and/or HICAP, are these standards a requirement for this project?

- Adherence to DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (which reference NIST) is a requirement.

Question 2: Are there any additional DOD security level clearance requirements?

- The STIGs are going to cover everything.

Question3: We request an extension to the quote due date by two weeks from the release of questions & answers to provide sufficient time for offerors to provide a complete, compelling, and compliant offer.

- There’s no extension at this time.

Question 4: Can the Government provide clarification on the requirement for the contractor with regards to E911 and the base PSAP?

- Contractor needs to be able to provide connectivity between Base PSAP and local PSAP.

Question 5: Is the intent to have 911 traffic that is destined for the local PSAP to traverse the offerors SIP trunks and then return to the PSAP?

- No. CAMA trunks are utilized from local PSAP to Base, especially for calls from base housing and cell phones.

Question 6: Is there not another solution such as a direct connection from the PBX to the on base PSAP locations?

- No.

Question 7: FCC regulations require all E911 calls to be routed directly to the local PSAP. Can the Government clarify if this requirement intends to bypass standard FCC mandates?

- We are a PSAP. There’s no bypassing involved.

Question 8: Is the base PBX capable of routing emergency E911 calls directly to the on-base PSAP without utilizing the contractor’s external circuits?

- Yes.

Question 9: Does the Government require the contractor to install dedicated circuits between the local (base) PBX and the on-base PSAP for the government to route E911 calls? Please clarify.

- No, however we need CAMAs, ANI, and ALI from Biloxi to the base.

Question 10: Is international long-distance capability required? If so, to which countries?

- Yes, anywhere the U.S. has military.

Question 11: Is international long-distance capability required? If so, what are the pricing requirements?

- There’s no set pricing to provide.

Question 12: The PWS requirement is for local and long-distance services. How many monthly long-distance minutes are required?

- There’s no set amount.

Question 13: The PWS requirement is for local and long-distance services. Is there a set number of monthly minutes after which the customer will be billed for overage on a per minute basis?

- There’s no set number.

Question 14: The PWS requirement is for local and long-distance services. If long distance is to be priced as part of the monthly recurring cost, request the government provide the total monthly long-distance minutes for each of the previous 12 months?

- For the last two months, 23,751 minutes.

Question 15: Instructions, Conditions, & Notices to Offerors Paragraph B (d) states "Provide documentation listed in the technical section" The Technical Section states "Provide a technical proposed approach to meeting the performance and capability requirement of the technical factor. The Offerors shall describe and submit (1) one copy of an effective Mission-Essential Function Plan approach that meets the minimum specific information in the Attachment -1 PWS, paragraph 2.1.4. and submit (1) copy of an effective Cutover Plan approach that meets the minimum site-specific information specified in the Attachment 1- PWS, paragraph 4.3, Cutover Plan Content."

Evaluation Factors Part III - Technical Evaluation states "To be deemed "Acceptable", the Offeror shall provide an effective Mission-Essential Function Plan and Cutover Plan IAW the Attachment 1-

PWS."

Please confirm that Mission-Essential Function Plan and Cutover Plan the only technical submission requirements.

- Yes