Questions and Answers- 02 August.docx

Q: Is the “building 1” and “building 2” on the RFQ examples of future locations at the base?

A: No, they are strictly hypothetical examples in order to allow for evaluation of potential vendors’ installation prices.

Since we understand that each individual building/customer will have a different set of needs with each BPA call, we would not likely be able to lock in a fixed installation price. However, we still must have a mechanism for ensuring that vendors are quoting fair & reasonable installation prices and using understandable rationale in doing so.

If there is any additional information needed in order to provide a quote for the buildings, let us know. If there are any assumptions made in quoting the installation, please let us know what those are.

Q: If I understand correctly, you are looking for ISP services to various buildings on the base. The base will provide a fiber path from the commercial demark to the specific building and the vendor installs the router/NID at the specific building. To quote the ISP, I need the address of the commercial demark where the carrier has services, and the base connects their internal networks to. Can you provide this information?

A: There is not an official “Commercial Demark,” per se. Addresses to buildings on base are available online for reference in estimating. If you are needing more information than that, please let us know. In the event that you are planning on using an established demarcation point then this will depend on the carrier that is being used. There are several carriers that have multiple demarcation points on the base but 82 CS does not track or monitor capacities for these locations to determine feasibility. In the event that you plan to install a new cable for a new demarcation point you would benefit the most by establishing your demark at one of our ITN locations.

You are correct that the vendor will install their router/access points at the end user’s building. You will coordinate with the 82d Communications Squadron to use the existing Government fiber lines to connect from the Commercial Demark to the end user. However, as noted in the Technical Capability section, note as well that vendors are required to acknowledge their capability and willingness to install additional routers at the 9 Information Transfer Nodes around the base.

The BPA awardee can install all 9 ITN routers after award or on an as-need basis as the circuits are needed for end users. Install and maintenance of the ITN routers are at the expense of the awardee. Due to OPSEC considerations, locations of the ITNs will be provided to the awardee upon receipt of the resulting BPA.