Q A_and_Photo_Explanation-Bldg_2145_2nd_floor.docx

The files are named to tell you where they are taken from, and which direction the camera was pointed. For instance, File 1-1 West.jpg was taken from location 1, is the 1st of the set taken from that spot, and was facing west. File 1-2 north.jpg was taken from location 1, is the 2nd of the set taken from that spot, and was facing north.

The space marked with slanted lines, in the top left of the map, is the space that is no longer a part of zone 1.

Question and Answer – Network Upgrade, Bldg 2145 2nd Floor

PICTURES

· Location 1, shown above, is located between zones 7 and 8 on the drawings and has five pictures attached.

· Location 3, shown above, is located in zone 4, while locations 2 and 4 are located between zones 4 and 7. The Air Force planned for a hole to be drilled through the concrete column just above the ceiling in zone 4. A picture of where the hole will be drilled was requested and is shown in the attached pictures for that area. As a reminder, this will be pending Civil Engineerings approval.

· Location 4, shown above, is located just outside zone 5. There is a pre-existing hole that was drilled into the pillar and a picture of the hole was requested. The picture of the hole is shown in the attached pictures for that area.

· Location 4, shown above, is also located just south of zone 6. A picture of the T-bar ceiling was requested and is shown in the attached pictures for that area.

· Location 6, shown above, is located outside zone 11. The Air Force accounted for a single small hole needed to get into zone 11 (between rooms 217 and 219) because of a concrete wall. The picture of the wall where the hole is needed is attached for that area.

QUESTIONS

Q: What is the preference for the make/model of the zone box? A: The zone box that we would prefer to utilize is Panduit Opticom Wall Mount Enclosure, FWME2

Q: Do the cables need to be Plenum Rated? A:Yes

Q: Are the zone boxes currently in place? A: No

Q: Please confirm the existing flooring & ceilings systems are to remain. Please confirm this contract only requires replacement of existing flooring & ceiling systems damaged by us (the contractor) during construction. A: Confirmed. The existing ceilings and flooring will remain, and the contract only requires the replacement of existing flooring and ceiling that are damaged by the contractor.

Q: Will there be any areas that ICS-705 Standards be required? Per the

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE NATIONAL COUNTER

INTELLIGENCE EXECUTIVE. A: No, ICS-705 will not be required for this project.

Q: Will the Beale Design Compatibility Guide be Utilized? A: No, the Beale Design Compatibility Guide will not be utilized.

Q: Will the AFRC CID be utilized during this renovation? A: No, none of the installation for this project is subject to AFRC CID, or the AF CID.

Q: Will we be responsible to keep the current NSA guidelines in tact on cabling structure that is existing? A: No, this area is not held to NSA guidelines.

Q: Will we be responsible to keep the current NSA guidelines on new system. A: No, this area is not held to NSA guidelines.

Q: Will we be responsible to keep the NSTISS guidelines intact on the existing system. A: No, this area is not held to NSTISS guidelines.

Q: Will we be responsible to keep the NSTISS guidelines on new system. A: No, this area is not held to NSTISS guidelines.

Q: Will the SECRET INTERNET PROTOCOL ROUTER NETWORK (SIPRNET) TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION CRITERIA be used for this project? A: No, the SECRET INTERNET PROTOCOL ROUTER NETWORK (SIPRNET) TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION CRITERIA will not be used for this project.

Q: Will the UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITIES PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION be used for this project? A: No, the area is not a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, and is not held to those standards.

Other relevant information

· Each box must be populated as requested in the Statement of Work

· For every NIPR cable there should be a cooresponding SIPR cable

· The area between zones 6,17, and 18 is a SCIF and will not be accessible

· The ‘Stars’ on the designs page represents where the Air Force anticipates the zone boxes to be placed

· Zone 2, the communications room, will NOT be mounted in the ceiling, but rather on either side of a pillar inside of the room.

· Zone 10 is the command suite

· Zone 15 is a nonsecured area and is accessible through Zone 14

· Zone 16 is a secured single office

· This project is asking for cabling from the patch panel to the zone box only, not from the zone box to the wall plate.

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