HC101318QA595-0003.v0.pdf

IQO INQUIRY

FM: PL8211

TO: Contractors

DATE (MM/DD/YYYY): 3/14/2019

SUBJECT: HC101318QA595-0003 Amend: 0003

A. TYPE ACTION: ADMIN AMEND

1. PURPOSE: ***AMENDMENT 0003 IS ISSUED TO UPDATE THE SERVICE DATE TO 31 JUL

19 SIP TO COMPLY WITH PROCUREMENT ACQUISITION LEAD TIMES FOR THIS TYPE OF

SERVICE. VENDORS ARE INSTRUCTED TO VALIDATE QUOTES IF THEY HAVE EXPIRED NO

LATER THAN 15 MAR 19.***

****AMENDMENT 0002 IS ISSUED TO REVISE THE SERVICE DATE TO 30 MAY 19 TO COMPLY

WITH PROCUREMENT ACQUISITION LEAD TIME FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. QUOTES DUE

DATE CHANGES TO 23 JAN 19. ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS IN SOLICITATION AND

AMENDMENTS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

****PURPOSE OF AMEND 0001 IS TO CHANGE THE COMPEITION FROM SET-ASIDE TO

FULL AND OPEN, EXTEND THE PROPOSAL DUE DATE TO 06 DEC 18, AND TO UPDATE THE

SERVICE DATE TO 27 MAR 19. ALL ELSE REMAINS UNCHANGED.***

1. SUBMIT A QUOTE TO PROVIDE, INSTALL, AND MAINTAIN AN 2.5GB WAVE SERVICE

BETWEEN BLDG 990, COMM ROOM, 151 J STREET EAST, RANDOLPH AFB, TX., AND BLDG

200, COMPUTER ROOM #2, 3326 GENERAL HUDNELL DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TX.

-CONTRACTORS SHALL MEET RTD OF 10 MILLISECONDS. SEE UNIQUE INSTALL FACTORS.

VENDORS MUST CLEARLY STATE IN QUOTES THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENT

TESTING AND ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS

2. ESTABLISH TSP: TSP0GWT9G-01

3. THIS REQUIREMENT MUST BE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOLICITATION

HC101318QB072 /TSR SG09AUG175547 AND MUST BE ENGINEERED AND PROVISIONED

TOTALLY DIVERSE END TO END FROM THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS

(SDP) FROM TSR SG09AUG175547; MEANING THE PHYSICAL PATHS ARE TOTALLY

SEPARATE INCLUDING MAN HOLES, CONDUIT, CENTRAL OFFICE LOCATIONS, AND FIBER

BUILDS. ADDITIONALLY AS A MINIMUM MUST HAVE 50 METERS PHYSICAL SEPARATION

FROM TSR SG09AUG175547.

4. EACH CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR READING AND COMPLYING WITH ALL

TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS SOLICITATION, TO INCLUDE READING AND AGREEING

WITH THE STANDARD PROVISIONS, ATTACHMENTS LISTING SPECIFIC TECHNICAL

REQUIREMENTS, PRICE QUOTE REQUIREMENTS, AND REQUESTED SERVICE DATE.

FAILURE TO READ AND ADHERE TO ANY PORTION OF THE INQUIRY SHALL RENDER THE

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QUOTE NON-COMPLIANT AND RESULT IN IT BEING EXCLUDED FROM EVALUATION AND

AWARD.

5. THE SERVICE DATE TO BE MET IS: 31 JUL 19 (SIP). THE GOVERNMENT ASSUMES THAT

CONTRACTORS HAVE CONSIDERED ALL ISSUES THAT MAY IMPACT THE SERVICE DATE.

THE GOVERNMENT MAY CANCEL, TERMINATE, OR REQUEST CONSIDERATION IAW

STANDARD PROVISION 42 FOR FAILURE TO MEET CONTRACTUAL SERVICE DATE OR

COMPLY WITH ANY CONTRACT TERMS OR CONDITIONS.

6. CONTRACTORS SHALL SUBMIT QUOTES IAW STANDARD PROVISION 04.

QUOTES SHALL INCLUDE SUFFICIENT DETAIL FOR EFFECTIVE EVALUATION AND SHOULD

NOT SIMPLY REPHRASE OR RESTATE THE GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS. RATHER,

THEY MUST PROVIDE CONVINCING RATIONALE TO ADDRESS HOW THE CONTRACTOR

INTENDS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION, NO

TERMS OR CONDITIONS PLACED UPON THE GOVERNMENT, NOR ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE

ACCEPTED. CONTRACTORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS AND REQUEST

CLARIFICATIONS OF THE REQUIREMENT (S) BEFORE SUBMITTING QUOTES. QUESTIONS

SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO CONTRACT SPECIALIST AND CONTRACTING OFFICER DURING

THE SOLICITATION PHASE ONLY, AND RESPONSES FOR ALL INTERESTED PARTIES WILL BE

POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS. QUOTES MUST BE UPLOADED TO IDEAS.

7. CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE COLOR POWERPOINT DRAWINGS SHOWING THE ROUTES

FROM THE COMMERCIAL DEMARKS TO THE SUPPORTING CENTRAL OFFICES AND/OR

WIRING CENTERS, ENSURING THE PHYSICAL END TO END DIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS ARE

BEING MET. DRAWINGS MUST INCLUDE SEPARATION DISTANCES, TOTAL FIBER MILES

AND ROUND TRIP DELAY BASED ON ACTUAL DISTANCE IN MILES. REFER TO STANDARD

PROVISION 39 FOR SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS. SAMPLE DRAWINGS ARE

INCLUDED THE ATTACHMENTS.

8. WAVE SERVICE TESTING MUST BE COORDINATED WITH CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE

AUTHORITY AT BOTH LOCATIONS BEFORE NOTICE OF COMPLETION IS SUBMITTED

TO DITCO. FOR DISA WAVE REQUIREMENTS THE ACCEPTING AUTHORITY IS:MICHAEL

REEVES, MICHAEL.B.REEVES.CTR@MAIL.MIL (618) 220-8973 OR CLARENCE

MOORE, CLARENCE.S.MOORE.CTR@MAIL.MIL, (618) 220-9935 DISA CONUS/

D312-770-8691,C618-220-8691

9. 1. TEST AND ACCEPTANCE: FIBER OPTIC 2.5GB WAVE CIRCUITS SHALL PASS A

FULLY DOCUMENTED SATISFACTORY SOAK TEST BY THE CONUS GNOSC AT SCOTT

AFB, IL. PRIMARY: (C) 618-220-8691 (D) 770-8691 2. THE WAVELENGTH TRANSMISSION

SERVICE PROVIDED SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS ON

A MONTHLY BASIS. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT/PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION:

NON-DIVERSE/NON-PROTECTED AVAILABILITY: GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 99.5% OR

BETTER. MONTHLY SHORT INTERRUPTION EVENT COUNT (SEIC): LESS THAN OR EQUAL

TO 9% ERRORED SECONDS (ES): LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.005 % SEVERELY ERRORED

SECONDS (SES): LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.00035 BACKGROUND BLOCK ERROR RATIO

(BBER): LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 5 X 10-6 BIT COUNT INTEGRITY (BCI)/PATTERN SLIP

(PAT SLIP): LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 1 PER 72 HOURS JITTER SEE NOTE 1 (JITTER) BER:

LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 1X10-12 DELAY (ONE WAY): * LESSER OF 10 MSEC OR (0.01 X D

MSEC) * WHERE "D" IS THE SDP TO SDP TRANSMISSION DISTANCE, MEASURED SHORTEST

GREAT CIRCLE, IN KILOMETERS. 3. ROUND TRIP DELAY (RTD) SHALL BE LESS THAN OR

EQUAL TO 10 MILLISECONDS TO EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S MISSION.

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

P. REMARKS CONTINUED: AND TEST PHASE AND IF IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE

CONTRACTORS PROPOSAL, DISA IE161 WILL NOTIFY DITCO IMMEDIATELY IN WRITING.

2) REQUEST VENDOR PROVIDE LIGHT LEVEL READINGS (DB LOSS) ON EXTENSION

FROM THE COMMERCIAL POP TO THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY POINT (SDP)

AT BOTH LOCATIONS. LIGHT LEVELS MUST BE ADJUSTED TO -3 TO -9. 3) VENDOR MUST

CONDUCT WALK-THROUGH SITE SURVEY PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AT ALL TERMINATING

GOVERNMENT LOCATIONS. VENDOR

MUST COORDINATE SITE VISIT WITH POC'S 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE PRIOR TO REQUIRING

ACCESS TO FACILITIES AT BOTH USER LOCATIONS. 4) VENDOR MUST CONTACT

IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH THECOORDINATION AND ACTIVATION

PROCESS FOR TURN-UP OR ANY SITE CONTACT ISSUES. 5) INSTALLATION AND

MAINTENANCE: IAW THE UNIQUE INSTALLATION FACTORS IN PARAGRAPH 3. 6) VENDOR

REQUIRED TO HAVE CIRCUIT VISIBILITY TO ASSIST IN ANY CIRCUIT OUTAGES.7) VENDOR

MUST HAVE A 24X7 NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER. 8) REQUEST ONE-HOUR RESPONSE

TIME TURN-AROUND TO REPAIR ONCE TROUBLE-CALL HAS BEEN REPORTED. 9)

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FIBER TERMINATION: OPTICAL, SINGLE MODE, 1310NM

PHYSICAL TERMINATION: SC/SC CONNECTORS FRAME FORMAT: STS-48 RATE: PLUS OR

MINUS 20 PPM CHANNELIZATION REQUIRED: NO CONCATENATION REQUIRED: NO GFE

CLOCKING: VENDOR ESFU (OR EQUIVALENT) NOT TO BE ENGINEERED INTO CIRCUIT.

10) NO NETWORK INTERFACE UNIT 11) DEDICATED PATH 12) LINE MUST REMAIN FULLY

OPERATIONAL AND AVAILABLE TO USERS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK,

AT LEAST 99.5% OR BETTER. 13) 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.

V. CIRCUIT SPECIFICATIONS CONTINUED: DSD ONLY 14) 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 99.5% 15) LOSS OF BIT COUNT

INTEGRITY (LBCI): LOSS OF BIT COUNT INTEGRITY SHALL BE MONITORED ONLY BY THE

FOLLOWING METHOD: USING TEST EQUIPMENT WHICH CAN DETECT AND MEASURE THE

OCCURRENCE OF THE INSERTION OR DELETION OF ONE OR MORE BITS INTO THE DIGITAL

BIT STREAM, ON MANY MANUFACTURERS BERT TEST EQUIPMENT THIS IS MONITORED

USING THE "PATTERN SLIP" PARAMETER WHERE EVERY OCCURRENCE OF A PATTERN

SLIP "EVENT" MARKS THE OCCURRENCE OF A LBCI (RATHER THAN THE RAW TOTAL

NUMBER OF PATTERN SLIPS ACCUMULATED OVER A TESTING INTERVAL)16) MEAN TIME

TO LOSS OF BIT COUNT INTEGRITY (MTTLBCI) SHALL BE GREATER THAN 24 HOURS. 17)

ROUND TRIP DELAY (RTD): RTD SHALL BE LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO (10) MILLISECONDS.

18) 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. 19) 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.

20) 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. 21) ALL EQUIPMENT AND CIRCUIT PROBLEMS WILL BE

REPORTED TO THE GLOBAL IP BACKBONE E&I GROUP: (C) 618-220-9950 TOLL FREE:

855-868-9950 22) VENDOR MUST PROVIDE THE LONG HAUL CIRCUIT NO. AND LEC CKT

ID PRIOR TO TURN UP TO THE GOVERNMENT W. IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE: FOR

DISN CORE / DEDICATED / NIPRNET / SIPRNET / VPN CIRCUIT ACTIVATION ASSISTANCE

OR SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION INQUIRIES/SCHEDULING, CONTACT THE DISA GLOBAL RF

ACTIVATIONS TEAM VIA EMAIL, DISA.SCOTT.CONUS.MBX.RF-CIRCUIT-ACTIVATIONS@MAIL

.MIL, OR CALL DSN 770-8627; COML 618-220-8627. X. IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE

CONTINUED: FOR CIRCUIT INSTALLATION ASSISTANCE WITH THE COMMERCIAL LEASED

PATH, CONTACT DCP COMMERICIAL ACTIVATION TEAM (CAT) AT D312-850-1428,

C614-692-1428.

M. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

3. TSR NUMBER: SG09AUG175548

4. CCSD: 69P6

Z. DITCO CONTACT:

Gabriel Zuccarelli gabriel.f.zuccarelli.civ@mail.mil

Angelina Hutson

DITCO Contracting Officer

Unless otherwise specified, all other terms and conditions are unchanged.

Paragraph E.SERVICE DATE change from:

May 30, 2019

To:

Jul 31, 2019

Paragraph V.QUOTE DUE DATE AND TIME change from:

Jan 23, 2019 6:30:00 PM GMT

To:

Mar 15, 2019 12:30:00 PM CDT