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IQO INQUIRY

FM: PL8211

TO: Contractors

DATE (MM/DD/YYYY): 5/26/2020

SUBJECT: HC101320QA922-0001 Amend: 0001

A. TYPE ACTION: ADMIN AMEND

1. PURPOSE: AMEND 0001 IS ISSUED TO INCLUDE TESTING REQUIREMENTS.

ALL ELSE REMAINS THE SAME.

SUBMIT A QUOTE TO PROVIDE, INSTALL, AND MAINTAIN A 200MB CIRCUIT BETWEEN (BLDG)

1000; (RM) 120; (FL) 1; 1000 AIRBASE BLVD, ABSTON ANGS; MONTGOMERY, AL, 36108 /CCI

AND BLDG 859, DIAL CENTRAL OFFICE (DCO), 325 EAST MOORE DRIVE, GUNTER ANNEX, AL

36114-3001//CCI.

- THIS REQUIREMENTS HAS THE BELOW MANDATORY TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

- CONTRACTORS MUST COMPLY WITH TESTING & ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

2. CONTRACTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR READING AND ADDRESSING ALL TECHNICAL

REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SOLICITATION, READING AND AGREEING WITH THE STANDARD

PROVISIONS, PROVIDE PRICE QUOTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD PROVISION 4,

AND MEET THE REQUESTED SERVICE DATE.

3. THE SERVICE DATE TO BE MET IS: 30 OCT 20 (SIP) TO COMPLY WITH PROCUREMENT

ACQUISITION LEAD TIME (PALT) FOR THIS TIPE OF SERVICE. THE GOVERNMENT ASSUMES

THAT CONTRACTORS HAVE CONSIDERED ALL ISSUES THAT MAY DELAY THE DELIVERY

OF SERVICE ON REQUESTED SERVICE DATE AND 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.

4. CONTRACTORS MUST ENSURE THAT QUOTES SHALL INCLUDE SUFFICIENT DETAIL

FOR EFFECTIVE EVALUATION AND SHOULD NOT SIMPLY REPHRASE OR RESTATE THE

GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS. RATHER, CONTRACTORS MUST PROVIDE CONVINCING

RATIONALE TO ADDRESS HOW THEY INTEND TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT.

5. QUOTES MUST BE UPLOADED TO IDEAS. GOVERNMENT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR

MISSING OR OVERLOOKED QUOTES.

M. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

3. TSR NUMBER: AQ03APR205283

HC101320QA922-0001

4. CCSD: JPN1HBC1

Z. DITCO CONTACT:

Edward Midkiff

618-418-6481

Edward.w.midkiff.civ@mail.mil

Angelina Hutson

DITCO Contracting Officer

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

Paragraph M.10.TESTING REQUIREMENTS change from:

To:

ACCEPTANCE TESTING SHALL BE PERFORMED BY VENDOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T Y.1564. TEST PERIOD 24

HOURS. TESTS COVERED IN SECTIONS 9.1, 10, 11.1, 14, 20, 21, 26.1, 26.2, AND 26.3 OF RFC 6815 MUST BE

PERFORMED AND RESULTS REPORTED IN THE FORMAT SPECIFIED BY THE RFC OR ITU-T Y.

SPECIFICALLY FRAMES SIZE OF 1500 BYTES MUST BE USED. THE TEST MUST VERIFY LENGTH OF RECEIVED

FRAMES, INDICATE NUMBER OF FRAMES DROPPED, NUMBER OF FRAMES RECEIVED OUT OF ORDER, AND

DUPLICATE FRAMES. TESTS MUST BE BI-DIRECTIONAL USING THE SAME DATA RATE IN EACH DIRECTION. BURST

TESTS MUST BE RUN TO DETERMINE MINIMUM INTERVAL BETWEEN FRAMES THAT CAN BE PROCESSED WITHOUT

FRAME LOSS.

A THROUGHPUT TEST IS REQUIRED INDICATING THE FASTEST RATE AT WHICH TEST FRAMES CAN BE

TRANSMITTED WITHOUT FRAME LOSS. A SEPARATE THROUGHPUT TEST MUST BE RUN WITH FRAMES ADDRESSED

TO THE HARDWARE BROADCAST ADDRESS CONSTITUTING AT LEAST 1% OF THE TEST STREAM AND BE EVENLY

DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE TEST. LATENCY TEST MUST BE RUN FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN 120

SECONDS, AND REPEATED NO LESS THAT 20 TIMES. THE TEST STREAM FOR THE LATENCY TEST SHOULD BE RUN

AT THE THROUGHPUT RATE FOR CORRESPONDING FRAME SIZES FROM THE THROUGHPUT TEST. END TO END

LATENCY WILL BE CALCULATED AS THE AVERAGE OVER THE 20 TEST RUNS. FRAME LOSS RATE TESTS SHOULD

BE RUN AT THE FRAME RATE CORRESPONDING TO THE MAXIMUM FRAME RATE, AND REDUCED BY 10%

INTERVALS UNTIL THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO CONSECUTIVE RUNS IN WHICH NO FRAMES ARE LOST.

THROUGHPUT TEST RESULTS: PASSING RATE 100% FOR ALL FRAME BYTE SIZES EXERCISED. FRAME LOSS RATE

(%) RESULTS: FRAME LOSS RATE LESS THAN 0.01% FOR ALL FRAME BYTE SIZES EXERCISED. LATENCY WILL BE

MEASURED WILL BE ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING ANY APS SWITCHOVER SHALL TAKE LESS THAN 50

MILLISECONDS MONTHLY AVAILABILITY SHALL BE NO LESS THAN 99.5%.