HC101323QA002-0001.v0 (1).pdf

IQO INQUIRY

FM: PL8212

TO: Contractors

DATE (MM/DD/YYYY): 12/28/2022

SUBJECT: HC101323QA002-0001 Amend: 0001

A. TYPE ACTION: ADMIN AMEND

1. PURPOSE: HC101323QA002-0001 UPDATES THE PURPOSE STATEMENT AND PROPOSAL

DUE DATE/SERVICE DATE:

1. PROVIDE, INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A DISN 10MPS LAYER 2 ETHERNET CIRCUIT FROM

US EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY TO MECHANICSBURG, PA; HOWEVER, LEASE IS REQUIRED

FROM SAN ANTONIO, TX TO EMBASSY IN MEXICO.

2. CHANGE THE PROPOSAL DUE DATE TO 12 JAN 23 AND THE SERVICE DATE TO 28 FEB 23.

3. EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS THE SAME

*****ORIGINAL DATA*****

SUBMIT A QUOTE TO:

1. PROVIDE, INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A DISN 10MPS LAYER 2 ETHERNET CIRCUIT BETWEEN

DISA DECC IN MECHANICSBURG, PA AND THE US EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY.

*****REMARKS*****

1. REQUESTING DISN FOR THE ENTIRE PATH IF POSSIBLE. A TAIL-LEASE IF NEEDED WILL

ALSO BE ACCEPTABLE PROVIDED DISN IS USED AS MUCH AS AVAILABLE.

2. VENDOR MAY AND IS ENCOURAGED TO PERFORM A SITE SURVEY AND SUBMIT THEIR

ENGINEERING SOLUTION TO THE GOVERNMENT PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD.

3. TSP IS BEING ESTABLISHED WITH THIS REQUIREMENT.

4. CONTRACTOR MUST CONTACT THE BELOW LISTED POC AT LEAST 72 HRS PRIOR TO

INSTALLATION. CONTACT INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AT TIME OF AWARD.

5. SERVICE AVAILABILITY 99.5% OR BETTER, WITH 30 MINUTE RESPONSE; 2 HOUR

RESTORAL; UPDATES PROVIDED EVERY 60 MINUTES UNTIL CIRCUIT IS FULLY TESTED AND

OPERATIONAL. VENDOR MUST HAVE 24 HOUR MONITORING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

TO TROUBLESHOOT PATH AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AFTER INSTALLATION.

A. COMPLETE OUTAGE: INTERFACE OR PROTOCOL NON-OPERATIONAL RESPONSE TIME

FROM INITIAL REPORT OR DETECTION OF CIRCUIT DOWN WILL BE 30 MINUTES AND THE

MEAN RESTORE TIME TO REPAIR (MTTR) MUST BE 120 MINUTES.

B. IMPAIRMENT: IMPAIRED THROUGHPUT OR IMPAIRED CIRCUIT OPERTION (EG. LATENCY

ISSUES, INTERMITTENTLY FLAPPING/BOUNCING, INTERMITTENT ISSUES) RESPONSE TIME

FROM INITIAL REPORT OR DETECTION OF CIRCUIT IMPAIRMENT WILL BE 30 MINUTES AND

THE MEAN RESTORE TIME TO REPAIR (MTTR) MUST BE 240 MINUTES.

HC101323QA002-0001

6. CIRCUIT MUST AVOID SATELLITE LINKS.

7. CIRCUIT SPECIFICATIONS: VENDOR WILL PERFORM ACCEPTANCE TESTING IN

ACCORDANCE WITH EITHER RFC-6815 OR ITU-T Y.1564. SPECIFICALLY, FRAME SIZES OF

64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280 AND 1518 BYTES MUST BE USED. THE TEST MUST VERIFY

LENGHT OF RECEIVED FRAMES, INDICATE NUMBER OF FRAMES DROPPED, NUMBER

OF FRAMES RECIEVED OUT OF ORDER, AND DUPLICATE FRAMES. TEST 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

FRAME 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. A LATENCY TEST MUST BE RUN FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS

THAN 120 SECONDS, AND REPEATED NO LESS THAN 20 TIMES. THE TEST STREAM FOR

THE LATENCY TEST SHOULD BE RUN AT THE THROUGHPUT RATE FOR CORRESPONDING

FRAME SAIZES FROM THE THROUGHPUT TEST. END TO END LATECY WILL BE

CALCULATED AS THE AVERAGE OVER THE 20 TESTS RUN. 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 EXERCIESED. LATENCY WILL BE MEASURED IN ACCORDANCE TO

THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION DELAY FOR ANY CIRCUIT UP TO 500 MILES

AIR-MILES IN LENGHT SHALL BE NO GREATER THAN 13MS ONE-WAY AND ANY POINT-TO-

POINT CIRCUIT LONGER THAN 500 AIR-MILES SHALL BE NO GREATER THAN 50MS ONE WAY

WITHIN THE 48 CONTINENTAL STATES.

ANY APS SWITCHOVER SHALL TAKE LESS THAN 50 MILLISECONDS MONTHLY AVAILABILITY

SHALL BE NO LESS THAN 99.5%

A. VENDOR MUST PROVIDE THE LONG HAUL CIRCUIT NO. AND LEC CKT ID PRIOR TO TURN

UP TO THE GOVERNMENT.

B. 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.

C. VENDOR MUST CONTACT IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH THE

COORDINATION AND ACTIVATION PROCESS FOR TURN-UP OR ANY SITE CONTACT ISSUES.

D. INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE: IAW THE UNIQUE INSTALLATION FACTORS

E. VENDOR REQUIRED TO HAVE CIRCUIT VISIBILITY TO ASSIST IN ANY CIRCUIT OUTAGES.

F. 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

AUTHRITY FOR REVIEW.

8. VENDOR MUST CALL DISA NOSC AT LEAST 72 HRS PRIOR TO MAINTENANCE.

9. CUSTOMER WILL ACCEPT EARLIEST POSSIBLE INSTALL DATE. INSTALL SOONER IF

POSSIBLE (SIP).

10. JURISDICTIONAL CLASS: INTERSTATE USE 100 PERCENT

11. TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY EVALUATION CRITERIA: A QUOTE MUST COMPLY WITH

ALL STANDARD PROVISIONS, PROVISIONS, CLAUSES, AND ADDRESS SECTIONS F-M OF

THE SOLICITATION TO BE DEEMED TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE. ALL PORTIONS OF THE

SOLICITATION SHOULD BE CAREFULLY REVIEWED FOR ALL MANDATED REQUIREMENTS

OUTLINED WITHIN THE STANDARD PROVISIONS AND DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED AS

FOUND IN SECTION M AND AFFILIATED ATTACHMENTS. QUOTATIONS MUST INCLUDE

ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND RESPONSES INDICATED FROM THESE STANDARD

PROVISIONS, PROVISIONS, CLAUSES, SECTION M, AND AFFILIATED ATTACHMENTS

TO BE CONSIDERED TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE AND/OR ELIGIBLE FOR AWARD. IN

RESPONSE TO THIS IQO SOLICITATION, NO TERMS, CONDITIONS, OR ASSUMPTIONS WILL

BE ENTERTAINED. IF TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND/OR ASSUMPTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN

A QUOTATION, THE QUOTATION MAY BE EXCLUDED ON GROUNDS THAT IT FAILED TO

COMPLY WITH THE IQO SOLICITATION INSTRUCTIONS.

12. EVALUATION CRITERIA: IN ADDITION TO THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN STANDARD

PROVISION 23, TECHNICAL EVALUATION TEAM MEMBERS WILL INCLUDE GOVERNMENT

PERSONNEL AND MAY INCLUDE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRACTED ADVISORS. GOVERNMENT

PERSONNEL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY.

13. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING SITE SURVEYS OR SITE INFORMATION PLEASE

CONTACT THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST LISTED ON THIS SOLICITATION PRIOR TO THE

QUOTE DUE DATE.

***NOTE: THE CONTRACTOR MUST PROVIDE TSR, CCSD OR CSA IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE

INCLUDING WHEN DELIVERING CIRCUIT TO SITE POC***

M. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

3. TSR NUMBER: DO21SEP220492

4. CCSD: WIPDZRK1

Z. DITCO CONTACT:

Shawn Arentsen

618-418-6230 shawn.m.arentsen.civ@mail.mil

Emily A. Etter

DITCO Contracting Officer

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

Paragraph E.SERVICE DATE change from:

Dec 21, 2022

To:

Feb 28, 2023

Paragraph M.3.TSR NUMBER change from:

DO21SEP220492A

DO21SEP220492

Paragraph V.QUOTE DUE DATE AND TIME change from:

Nov 14, 2022 4:00:00 PM CST

Jan 12, 2023 4:00:00 PM CST