Solicitation Modification_M67861-21-Q-0021-0001.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

SEE CONTINUATION PAGES HERERIN FOR DETAILS

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 6

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 21-May-2021

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State and Zip Code) X M6786121Q0021

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

18-May-2021

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer X is extended, is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN

REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(B).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

21-May-2021

CODE

MARFORRES REGIONAL CONTRACTING OFFICE

MFR RCO

2000 OPELOUSAS AVE

NEW ORLEANS LA 70114

M67861 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

M6786121Q0021

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 24-May-2021 10:00 AM to 25-May-2021 10:00 AM.

The following have been added by full text:

MODIFICATION P0001

The purpose of this modification is to:

1. Add area of operation locations in the PWS.

2. Provide question and answer clarification recived from industry.

3. Extend the Solicitation closing date from 1000 CST 24 May 2021 to 1000 CST 25 May 2021.

4. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Question and Answers:

Question 1. What will be the final service location for the equipment? I see a delivery address in NY in CLIN 0001, but line 6.4 says equipment will be used in Texas. As you may know, the elevation, azimuth, and offsets are completely different from each area. Trained and locked to a satellite for NY will not see the satellite for

TX. Please advise.

Answer 1: The equipment needs to be delivered to 1 Aviation Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11234 per section 6.3 of the PWS. The actually place of performance will be in Nueces County TX and the area of operation detialed in section 6.4 of the PWS.

Note: Terminals shall comply with the requirment in section 5.2 of the PWS.

Question 2: Will you need setup and training at both locations with 24 hour on-site support 7 days a week?

Answer 2: No setup, training or on-site support will be needed. 24 hour 7 days a week support shall be available via phone.

Note: Terminals shall comply with the requirment in section 5.2 of the PWS

Question 3: CLIN 0002 monthly service and 24 hour onsite support cost for one year?

Answer 3: Services should be for 09 June 2021 to 30 June 2021, onsite support is not needed.

Question 4: Will there be additional years?

Answer 4: No, only for the period of 09 June 2021 to 30 June 2021.

The following have been modified:

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

SATCOM SERVICES SUPPORT

ISO IRT COLONIAS

SECTION 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 SCOPE OF WORK. The COLONIAS IRT Project will need to lease mobile Satellite Communications Services for medical and logistics teams.

1.2 CONTRACTOR POINT OF CONTACT. The contractor shall provide at least one (1) point of contact that will be available 24 hours/ 7 days per week, in case of any contingency. The Contracting Officer Representative

(COR) will communicate all issues concerning rental equipment with the contractor’s POC throughout the

Period of Performance (see section 6 Period of Performance).

1.3 Contracting Officer Representative (COR) will be identified prior to the award of the contract. The COR has no authority to change terms and conditions of the contract. Only a warranted Contracting Officer has the authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS

2.1 TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS PECULIAR TO THIS PWS.

2.1.1 Acceptance inspection - An inspection shall be performed on all terminals and equipment before placing them in service at the time the equipment is delivered. This inspection shows the overall condition of the terminals.

Discrepancies must be fixed before putting the terminals in service, if use of the terminals would aggravate the problem or if the discrepancy creates a safety hazard. The contractor shall provide the inspection sheets in accordance with the contractor’s standard procedures.

2.1.2 SATCOM – Any form of communication from ground terminal to a satellite.

2.1.3 VLEO and LEO – Very Low Earth Orbit and Low Earth Orbit satellites which exist between 500km and

2200km from the Earth’s surface.

2.1.4 Ku Band - The range of frequencies to be used between 11700MHz -21200 MHz downlink and 14000MHz –

14500 Mhz Uplink.

2.1.5 Mobile – Terminals and services able to be moved without any intervention of the company to another location and are able to be setup without any intervention of the company within a 22km diameter area.

2.1.6 Autolocating – Terminals which are able to connect to a satellite without user or operator intervention.

2.1.7 CISP – Commercial Internet Service Provider.

2.1.8 Remote Sites – Sites of service without an address or near established roads.

2.1.9 AES-128 – Advanced Encryption Standard 128 which is used from modem to modem encryption.

2.1.10 Contracting Officer Representative (COR)- is the Government’s Point of Contact assigned as a COR by the

Contracting Officer to oversee and report the contractor’s performance. The COR is NOT authorized to make any changes to this contract. Only a warranted Contracting Officer (CO) is authorized to make changes to this contract.

In the event the contractor effects any change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase incurred as a result thereof.

SECTION 3 - GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

3.1 Power/ Electricity. Government will provide a power source which will have industry standard power outlets and sockets.

SECTION 4 - CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4.1 GENERAL. Contractor shall provide all services under Section 5.1 Task 1 at the remote sites active, and provide required comparable terminals under Section 5.1 Task 2. Terminals will be delivered within the timeframe agreed to in this contract and must meet the minimum acceptance criteria provided herein.

4.1.1 Records. The contractor should maintain records of transactions with the US Government and, upon request, make such records available to properly designated contract representatives within a reasonable period of time.

4.1.2 Equipment condition. The following minimum criteria shall be met at the time of the acceptance inspection:

Condition: New or refurbished equipment able to meet the requirements in Task 1.

SECTION 5- TASKS

5.1 TASK 1 SERVICES. The contractor shall provide the following services:

5.1.1 Connection. The contracted equipment shall make and maintain at a minimum 80Mbps Downlink and

10Mbps Uplink connection within 20 minutes of being powered on without user or company intervention apart from connection to Government-provided power source. The equipment shall be able to attain satellite connection over

Ku Band when moved to another location within the original 22km diameter location without company intervention or action. The connection established shall be a VLEO or LEO satellite constellation to maintain a low latency connection. The logical connection should be directly to CISP. The terminal provided shall come with a router that is both Ethernet (RJ-45) capable and WiFi capable. These connections must be able to support 5 to 50 users per a terminal for real time medical and logistical needs.

5.1.2 Unlimited Data. No data cap and no throttling of connection after a certain data rate has been reached.

5.1.3 Advanced Encryption Standard. Shall be AES 128 or AES-256 from modem to modem connection.

5.1.4 Sotware Defined Modem. Shall not be a hardware modem, but an intergrated software modem.

5.2 TASK 2: TERMINAL SERVICES. The contractor shall provide the equipment that is listed below in accordance with the salient characteristics. BRAND NAME OR EQUAL IS ACCEPTED. Salient characteristics follow:

5.2.1 Terminal. Shall be as follows…

5.2.1.1 Termianl shall be autolocating, must be able to locate, acquire and attain full connection on its own wihtout user/operator/company intervention.

5.2.1.2 Terminal shall provide 100Mbps Downlink and 12Mbps-20Mbps uplink over Ku Band link to

Satellite.

5.2.1.3 Terminal shall be able to operate without a physical address due to the remote nature of the area.

5.2.1.4 Terminal shall be able to connect to Low Earth Orbit Constellation.

5.2.1.5 Terminal shall be able to provide commercial internet service that support up to 50 users per terminal.

5.2.1.6 Terminal shall not be more than 40lbs. Must be able to be carried by (1) person.

5.2.1.7 Termianl shall not be taller than 2.5ft.

5.2.1.8 Termianl shall not be wider than 2.5ft.

5.2.2 CLIN: 0001 Ku Band SATCOM Terminals Quantity of Five (5)

Brand Name Equivalent: ____Starlink Terminal____

Quantity: 5

Measurements approximately: length: 25” width: 25” _ height: 27” weight: 40lbs

Power: 110V – 125V AC/DC

Terminal Band: Ku Band

Bandwidth Speeds: 80Mbps-100Mbps Downlink, 8Mbps – 20Mbps Uplink per terminal

Encryption: At least AES-128

Able to operate in remote areas without addresses

Come with a Wireless Router, Power plugs, and tripod mount.

Delivery/ Pickup: 3 June 2021 until 30 June 2021.

5.2.3 CLIN: 0002 Ku Band SATCOM Services One (1) Month

Brand Name Equivalent: Starlink Constellation

VLEO/LEO Constellation: Shall be between 500km and 2200km from the Earth’s Surface

Ku Uplink and Downlink capable of handling speeds of at least 80Mbps Downlink, and 8Mbps Uplink per terminal

Delivery/ Pickup: 3 June 2021 until 30 June 2021.

SECTION 6- PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

6.1 Period of Performance will start on 09 June 2021 and will end on 30 June 2021.

6.2 Operational Tempo. The terminals will be operated 24 hour work days, 7 days a week

6.3 Delivery location will be 1 Aviation Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11234.

6.3.1 Contractor shall provide a return lable to ship equipment back to contractor from Brooklyn , NY.

6.4 Area of Operation will be various areas within Nueces County Texas (West of Corpus Christi) in Remote Areas.

a. 27.806111135578945, -97.79514906972873 (Banquete Junior High)

b. 27.672901793616944, -97.63690148393107 (Petronila Elementary )

c. 27.715366541110647, -97.56980330945313 (New Jerusalem Church)

d. 27.78826946373785, -97.65926849261473 (John Calderon Municipal building)

e. 27.78961975616924, -97.64605427081332 (Richard Borchard Fairgrounds)

SECTION 7- POINTS OF CONTACT

7.1. GENERAL. This section identifies the points of contact of this contract.

7.1.1. Contracting Officer- Gunnery Sergeant Krissia Avelares Valle / TBD / TBD

7.1.2. Contracting Specialist: ? / TBD / TBD

7.1.3. Contracting Officer Representative: Staff Sergeant Andersen / TBD / TBD

SECTION 8- PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

8.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY

Task or Deliverable Performance Standard Acceptable Quality

Level (AQL)

Surveillance Method Performance

Measure

PWS Paragraph 5.1 The contracted equipment shall make and maintain at a minimum 80Mbps

Downlink and 10Mbps

Uplink connection within

20 minutes of being powered on.

99% Compliance -Government

Representative check.

-Operators complaints

No more than 1 connection intereption per 24 hours of service.

PWS Paragraph 5.1 The equipment shall be able to attain satellite connection over Ku Band when moved to another location within the original 22km diameter location without company intervention or action

99% Compliance -Government

Representative check.

-Operators complaints

100% of locations shall be able to attain satelltie connection

PWS Paragraph 5.1

Unlimited Data. No data cap and no throttling of connection after a certain data rate has been reached.

99% Compliance -Government

Representative check.

-Operators complaints

100% uninterpreted unlimited data connection.

(End of Summary of Changes)