NESI Access Instructions.pdf

Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

BASELINE ANAYLSIS OF ALTERNATIVES (BAAS)

RFP N00039-17-R-0038

DD FORM 2345 - EXPORT CONTROLLED INFORMATION INSTRUCTIONS

The BAAS RFP will contain supporting attachments and reference documents that are marked as “Export Controlled”. Defense contractors must have an active DoD or External Certification Authority (ECA) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate and an active/approved DD Form 2345 - Military Critical Technology Data Agreement Certificate issued by the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office at: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp on file with the SPAWAR contracting office in order to be granted access to the BAAS RFP export controlled material.

A summary of the U.S. – Canada Joint Certification Program (JCP) and an online DD Form 2345 with instructions for submittal to the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office for approval are available at: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp

Upon release of the BAAS RFP, the supporting documents that are marked “Export Controlled” will be posted for download on a secure Government website located at:

https://nesi.spawar.navy.mil/projects/canesbaas/

The process for attaining access to the export controlled supporting documents is as follows:

1. Those offerors who had access to the export controlled supporting documents from the Draft RFP release will have access to the final RFP documents at final RFP release. No further action is required.

2. Offerors without existing access to the export controlled supporting documents must request access via email, with an active/approved DD Form 2345 attached, to Ms. Rebecca Hughes at (rebecca.hughes@navy.mil) with copy to Ms. Cindy Ledesma at (cindy.ledesma@navy.mil). Email requests shall include the “BAAS RFP export control access request” in the subject line and the following information in the body of the email:

(a) Name.

(b) Title.

(c) Company Name / Division.

(d) Company Address.

(e) CAGE Code.

(f) Telephone Number.

(g) Email Address.

(h) Request for website access to the BAAS RFP export controlled documents.

(i) Date the DD Form 2345 was approved by the U.S. / Canada Joint Certification Office.

(j) Attach an approved DD Form 2345 to the email.

http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp https://nesi.spawar.navy.mil/projects/canesbaas/ mailto:rebecca.hughes@navy mailto:cindy.ledesma@navy.mil

Offerors will receive an email from the Program Office stating that the DD Form 2345 and CAGE code have been verified. The email will ask whether the firm has an existing Navy NESI account.

• Requestors who have an active Navy NESI account must reply to the export control verification email before their access to the export controlled supporting documents can be activated.

• Requestors who do not have an active Navy NESI account must establish an account in accordance with the instructions below.

3. To register for a NESI account follow the instructions below:

1) Go to https://nesi.spawar.navy.mil/ to request a NESI Account

2) Select New Account Request in the top left-hand corner of the screen

3) Complete all fields of the Account Request Form. The Government POC is: Rebecca Hughes (Rebecca.hughes@navy.mil). Be sure to submit the form by selecting the “Request Account” button https://nesi.spawar.navy.mil/ mailto:Rebecca.hughes@navy.mil

4) It may take up to five (5) business days to establish an account with NESI. You will receive notification via email once the account is approved. Once the account is established, go back to https://nesi.spawar.navy.mil/ and log-in (*NOTE: Do not select the email certificate)

5) Once you have a NESI account go to https://nesi.spawar.navy.mil/projects/canesbaas/ and complete the Project Access Request. Recommend including contact information (Phone, email, and company name) in request to facilitate access request.

https://nesi.spawar.navy.mil/

6) From the BAAS Contract Pre-Award Project Page, select Documents to view files

NOTE: Requestors must have a DoD Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) or Common Access Card (CAC) in order to access the NESI account request website.

Upon request approval, firms will receive an email from NESI. Please forward that email or otherwise advise Ms. Rebecca Hughes, rebecca.hughes@navy.mil, of successful account creation and the Program Office will grant access to the export controlled supporting documents.

4. Troubleshooting NESI Access Issues:

a. Common Access Issues:

• Requestors must have a DoD Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) or Common Access

Card (CAC) in order to access the NESI account request website. Troubleshoot via the requestors’ own IT department.

• The NESI Help Desk may be reached at nesi@spawar.navy.mil mailto:rebecca.hughes@navy.mil mailto:nesi@spawar.navy.mil

5. Due to the administrative restrictions of the Government website used for distribution of the BAAS draft RFP export controlled documents, offeror access to the Government website is limited to one (1) employee account per company. Offerors that have been given access to the Government website may download and distribute the BAAS draft RFP export controlled documents within their company in accordance with the document markings.

Questions regarding submittal of the DD Form 2345 and access to the BAAS RFP export controlled documents may be submitted in writing via e-mail only to: Ms. Cindy Ledesma, (cindy.ledesma@navy.mil) Contract Specialist, SPAWAR 2.1C with copy to: Ms. Karen Rainville, (Karen.rainville@navy.mil) Contracting Officer, SPAWAR 2.1C.

mailto:stephen.beckner@navy.mil mailto:Karen.rainville@navy.mil

Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 1

SPAWAR RFP# N00039-17-R-0038

BASELINE ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES (BAAS)

Access to RFP Supporting Documentation

SPAWAR Request For Proposal (RFP) N00039-17-R-0038 has been released with supporting attachments and reference documents that are marked with DoD distribution statements C and D. Distribution statement C states: “Distribution C: Distribution authorized to U.S. Government Agencies and their contractors”. Distribution statement D states: “Distribution D: Distribution authorized to DoD and U.S. DoD contractors only”.

BAAS RFP supporting documents are posted for download on a PKI secured Government website located at:

https://nesi.spawar.navy.mil/projects/canesbaas/

In addition, some of the RFP supporting attachments and reference documents are marked as Distribution D, “Export Controlled”. Defense contractors must have an active/approved DD Form 2345 - Military Critical Technology Data Agreement Certificate issued by U.S. / Canada Joint Certification Office at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp on file with the SPAWAR contracting office in order to be granted access to the BAAS RFP export controlled material. The BAAS RFP Distribution D Export Controlled supporting documents are posted for download on a PKI secured Government website located at:

These secure websites require a DoD or External Certification Authority (ECA) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate in order to access the Distribution C, D and Export Controlled documents on the sites. Instructions for obtaining both a PKI certificate for access to the websites and instructions for submitting a DD Form 2345 for access to the export controlled documents, are posted with RFP N00039-17-R-0038 on the SPAWAR E-Commerce Central website located at: https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil, under “Headquarters”, “Open Solicitations”.

The following table lists all the Distribution C, D and Export Controlled supporting attachments and reference documents that have been released with RFP N00039-17-R-0038. Due to the upload time required, all supporting documents are expected to be posted to the secure Government websites within 24 hours of the release of the RFP, or RFP Amendments, on the SPAWAR E-Commerce Central website.

http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil/

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# Document Name Folder Name

File/Subfolder Name

Category PKI Site

Export Control

Site

RFP Reference

1 CANES_Component_Specification_NAC_ SAMPLE_v2.0

BAAS RFP RFP Section L Reference Document

X X SOW / RFP Sections L and M

2 Afloat Networks (AN) Family of Systems (FOS) Environmental Requirements AN-

FOS-ENV-REQS-0203

BAAS RFP RFP Section L Reference Document

X X SOW / RFP Sections L and M

Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

BASELINE ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES (BAAS)

RFP N00039-17-R-0038

PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE (PKI) INFORMATION

The following is a list of External Certification Authorities (ECA) that are recognized by the Government as issuers of PKI certificates.

The ECA POCs are:

* Operational Research Consultants, Inc. (ORC) http://www.eca.orc.com Email: pkihelp@orc.com Phone: 800.816.5548

* VeriSign, Inc.

http://www.verisign.com/authentication/government-authentication/index.html Email: eca-support@verisign.com Phone: 650.426.3224

* IdenTrust, Inc.

http://www.identrust.com/certificates/eca/index.html Email: helpdesk@identrust.com Phone: 888.882.1104 http://www.eca.orc.com/ http://www.eca.orc.com/ http://www.verisign.com/authentication/government-authentication/index.html http://www.identrust.com/certificates/eca/index.html http://www.identrust.com/certificates/eca/index.html