N00173-24-R-TG04_Attachment 1 Salient Characteristics.pdf

PR No.: N00173-24-R-TG04 Specifications / Salient Characteristics

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS/ SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS

Description of Requirement The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) needs to procure:

• Quantity 15 Cellular Routers with 5G capability, 2.5 Gbps router throughput, 500 Mbps

Virtual Private Network (VPN) throughput and enable SpeedFusion technology.

These routers will be used as part of an installation of communication equipment network where the same equipment is already included in the architecture. The 4-year Essential Care Plan and 1-year enterprise license are also required. The routers will be installed by the NRL personnel at secure locations within the National Capitol Region (NCR). These routers are required to be completely interoperable with the existing sponsor communications architecture to include size, fit and reliability. These items must be delivered within four (4) weeks after receipt of order in order to meet the sponsoring agency’s installation schedule.

Primary Capabilities/ Salient Characteristics/Technical Specifications:

The salient characteristics of a cellular router:

• Forward data packets between a computing or communications device to the internet network

• Connect devices through Ethernet interfaces

• Provide a Virtual Private Network (VPN) client

• Provide Power over Ethernet (POE) for other devices

• Connections to external antennas

• Capability of aggregating of multiple WANs together (Bandwidth Bonding)

• MAX-HD4-MBX-5GN-T cellular routers

• EssentialCare+ (4-Year) part number ECP-MAX-HD4-MBX-5G-4Y

• Annual Enterprise Annual SpeedFusion Licenses Support part number WNAS500

These requirements can be acquired in the commercial marketplace by the Pepwave Extreme Performance Quad Cellular 5G Routers part number MAX-HD4-MBX-5GN-T with EssentialCare+ (4-Year) part number ECP-MAX-HD4-MBX-5G-4Y and annual Enterprise Annual SpeedFusion Licenses Support part number WNAS500

The characteristics of the Pepwave MAX-HD4-MBX 5GN-T are:

• 2.5 Gbps router throughput

• 500 Mbps VPN throughput

• 4x Cellular modems with redundant SIM slots

• 16x QMA antenna connections

• 3x Ethernet WAN

• 8x Ethernet LAN (4x default PoE. Additional power supply needed to enable

8x PoE ports)

• 802.11ac/a/b/g/n, 1166 Mbps 2x2MIMO

• Wi-Fi WAN and/or AP

PR No.: N00173-24-R-TG04 Specifications / Salient Characteristics

• Simultaneous Dual-Band

• MAX-HD4-MBX-5GN-T cellular routers

• EssentialCare+ (4-Year) part number ECP-MAX-HD4-MBX-5G-4Y

• Annual Enterprise Annual SpeedFusion Licenses Support part number WNAS500

Required Delivery Dates:

Equipment is required 4 weeks after receipt of order (ARO) in order to meet sponsoring agency schedule requirements.

Required location of Performance or Installation of equipment:

Required delivery of the equipment is the US Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Ave, SW in Washington DC, attn.: Andrew Cox/Code8144. Equipment will be installed into the communication network by NRL personnel at locations within the NCR.

Licensing Annual Enterprise Annual SpeedFusion Licenses Support (Part No. WNAS500) for each unit.

Warranty:

Part of the purchase requirement is for a 4 Year Essential Care package (Part No. ECP- MAX-HD4-MBX-5G-4Y) which includes:

• 4-Year Hardware Warranty

• 4-Year Advance Hardware Replacement

• 4-Year Firmware Upgrade

• 4-Year InControl 2 Access

Training Requirements:

There are no training requirements for this purchase

Security Considerations:

There are no unique security requirements for this purchase

Documentation:

There are no documentation delivery requirements