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PERFORMANCE OF WORK STATEMENT

Internet2 and ISP Services for the USNA

BACKGROUND

To remain competitive in an increasingly competitive world, the United States Naval Academy (USNA) continually evaluates the network, infrastructure and connection to the internet. The network line with the amount of current transmission speed used by the midshipmen for academic purposes as well as social networking has increased and will continue to increase exponentially. The USNA consistently reviews strategic imperatives while always concentrating on the objective of Academic Excellence to be the nation’s premier institution for developing future naval leaders who are technically proficient and have access to the latest state-of-the-art facilities while preparing to be leaders in 21st century Naval Service.

SCOPE

The USNA requires access to the Maryland Research and Education Network (MDREN) to provide a seamless telecommunication infrastructure that supports the institutional missions of teaching, learning, and research by providing the U.S. Naval Academy with high quality, robust, scalable, and cost-effective digital telecommunications. In particular, the infrastructure must support multi-functional applications that require inter-institution connectivity and connectivity to locations outside of MDREN, using a variety of technologies and delivery methodologies.

The infrastructure shall support:

Faculty, Staff and Students.

The “Computing Enterprise” consists of:

USNA Information Technology Services supports numerous web-based (intranet and extranet) systems. As a .edu, USNA has unique software and hardware requirements. At last count, over 470 discipline specific software applications and five enterprise software systems (e.g., MIDS, AIS, and NSTAR) were required to be supported. Information Technology Services are required to provide full customer support within a matrix organization, consisting of civilian, military and contracted employees.

REQUIREMENTS

The services offered by the MDREN provider will include the following:

MDREN Maryland Education Group Partners (MEGP)

MDREN is the primary provider for Internet2 services in Maryland through its classification as the official Sponsored Education Group Partner (SEGP) for the State of Maryland. As a MEGP partner, MDREN will provide the following services to the USNA:

· Internet Commodity Service

· Interactive Video (IVN)

· Internet2.

· Backup ISP Service

· Akamai Caching

· Localized traffic between MDREN partners

· DNS backup

ISP Primary or Secondary Service ISP primary or Secondary Service is a standard commodity Internet service that is offered to all members of MDREN. MDREN has three distinctive and diverse connections to the Internet: Level3; Cogent; and Transit Rail. The USNA requires service that is scalable to 14 Gigabits, currently 5.3 Gigabits are allocated. MDREN will provide this connection using a circuit of the institution’s choice to one of the MDREN hub sites. MDREN will provide technical support up to the “line of demarcation” that separates MDREN from the institution’s infrastructure. The technical support will be provided via phone and onsite support if there is a technical failure of equipment. The institution will receive this service by default, but it can be rate limited or expanded, depending on the USNA’s request.

Internet2 Internet2 is the service that is a member-owned advanced technology community founded by the nation's leading higher education institutions. It provides a collaborative environment for U.S. research and education (R&E) organizations to solve common technology challenges, and develop innovative solutions in support of their educational, research, and community service missions. Its community includes over 66,000 institutions across the U.S. and international networking partners representing more than 50 countries. Thought leaders from the domains of science and academic research, arts and humanities and health sciences-as well advanced network researchers and developers- join forces with Internet2's core staff to offer unparalleled possibilities for exploration and innovation.

Internet2 service shall be included in part of the annual fee. Traffic that is designated to an Internet2 partner will be completely transparent and with no additional charge for its use. Internet2 shall allow an institution to connect to a peer within the USM or to other Internet2 institutions as part of the annual fee. By using this service, the institution will be able to take advantage of the peering between the State of Maryland, MDREN, Sailor, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland K-12 (70% currently connected through Sailor), Internet2 affiliates in both the public and private sectors, and any institution that joins the Internet2 community. There are no restrictions; video, data, and collaboration is encouraged.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Representation on the MDREN Board MDREN is governed by the MDREN Board and associated committees. The Naval Academy shall be considered a general member in the 4-year public/private college segment. Each General Member segment shall have one seat on the Board for each 5 General Members in that segment with rounding up from 3 and down from 2. The USNA shall also have 1 seat each on the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Membership Committee, and Technical Committee. The US Naval Academy will provide the name of their designee(s) to [POINT OF CONTACT] and use him/her as their point of contact.

Termination Provider of MDREN shall give 90 days’ written notice if they wish to discontinue services for the USNA.