QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS__2_SRS500-16-Q-0005.pdf

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Solicitation Number: SRS500-16-Q-0005 Cellular Telephone and Data Services

1. Regarding unlimited traffic for 10 SIM cards (solicitation page 13): 30 GB (Thirty Gigabytes) per month of cellular data services within the territory of the Russian Federation, for all fifty (50) states within the United States of America, including its territories…

Once the limit is reached, shall the Contractor block the access to the Internet, or allow to continue to use it for additional fee?

ANSWER: According to Section 1 (The Schedule), paragraph 1, the Government will pay the Contractor on a monthly basis for standard services that have been satisfactorily performed. Standard services are detailed in the Performance Work Statement (Schedule of Services, paragraph 1 (a) through (m)) and paragraphs 1.2 through 1.11. Please also reference FAR Clause 52.216-18(a) ORDERING; and FAR Clause 52.216-22(b) INDEFINITE QUANTITY in the solicitation document.

Each offeror should provide evidence that their technical platform is able to stop data service once the ordered data threshold has been met.

2. Regarding data service for all SIM cards (solicitation page 14): The Contractor shall provide an unrestricted data service plan within the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation of no less than 3 GB (Three Gigabytes) per month for each SIM card.

Once the limit is reached, shall the Contractor block the access to the Internet, or allow to continue to use it for additional fee?

ANSWER: According to Section 1 (The Schedule), paragraph 1, the Government will pay the Contractor on a monthly basis for standard services that have been satisfactorily performed. Standard services are detailed in the Performance Work Statement (Schedule of Services, paragraph 1 (a) through (m)) and paragraphs 1.2 through 1.11. Please also reference FAR Clause 52.216-18(a) ORDERING; and FAR Clause 52.216-22(b) INDEFINITE QUANTITY in the solicitation document.

Each offeror should provide evidence that their technical platform is able to stop data service once the ordered data threshold has been met.

3. Our cellular data network in Moscow supports only two standards: 3G and 4G. We are not planning to establish a cellular data network that supports 2G (GSM). In Section 1, paragraph 5.2 of the solicitation, you list Nokia 2310, 1600, 1650 and 1680 telephones, which work only within the 2G (GSM) standard. Is the Government willing to review our proposal even if the Nokia 2310, 1600, 1650 and 1680 telephones are not supportable in our cellular data network?

ANSWER: The Government invites all interested offerors to submit quotations for cellular telephone and data services for the Embassy of the United States of America in Moscow and three (3) constituent Posts in St. Petersburg, Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg. All quotations will be evaluated against the factors listed in Section 4 of the solicitation.

4. Does the Government require cellular voice and data coverage within the Moscow Metro System (Moskovsky Metropoliten)?

ANSWER: No, the solicitation does not require coverage within the Moscow Metro System.