IB08 - Amendment Final - Attachment 4 - Industry Questions and Answers.pdf

Questions from Industry W9124D-24-Q-0072

Q1: 1.3 Scope: “Installation of 6 switches” (In Part 3 Section 3.4 it mentions “Quantity of 12 Cisco 2960 48 port switches. Can you confirm count of switches to quote?

A1: 6 switches should be provided by you. 6 will be enough ports to provide for all rooms.

Q2: 1.4 “ability to obtain managed wireless connectivity throughout building 501” – Are these existing AP’s? Or are we being asked to quote managed Wi-Fi for the entire building too?

A2: Manage Wi-Fi for the entire building.

Q3: 5.1 Basic Services “to include installation and operate a high-speed Wi-Fi network.”

– Same question. Are we quoting managed Wi-Fi for the entire building, and could we get a building floor plan?

A3: Amend to read: WI-FI is misnomer. Commercial WIRED internet to all rooms.

Q4: 5.2.2 “Provide managed Internet service to 224 rooms in building 501” This might answer the question about the Wi-Fi, but could the customer confirm?

A4: Make sure all 224 rooms have commercial connectivity through their rooms RJ45 jack to a managed commercial switch.

Q5: 5.2.6 “The contractor shall connect to the existing contractor network using the NEC fiber.” – This sounds like the new request is only for Internet and switches that will connect to the existing Wi-Fi contractor network, is this correct?

A5: You need to provide wired commercial service to the building using existing building infrastructure.

Q6: Can the government confirm if the contractor will be required to provide wireless access points? If so would the government provide the drawings for Bldg 501.

A6: None required.

Q7: Will the government be providing the twelve (12) Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series 48 Port Switch, SKU CMMLR00ARB?

A7: Yes.

Q8: Can the government provide the address of the demarc location of where Internet services are provided to the base?

A8: According to our NEC “no commercial internet comes through or is demarc’d at the NEC. The vendor would have to work with the MICC on the specific building.” And “While we have commercial service providers demarc in our facility they are not for commercial internet and if the circuit was brought into the LNEC there would be no way to extend it to bldg 501. It needs to be delivered directly to bldg 501 by commercial path.”

Q9: Will the contractor be responsible for any cabling?

A9: Yes, all cables from the patch panel to the switch will be required.

Q10: If the contractor does not have to provide access points, can the government provide an equipment inventory of what access points are installed?

A10:

1st

2nd

3rd

Aruba AP

Q11: We would like to know if this is a brand new contract OR if there is (was) an incumbent performing these services? If not brand new, could you please provide the current / previous contract number?

A11: W9124D-20-P-0132 / Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC