100 Gbps Circuits for Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment in South Dakota, USA
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- DUNERFI2024
- Agency
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Department of Energy
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 517111 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- PSC
- 7G21 It And Telecom - Network: Digital Network Products (Hardware And Perpetual License Software)
- Place of performance
- Lead, South Dakota, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), operated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is seeking two separate 100 Gbps wavelength service circuits for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment's Far Detector located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota. The procurement aims to establish geographically diverse network connectivity with no shared risk, terminating at ESnet backbone sites in Chicago and Denver. Each subcontractor will be responsible for managing the installation and operation of a 100 Gbps circuit, ensuring technical specifications are met and providing ongoing technical support. The Request for Information (RFI) for this project is due by December 20, 2024, with an anticipated Request for Proposal (RFP) issuance in January 2025 and planned contract award in April 2025. Technical responses must detail available circuit pathways, construction requirements, maintenance support, and pricing information.
The contract opportunity does not have a specific set-aside designation and falls under the Wired Telecommunications Carriers NAICS category (517111). The project budget is estimated to be under $500,000, with circuit delivery and acceptance required between June 2026 and June 2027. The procurement supports ESnet's Site Resilience Program and involves collaborative efforts between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Fermilab. The specific technical requirements mandate two circuits that provide geographic and vendor diversity, ensuring at least one circuit remains operational at all times. Potential respondents will need to demonstrate technical capabilities for installing and maintaining high-speed network infrastructure in an underground research facility, with a focus on creating redundant and resilient network connections for critical scientific research infrastructure.
Notice text
SCOPE OF WORK
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), managed and operated by the University of California at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) network engineering teams have established a plan for WAN connectivity for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment’s (DUNE) Far Detector (FD). This site is located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota.
DUNE's resiliency/redundancy requirements (communicated by Fermilab's network engineering team and the experiment stakeholders) are for two (2) 100Gbps circuits that provide geographic and vendor diversity from each other, thus satisfying the requirement that at least one circuit is online at any given moment.
This acquisition is also in support of ESnet’s Site Resilience Program (SRP).
The SRP was created to significantly improve the resiliency of ESnet network services by working collaboratively with the ESnet user community to address growing gaps between ESnet users’ needs, based on their mission and enterprise risks, and the resiliency of the ESnet network connections servicing them.
Under this acquisition, ESnet is looking to acquire two (2) separate, geographically diverse paths from the existing ESnet backbone into two separate buildings within the SURF complex. These two paths will have no shared risks and will terminate at different ESnet backbone sites in Chicago, Illinois and Denver, Colorado.
For the purposes of this acquisition, resiliency is physical.
Each potential subcontractor shall manage the installation and operation of one of two (2) 100 Gbps Wavelength Services between the specified A and Z locations. Subcontractor shall ensure that the provided service meets all stated technical specifications, provide technical support, and ensure availability of the service throughout the duration of the subcontract. ESnet will require delivery and acceptance of the 100G circuit by June 2027, but not before June 2026.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| RFI (04-26-19).docx | DOCX document |
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