Commercial Network Topology Data and Engineering Support Services.

Added: Jun 14, 2012 9:33 am

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, Virginia, intends to negotiate a sole-source contract with Akamai Technologies, Inc. to acquire Commercial Network Topology Data and Engineering Support Services for a twelve month period in support of DARPA's Information Innovation Office (I2O) "Plan X" program. The proposed contract action results from the acceptance of an unsolicited research proposal that demonstrates the unique capability of Akamai Technologies, Inc. to provide the particular research services proposed. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1 "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements". The performer will provide various commercial data items to include "EdgeScape Pro", "Corepoints", "DNS infrastructure", "Proxies", "Traceroutes" both for EdgeScape and for mapping, "Latency measurements", "BGP" data, and "Ipv6" versions of data. Other data may be requested, as required, by the Program Manager. The performer will also provide engineering services to support delivery of, education regarding, and troubleshooting of any of its commercial data; research into new data sources, enhancements or approaches; and authoring of reports on data characteristics or observations. The performer will provide research reports on activities conducted, and sample data sets of results or data derived from the efforts, if required.

Subcontracting opportunities may be available with the prime contractor, Akamai Technologies, Inc.