Network Infrastructure Support Services

Added: Jun 26, 2017 9:52 am  

•·         Background

 The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a United States (US) Department of Defense (DoD) agency that provides worldwide logistics support for the missions of the Military Departments and the Unified Combatant Commands under conditions of peace and war.  DLA's Enterprise Telecommunication Network (ETN) and the SIPRNet over Enterprise Telecommunications Network (SoETN) is the core network backbone that provides Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity between the DLA Headquarters, its various field activity sites, depots, and forward deployed locations within the Continental US (CONUS).

DLA has a requirement for the modification and upgrade of these existing networks.  The Contractor shall provide network infrastructure design, engineering and installation support to include, inside/outside plant, RF infrastructure, logistic management, program management, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and cable plant engineering.  The Contractor shall provide technical expertise and Subject Matter Experts (SME) to support various projects relating to the modification and enhancement of DLA's telecommunications and data Network, and all services and materials as necessary to effectively and efficiently accomplish the tasks as outlined in this PWS.

This is a non-personal services contract to provide information technology support services.  The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein.  Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.  The Government and the Contractor understand that the services to be provided under this contract by the Contractor are non-personal services and that no employer-employee relationship exists between the Government and the Contractor.  The Government may provide technical direction which will assist the Contractor in accomplishing the PWS; however, the Government will not control the methods used by the Contractor to perform the service requirements set forth in the PWS.

 •·         objective

It is the goal of DLA Information Operations to provide a viable, supportable, and secure network among all DLA activities and sites.  All existing network infrastructures must be compatible with the existing overall network architecture and ensure they meet the DoD standards for securing the networks during peacetime and war.

The primary mission of this contract will be to provide the required technical services necessary for implementing and configuring telecommunication / network infrastructure upgrade efforts across the DLA network at identified locations.  High level objectives of these services include:

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• Provide market research and complete procurement packages to purchase electronic components per the approved site survey specifications.
  
• Upgrade, install and/or configure existing network infrastructure at identified locations per the approved site survey specifications.
  
• Provide engineering services support at identified locations.
  

The Contractor shall perform the required designs, equipment procurement packages, installations, configurations and necessary network upgrades at the following designated locations:

•a.       Contractor's Facilities

•b.      DLA locations to be defined in each Task Order (TO)

 •·         Contract Type

This requirement will be a multiple award firm-fixed price indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.