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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 01, 2012 FBO #3781
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- Trusted Internet Connectivity

Notice Date
3/30/2012
 
Notice Type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 
NAICS
517110 — Wired Telecommunications Carriers
 
Contracting Office
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
 
ZIP Code
20894
 
Solicitation Number
NIHLM2012351TIC
 
Archive Date
4/17/2012
 
Point of Contact
Amy Sheib, Phone: 3014966546
 
E-Mail Address
ap370t@nih.gov
(ap370t@nih.gov)
 
Small Business Set-Aside
N/A
 
Description
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information contained in this notice. This announcement constitutes the formal Request for Quotation NIHLM2012351TIC and a written solicitation WILL NOT be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through February 2012 Federal Acquisition Regulation revision, which includes the consolidation of all Federal Acquisition Circulars 2005-55. The NAICS code is 517110. It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to negotiate with a contractor to provide Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Internet Connectivity. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a requirement to connect three (3) geographically separated locations to the commodity Internet. Listed below are the specific physical, operational, and technical ISP requirements for each of the three HHS TIC Internet connection site locations. Note: Each vendor submitted solution must be proposed and priced separately for each designated HHS Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) site location. A. Specific HHS TIC Internet Connection Requirements 1. Each designated HHS TIC Internet site location requires a minimum 7Gbps connection to the commodity Internet. 2. The ISP service will must support a minimum 99.995% availability metric. 3. The ISP service average packet transit time through the ISP network is not to exceed 70ms end-to-end. 4. The ISP service must support telecommunications service priority (TSP) to ensure rapid service restoration. 5. The ISP service must support blocking of malicious Denial of Service (DOS) attacks. 6. Each designated HHS TIC Internet site location requires a diverse, dual-entrance path connection to the ISP vendor Internet points-of-presence (PoP). 7. The ISP service shall support Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) dynamic routing between each ISP vendor PoP and designated HHS TIC Internet site location. 8. The ISP service shall support AS-Path filtering, prefix-lists, Multi-Exit Discriminators (MEDs), and community strings to control and customize individual customer BGP requirements. 9. The ISP service shall support Federal Government assigned and InterNIC registered IPv4 network address, autonomous system numbers (ASN), and domain names. 10. The ISP service IP network must extend internationally, using peering agreements with major (Tier 1) global Internet providers. 11. The ISP service will support native IPv6 network addresses and the BGP IPv6 protocol. 12. The ISP service shall announce the full Internet routing table to each site plus a default originate route. 13. The ISP service turn up expediency will be considered as a weighted value. B. HHS Trusted Internet Connection Site Locations - Internet Connectivity Washington, DC Locations This Washington, DC (WDC) area HHS TIC site location will be geographically separated between the NIH Rockville, MD and FDA Ashburn, VA locations listed below. Therefore, the HHS TIC Internet connectivity will be split between these two locations and engineered to function as a single Internet access point for the WDC TIC location. a. National Institutes of Health (NIH), 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20817 b. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - ACC4 Datacenter, 44480 Hastings Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147 c. Indian Health Service (IHS), 1011 Indian School Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 d. Center for Disease Control (CDC), 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Building 21, Atlanta, GA 30329 Service Delivery Options Bandwidth Capacity Upgrade 1) Provide pricing for each designated HHS TIC Internet site location Optional bandwidth for future upgrade in multiple increments of 10Gbps in addition to above proposal for both transport connectivity and service port to the commodity Internet, including adherence to requirements numbering 2 through 13 list above. It is anticipated that MULTIPLE IDIQ AWARDS will be made from this solicitation. Individual orders will be firm fixed-price. This requirement is for one base year with options for four (4) successive one year periods. The period of performance is on or about May 1, 2012. The offeror shall include all information which documents and/or supports the qualification criteria in one clearly marked section of its proposal. All proposals received by April 2, 2012, 11:59 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) will be considered by NLM. Responses must be in writing, and must include pricing information and meet the criteria requirement. Offerors may propose all or any combination of the services, but proposal must clearly specify the services being offered. All responses from responsible sources will be considered. Inquiries regarding this procurement may be made to Amy Sheib, ap370t@nih.gov in writing. Please submit ONE electronic copy of the proposal on or before 11:59 PM EST, April 2, 2012 to: Amy Sheib, ap370t@nih.gov. The contractor shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under this contract. Full text of clauses and provisions are available at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): http://www.arnet.gov/far/. The FAR provisions and clauses sited herein are incorporated by reference into this solicitation. Offerors are advised to propose in accordance with the provision of FAR 52.212 1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (June 2008). FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (January 1999). Offerors are advised to provide with their offer a completed copy of the following provisions: FAR 52.212 3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (May 2011)-With DUNS Number Addendum [52.204-6 (April 2008)]. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212 4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (June 2010) - With Addenda [Stop Work Order, FAR 52.242-15 (August 1989) and Year 2000 Compliance (July 1997)]; FAR 52 212 5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (August 2011).
 
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Record
SN02710985-W 20120401/120330235941-48bb0a0168064200188ac70848eb4d7b (fbodaily.com)
 
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