SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - Circuit and Networks Configuration Management System (CNCMS)Package
- Notice Date
- 10/11/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- P.O. Box 190022, North Charleston SC 29419-9022
- ZIP Code
- 29419-9022
- Solicitation Number
- N65236_SNOTE_0005FC9A
- Archive Date
- 11/2/2012
- E-Mail Address
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Contract Specialist
(paula.somers@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SUBMISSION ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 10:00 AM EDT on 02 NOVEMBER 2012. DESCRIPTION SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic is seeking information from industry on approaches, products, and/or standard modular solutions for an Information System (IS) that provides auto-discovery of network infrastructure and stores the information in a central repository. Hardware and software solutions should include Commercial-Off-The-Shelf COTS) and Government-Off-The-Shelf capabilities (GOTS). The desired objective is to incorporate a system into an existing network infrastructure that: (1) Provides auto-discovery of network infrastructure; (2) Provides a robust drawing tool to document non-discoverable devices; (3) Stores the information in a central repository; and (4)Protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and the IS. The CNCMS package should have the ability to rapidly integrate mature advanced technologies in focus areas identified below, and have existing accreditations from the United States Government and the Department of Defense (DoD). SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic may use this information for future product investments and to support the Department of Navy's investment policy. This notice is for Government, academic and industry stakeholders, science & technology organizations and research activities. Universities, Government Laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, with knowledge of relevant or alternative technologies, are encouraged to provide input. We are requesting submission of existing capability statements only. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Interested parties are welcome to address the complete RFI or a portion thereof. If addressing only a portion of the RFI, ensure that it is clear to the Government which section(s) are being addressed and the section(s) not being addressed. This RFI is issued SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. Responses to this RFI are not offers and do not commit the Government to a contract for any supply or service whatsoever. At this time, the Navy is not seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI and that all costs incurred or associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Small businesses having the capabilities to perform the tasking below are encouraged to reply to this RFI. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. It is the responsibility of the potential responders to monitor the FEDBIZOPPS website at http://www.fbo.gov and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website at https://e- commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/command/02/acq/navhome.nsf/homepage?readform for additional information pertaining to this requirement. BACKGROUND SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic has a task to assess potential solutions for the planning, implementation, and integration of network and communications equipment for organizations within the Federal Government. A goal of this task is to identify technology for improving communications and networking capabilities and provide recommendations of new technologies to meet that goal. The information obtained in response to this RFI will be of use to the Government in shaping potential future solicitations. Responders to this RFI may be considered for an invitation to present their capabilities to SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic. If invited, the Government shall not be responsible for any costs incurred to prepare and present to SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic on capabilities in one or more of the following focus areas. OBJECTIVE 1: Provides auto-discovery of network infrastructure. NETWORKS (DATA/VOICE). It is desired that respondents provide their unique product's information to include: (a) All Industry Certifications; (b) All Government Certifications; (c) All Accreditations; (d) Any Existing Contract and/or GSA Approved Contracts; (e) Interfaces; (f) Mounting Information; (g) ACCESS ROUTING, to include: (1) Network Protocols Supported; (2) Access Hardware Supported; (3) Dynamic Routing Supported; (4) Encryption Protocols Supported; (5) Military Encryptors Support Services; (6)Support IPv4 and (7)Support IPv6. (h) Auto-Discovery Function, to include capturing information on asset: (1) Firmware Version; (2)"Dirty" Circuits/Links; (3) LOCATION (a. Building; b. Room and c. Rack) (4) MAC Address; (5) Model Numbers; (6) Operating System; (7) Serial Numbers; (8) Software Version (i) Dynamic Mapping [(1) Data Link Layer (Layer 2) and (2) Network Layer (Layer 3)]. (j) CORRELATION OF SERVICE, Customer, and Communications Infrastructure, to include, but not limited to: 1) Active Patch Panels; 2)All Enclaves; 3)Application Path (i.e. Circuits Impacted); 4)Blocks of Circuits; 5)Circuit Layout; 6)Crisis Management System (CMS) VoSIP devices; 7)Cryptographic Devices; 8)Emergency Generator Systems; 9)Entire SONET; 10)Fiber Strands; 11)Circuits in Foreign Countries; 12)Devices in Foreign Countries 13)HVAC/Environmental/Utility Infrastructure 14) NETWORK AND PHYSICAL Design Technologies [a.Air Blown Fiber; b. Dense Wave Multiplexing (DWM); c. Isolated SONET Circuits; d. isolated SONET Trunks; e. Promina Devices; f. P.25 Architecture; g. PRC-117 Architecture; h. Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Circuits; i. Very High Frequency (VHF) Line Of Sight (LOS) Circuits; j. Video TeleConference (VTC) Suites; k. Voice over IP (VoIP) Circuits; 15) NON-IP Assets (a. Black Switch; b. Facsimile Connections; c. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); d. Off-Premise Extension (OPX) Circuits; e. Point-to-Point Connections; f. Red Switch; g. Secure Voice (SV); h. Secure Terminal Equipment (STE) Circuits; i. Sectera(r) vIPer Circuits; 16) Passive Patch Panels; 17) Racks; 18) Routing to include Multiple Paths (i.e. Secondary and Tertiary Routing); 19) Services Path (i.e. Customers Impacted); 20) Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS); 21) Wide Area Network (WAN) Rings; k) NETWORK ASSET MANAGEMENT, to include: a. Managing down to the port/pair level; b. Monitoring down to the port/pair level; c. Managing down to the Network Interface Card (NIC) level; d. Monitoring down to the NIC level l) REMOTE/CONSOLE Access Capabilities - a. hpterm; b. PuTTY; c. Virtual Private Network (VPN) Capabilities; m) REMOTE ADMINISTRATION Capabilities; n) Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) Rating; o) Classification Levels Equipment Will Support; p) Meantime Between Failure (MTBF) Documents; q) Scheduled Vendor Demonstration Dates. OBJECTIVE 2: Provides a robust drawing tool to document non-discoverable devices. FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION. It is desired that respondents provide their unique product's information to include: a) All Industry Certifications; b) All Government Certifications; c) All Authority To Operate (ATO) Documents; d) All Accreditations; e) All Completed Access Authorizations; f) Any Existing Contract and/or GSA Approved Contracts; g) Interfaces; h) IMPORT FUNCTIONALITY [1) Automated Import Capabilities; 2) Import File Formats; 3) Import Graphs; 4) Import Options] i) EXPORT FUNCTIONALITY [1) Export of Data from Tabular Views; 2) Export of Data from Graphical Views; 3) Export File Formats; 4) Export Graphs; 5) Export Options; 6) Printing of Graphical Views; 7) Printing Capabilities; 8) Report Capabilities; 9) Scalability Capabilities] j) MAINTAINABILITY/RELIABILITY [1) Continuity of Operations (COOP) Support; 2) Logging Capabilities; 3) Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) Capabilities; 4) Robust API Suite; 5) Self-Monitoring of Server Processes; 6) Support Addition of New Equipment Models within Tool; 7) Support Archival/Removal of Historical Configurations from Active Records] k) BUSINESS COORDINATION/PROCESS Support [1) Assign and Track Work Orders that Drive Changes to Connectivity/Network Elements; a. Cost Estimating to Perform the Work Order/Project; b. Relate Proposed Network Changes to Pending Work Orders] l) CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT (CM) [1) Baseline Management- a. Analysis of Current Configurations Compared with Previous/Proposed Configurations; b. "As-Built" Configuration (Baseline); c. Asset Tracking; d. "Build In" of a Planned Circuit; e. Identification of Circuit Breakout; f. Identification of Circuit Impact; g. Identification of a Faulty Failure to an Authorized Service Interruption (ASI); h. Identification of Outdated Firmware; i. Identification of Circuits No Longer in Use; j. Identification and Recording of Circuit Type/Sub-type; k. Identification of Proposed Changes in Progress; l. Multiple Proposed Changes to a Single Configuration Item; m. Previous Configuration; n. Proposed Changes; o. Support Circuit Naming by RuleSet; p. Support Circuit Re-Validation; q. Versioning. 2) Assign Circuit Identification (Common Name); 3) Customizable Dashboard (by Shop); 4) Dependency Reporting Capabilities; 5) Inventory of Hardware for Respective IT Network; 6) Labeling of Circuits; 7) Multiple Routing Options; 8) Offline Functionality (Cache Database to End User Device); 9) Overlay Capability ("Layered" Views); 10) Query Capabilities, including Ability to Save Query; 11) Recording of Monthly/Annually Recurring Costs for Circuits; 12) Recording of Site/Building Owners, as Well as Work Center Responsibilities; 13) Reporting Capability with Ability to Customize Reports; 14) Reservation of Ports, Slots, Rack Space, or Floor Space; 15) Show Local Topology; 16) "Sandbox" Environment for Demo/Testing; 17) Support Custom Templates; 18) Support of Circuit Monitoring; 19) Synchronization to External Device; 20) Warranty Information/Integration with Agency Equipment Management System (EMS); 21) Zoom Function (Circuit "Drill down") m) SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT, within tool, of: 1) Block Diagrams; 2) Custom Device Models; 3) Diagrams; 4) Generic Shapes; 5) Spreadsheets; 6) Engineering Development Models (EDM) n) SUPPORT DEPICTION, within tool, of: 1) Available Physical Space; 2) Available Ports/Slots; 3) Logical Topology; 4) Physical Topology; 5) Point-to-Point Flows; 6) Rack Configuration; 7) Rack Placement/Elevations; 8) Signal Flow; 9) Truncated Path; 10) Wireless Coverage and Interference. o) SUPPORT FUTURE Requirement Changes to: 1) Architecture; 2) End Device. p) INTEROPERABILITY [1) AutoDesk AutoCAD(tm); 2) Fujitsu NetSmart(tm); 3) Microsoft Office(tm) Suite; 4) Microsoft Sharepoint(tm); 5) Microsoft Visio(tm); 6) SolarWinds(tm); 7) Support Hyper Linking to Other Applications. q) MAINTAINABILITY/Reliability [1) Automated Failover; 2) Data Replication; 3) Minimal Failover Time; 4) Off-Site Backup; 5) Record Maintenance Activity. r) EVALUATION Assurance Level (EAL) Rating; s) Classification Levels Equipment Will Support; t) Meantime Between Failure (MTBF) Documents; u) Scheduled Vendor Demonstration Dates OBJECTIVE 3: Stores the information in a central repository. DATA MANAGEMENT. It is desired that respondents provide their unique product's information to include: a) All Industry Certifications; b) All Government Certifications; c) All Accreditations; d) Any Existing Contract and/or GSA Approved Contracts; e) Interfaces; f) IMPORT FUNCTIONALITY--1) Automated Import Capabilities - a. Blueprints (AutoCAD(tm)); b. Network Diagrams (Visio(tm)); c. Spreadsheets (Excel(tm)); 2) Import File Formats; 3) Import Graphs; 4) Import Options; g) EXPORT FUNCTIONALITY [1) Export File Formats; 2) Export Graphs; 3) Export Options; 4) Printing Capabilities;5) Report Capabilities] h) Charting Capabilities; i) Drawing Capabilities [1) Drawing Scalability;2) Electrical Distribution; 3) Emergency Generators; 4) Power Panels; 5) Racks; 6) Servers]. j) CENTRAL REPOSITORY (Single Instance), that Houses Information on: 1) Geographic location of network components; 2) Floor plans reflecting rack, device, and cable tray placement; 3) Physical connection of network components; 4) End-to-end physical connectivity with association to supported circuit connectivity; 5) Ownership, lease rights, and cost of network components; 6) Responsible work center, contact personnel, and contact numbers for equipment and circuits; 7) The mapping of communications service and/or customer to physical network component; 8) Supporting utilities and physical infrastructure; 9) Information on Degraded Services. k) DATA CAPTURE [1) Accept Data Injections; a. Commercial Vendors (AT&T, Verizon, etc); b. Fujitsu(r) NetSmart(tm); c. Meshed Networks; d. Simple Network Management System (SNMS) Data; e. SolarWinds; f. Time Division Multiplexing (TDM); g. Voice-over-IP (VoIP)]. 2) Document Failures [a. Power Failures; b. Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Failures;] 3) Capture When Components Change; 4) Produce an Enterprise View (EV); 5) Depict Make of a Product; 6) Depict Model of a Product; 7) Scheduled Time to Conduct Auto-Discovery Functions; 8) Capture when a Circuit is Started; 9) Capture when a Circuit is Stopped; 10) Account for Tube Distribution Units (TDU) l) DATA REPORTING -- 1) Report Generator; 2) Support "AS IS" Monthly Reporting; 3) Support "AS IS" Quarterly Reporting; 4) Support "AS IS" Semi-Annually Reporting m) MAINTAINABILITY 1) Trend Analysis [a. Support Integration with HelpDesk; b. Failure Statistics (How Many Times/What Was the Fix); c. Record Technician ID When Worked On]. 2) Error-Checking with Warning/Alert on Incomplete Entry; 3) Generate Unique Barcodes for Circuit/Equipment; 4) Support Search of Barcodes; 5) Support Search by Circuit; 6) Support "Drill down" to Test Points, then Port/Pair; 7) Support Barcode Scanner Connectivity; 8) Troubleshooting Tool that Includes Test Procedure/Setup. n) MINIMAL Use of Software Development Kit (SDK); o) Query Functionality; p) Searchable/User-Formable Data; q) Support Unlimited Objects; r) Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) Rating; s) Classification Levels Equipment Will Support; t) Meantime Between Failure (MTBF) Documents; u) Scheduled Vendor Demonstration Dates. OBJECTIVE 4: Protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and the IS. INFORMATION Assurance. It is desired that respondents provide their unique product's information to include: a) All Industry Certifications; b) All Government Certifications; c) All Authority To Operate (ATO) Documents; d) All Accreditations; e) All Completed Access Authorizations; f) Any Existing Contract and/or GSA Approved Contracts; g) Interfaces; h) Access Control; 1) Support 802.1x; 2) Support IPSEC; 3) Support Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP); 4) Support Single Sign On (SSO) i) Support a Minimum of 50 Total Users; j) Support a Minimum of 25 Concurrent Users; k) Must Pass Vulnerability Scanning--[1) Retina(tm) Scanning; 2) Nessus(tm) Scanning;] l) Role-based Account Privileges--[1) User Account; 2) Power User Account; 3) Administrator Account; 4) Validator Account]. m) Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) Rating; n) Classification Levels Equipment Will Support; o) Meantime Between Failure (MTBF) Documents; p) Scheduled Vendor Demonstration Dates. REQUESTED INFORMATION Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper in accordance with this RFI - identifying their capabilities as stated above. Respondents shall also include past relevant experience, and any information the interested party deems appropriate to demonstrate their capability and interest in the contents of this RFI. Interested parties are welcome to address the complete RFI or a portion thereof. If addressing only a portion of the RFI, ensure that it is clear to the Government which section(s) are being addressed and the section(s) not being addressed. Reponses should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format, supplemented with Excel, PowerPoint, and.pdf formatted attachments as necessary and are due no later than 10:00 AM EDT on 02 NOVEMBER 2012. Responses shall be submitted to SPAWAR electronically via the SPAWAR E-commerce website, located at: https://e-commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/command/02/acq/navhome.nsf/homepage?readf orm. Respondents must register and select a password in order to submit a paper. Respondents are required to read the "Submitting a Proposal" information located on the SPAWAR E-commerce website. Should technical difficulties occur, respondents should immediately notify the specified SPAWAR contracting official, Ms. Paula S. Somers, at paula.somers@navy.mil. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate any proprietary information from non-proprietary information in your response. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. The response will be reviewed by Government personnel only. RESPONSE FORMAT The response is to include: (a)Abstract; (b)Discussion of Concept of Operations; (c) Technology description; and (d) Summary of current Technical Readiness Levels (TRL). the response shall provide administrative information including the following as a minimum: (a) Primary Point-of-Contact(name, address, phone number, email address, CAGE code, DUNS number);(b) Business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBzone small business, wo
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