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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 02, 2006 FBO #1588
MODIFICATION

58 -- Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite communications system

Notice Date

3/31/2006
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

NAICS

334220 — Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), FTS, 7T-5 Oklahoma, 819 Taylor Street, Room 14A02, Fort Worth, TX, 76102
 

ZIP Code

76102
 

Solicitation Number

7TF-06-0004
 

Response Due

4/7/2006
 

Point of Contact

Elaine Lacker, Contracting Officer, Phone (817) 978-6142, Fax (817) 978-4739, - Elaine Lacker, Contracting Officer, Phone (817) 978-6142, Fax (817) 978-4739,
 

E-Mail Address

elaine.lacker@gsa.gov, elaine.lacker@gsa.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

This amendment number 3 is issued to post additional questions and answers. Date for receipt of proposals is extended to on or before Friday, April 7, at 3 PM (CST). Amendment 3 Questions and Answers 1. Can you please clarify the "shared" mentioned in I. Overview, middle of the paragraph each of the two deployed terminals and an available total (shared) downlink capability. ANSWER: Each deployed station should have a 2 MB uplink and 3MB downlink, so the base terminal should be able support 6MB uplink and 4MB downlink. 2. Do you need an original or will the indicated emailed or faxed copy be sufficient? ANSWER: Email or faxed copy will be sufficient as long as it contains a signature of someone authorized to commit the company to their proposal. 3. Would a non-penetrating roof mount be acceptable as a long term solution? ANSWER: Yes. 4. Is there a service elevator in the building that will allow direct access to the rooftop? ANSWER: No. 5. Is the rooftop flat? ANSWER: Yes. 6. Will the customer provide building engineering approvals for the loading of the satellite earth station on the rooftop? ANSWER: Yes. 7. What is the height of the building, and more specifically the height of the roof on which the 3.8 M Antenna will sit? ANSWER: It is a three story building, distance from roof to ground is 50'. 8. Is the building where the antenna will be mounted by itself or are there adjacent buildings in front, back and/or sides that may obstruct the line of site to the satellite? ANSWER: No line of site blockage. 9. How much area is available on the roof for the antenna foundation and construction? ANSWER: Lot of space, at least 50'x100'. 10. What material is the rooftop constructed from? Concrete, corrugated iron, other? ANSWER: Concrete roof with rubber/tar paper coating. 11. What is the Roof Membrane type? ANSWER: See answer to #10 above. 12. How much weight can the rooftop support without additional strengthening of the superstructure? ANSWER: Will know once load survey is complete. 13. Can we bore holes to penetrate the roof for cable runs? ANSWER: Unknown, can run outside down wall. 14. Can you clarify if the DTech equipment is GFE or needs to be supplied with both the HUB site and the Portable sites? ANSWER: There is no GFE Dtech Equipment. 15. Can you specify the required dataport interface type required for the NIPRnet access? ANSWER: RJ-45 16. Can you specify the required interface type required for the STU/STE connections? ANSWER: RJ-11. 17. Do you require the HUB equipment and software for the AOS Skypipe solutions or is it already existing? ANSWER: Yes, required. 18. Is the hardware also required for the AOS Skypipe portable solution or only the software? ANSWER: Both. 19. Where will training take place? ANSWER: At Fort Sam Houston, TX. 20. Section II.1 references a 24/7 support for 2 months after acceptance, yet a space segment lease for a 12 month period. a. Does the customer want 2 months of 24/7 on-site contractor support at the Hub site after acceptance? ANSWER: No, as long as system is fully functional prior to vendor departure after installation. b. Can the support be provided 24/7 via telephone for the hub and 2 deployed sites as a lower cost alternative? ANSWER: Yes, with the provision that if we can not solve the problem via telephone on then on site time required should be factored into the quote. 21. Please have 5th Army IT POC provided list of specific ?Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) consisting of Cisco routers, switches, UPS devices, KG250 IP encryption devices and Hardigg Transport cases??. ANSWER: Paragraph III. Government Furnished Equipment, of the FedBizOpps Combine Solicitation notice posted March 16, 2006, is replaced in its entirety by the following paragraph: III. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT Contractor will be required to engineer, incorporate, and configure Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) consisting of a Cisco 3824 Router and a Cisco 3560G switch into the required systems. The government will not provide any other equipment. NOTE: Vendor is required to provide UPS devices for the hub and remote satellites, which will provide power for 30 minutes. Vendor is also required to provide KG250 IP encryption devices (or equivalent), and transport cases (Hardig or equivalent). 22. To determine the best solution for the Protocol Enhancement Proxy that is needed at the hub and earth stations, could you provide the following information: (a) How many clients must be supported? ANSWER: The OCP is 57 persons strong. Would suggest that 40 at one time is a good number. (b) Which OS platforms must be supported? (Windows only, Windows and/or Linux, etc?) ANSWER: Windows only. (c) Will the various machines that are chained off the mobile terminal via the multiport switch be applying encryption at each host seat or can/will these streams be unencrypted while behind the encryptor in the mobile terminal cases? (The answer to this question determines whether or not a software-only client/server PEP architecture is required.) ANSWER: Bulk encrypted via KG-250 and AES for the VPN. 23. Wind requirements for hub? ANSWER: The hub must be installed and mounted to withstand 50 MPH windload. 24. Will there be power at this location (hub installation site)? Where will the vendor connect to the government?s power source/demarcation point for the hub satellite installation? ANSWER: The vendor will need to ensure that there is power to the dish. The vendor will connect into the building power at the third floor. Power in the server room provided off ARNORTH Rack; however, vendor must plan on UPS for equipment. The vendor will need to tell 5th Army the UPS/power requirements of the termination equipment.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Headquarters Fifth US Army,, ATTN: Gene Belcher, 1400 E. Grayson St. Bldg. 44, Room 149W, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-7000,

Zip Code: 78234-7000

Country: USA
 

Record

SN01019399-W 20060402/060331212721 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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