SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- MODIFICATION 0001 OF COMBINED SYNOPSIS W80Y0J82495001. MODIFICATION ANSWERS QUESTIONS ASKED BY VENDORS. MAY BE HELPFUL TO ALL POTENTIAL VENDORS. RESPONSE DATE IS ALSO EXTENDED UNTIL SEP 24,2008.
- Notice Date
- 9/18/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 517410
— Satellite Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, National Guard Bureau, USPFO for Washington, USPFO for Washington, Building 32, Camp Murray, Tacoma, WA 98430-5170
- ZIP Code
- 98430-5170
- Solicitation Number
- W80Y0J82495001
- Response Due
- 9/24/2008
- Archive Date
- 11/23/2008
- Point of Contact
- donna.pratt, 2535128319<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Is there an existing gateway or base station the customer has extending the requested services or are they asking for public internet with analog voice capability? Public internet and analog voice 2. What type of antenna is the BROADBAND SATELLITE TERMINAL/MODEM CERTIFIED FIREWALL WITH VPN? a. Do you know if it is KU, KA or other? KU b. Do you know if the modem has to be IDirect, Linkway, or other? No requirement c. If they are securing the system with this modem how do they plan to do a VPN with the BGAN? The eVPN (web based) solution currently on GuardNet (not a huge priority) 3. Are there any technical specifics for the Analog phone lines? a. Where are the phone lines extended from? From some service bundle with the system b. Can the device extending the phone lines do compression and modulation of the tones to ensure reliability over a satellite link? Not extending from WA c. What is the device extending the Analog lines over the Satellite (Cisco router, Vocality, NET, other) If we do VOIP (which is fine), then a Cisco router for compatibility 4. Is the onsite support a T&M? It can be, if the support was caused by operator error. But, if the equipment just doesn't work properly, we are not paying time and materials for a fix. 5) What are the complete specifications of the laptop you require? Semi-rugged, minimal specs (XP, internet explorer) 6) Please clarify the warranty requirement: 6A) What is needed to meet the requirement for onsite response? Come to camp murray to fix it 6b) Is the NEXT BUSINESS DAY response time for the entire system or just the laptop? NBD replacement can be customarily purchased from the manufacturer for the laptops. The entire system (the laptop is actually the least important thing... We have hundreds of those) 6C) Is the 3 year warranty required for the entire system or just the laptop? Entire system 7) In order to suggest the most economical BGAN Airtime plan to support the requirement for 1 Year of Internet Service, what is your anticipated usage for the BGAN satellite airtime? (i.e. How many megabytes of background IP or streaming IP data service are required and how many voice minutes are required?) Enough to adequately test the system each week, with the ability to surge during an emergency. 8) In the requirement for training (TRAINING ONSITE OR DL), what is meant by or DL? Distributive learning: WebEx (or similar) or VTC, but not a training CD/DVD 9) Would a system sized to be airline checkable baggage be acceptable? Yes. 10) Please clarify your requirement for the VPN firewall. What type of encryption is required (AES, Type 1, etc)? AES
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USPFO for Washington Building 32, Camp Murray Tacoma WA<br />
- Zip Code: 98430-5170<br />
- Zip Code: 98430-5170<br />
- Record
- SN01675263-W 20080920/080918223611-01b3e5d3d743709ef3d5e154b3420449 (fbodaily.com)
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