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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 30, 2010 FBO #3140
SOLICITATION NOTICE

D -- Installation and expansion of commercial wireless internet

Notice Date

6/28/2010
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

238210 — Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
 

Contracting Office

Fort Leavenworth DOC (W91AF4), 600 Thomas Avenue, Unit 3, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-1417
 

ZIP Code

66027-1417
 

Solicitation Number

W91QF4-10-Q-0020
 

Response Due

7/27/2010
 

Archive Date

9/25/2010
 

Point of Contact

Chris Eischen, (913)684-1635
 

E-Mail Address

Fort Leavenworth DOC (W91AF4)
(christopher.eischen@us.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a formal written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this acquisition is W91QF4-10-Q-0020. Quotes are being requested for the required items and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-40. This acquisition is for the installation and expansion of commercial wireless internet and is a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 238210 with a size standard of $14,000,000.00 dollars. The following FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses are hereby incorporated into this solicitation: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items Alt 1 (offerors must submit an executed copy with their quotes); 52.219-6 Notification of Total Small Business Set-Aside. All vendors must have a current Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Site Visit - A site visit will be held at Eisenhower Hall located at 250 Gibbons Ave, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. We will be meeting at the main entrance of Eisenhower Hall. Please note that parking will be limited, therefore, no more than one car per contractor will be permitted. A reservation is required, so please send an email to christopher.eischen@us.army.mil no later than July 12, 2010 if you plan to attend. All questions relating to this solicitation shall be submitted no later than 16 July 2010, 1:00 P.M. CDT. Proposals must be received by the requiring office no later than 27 July 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices The contractor shall enter the total amount in the area provided for each CLIN. ITEM NOSUPPLIES/SERVICESQUANTITYUNITUNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 Dollars, U.S.1 Development, Installation and Support of Commercial Wireless Internet FFP The contractor shall provide all labor and materials to perform the work in accordance with the performance work statement. FOB: Destination NET AMT ITEM NOSUPPLIES/SERVICESQUANTITYUNITUNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0002 1 Each Contractor Manpower Reporting FFP Contractor shall comply with the Department of the Army's Contractor Manpower Reporting (CMR) requirement. See Section H for instructions. FOB: Destination NET AMT SECTION C PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT Commercial Internet (COMNET) Expansion Project for Directorate of Education Technology (DOET) 1. Project Title. Installation and expansion of the Time Warner commercial wireless internet. 2. Background. The Command and General Staff College (CGSC) developed and installed a commercial wireless internet for Eisenhower Hall, using Time Warner. The initial development of the commercial wireless internet was to facilitate CGSC students, guests, staff and faculty with access to the wireless commercial internet to conduct educational research in common areas. 3. Scope. Contractor shall utilize existing commercial internet infrastructure to expand the wireless coverage for Eisenhower Hall with Internet service of up to 1GB capacity. The expansion module needs to seamlessly integrate into the existing infrastructure while providing additional network management capabilities. This expansion will encompass Eisenhower Hall (all classrooms and administrative offices). Contractor shall be responsible for the design, procurement, installation, and integration of an expansion to the existing commercial wireless internet. The expanded campus system network switching shall be designed to provide up to 1GB capacity to allow for future increase in internet service capability. 4. Applicable Documents and Standards. These applicable documents are available at http://www.apd.army.mil/USAPA_PUB_search_P.asp a. AR 25-1 Army Knowledge and Information Technology Management 04 DEC 2008 b. AR 25-1-1 Information Technology Support and Services 25 OCT 2006 c. AR 25-2 Army Information Assurance 03 AUG 2007 d. American National Standards Institute (ANSI): 1)ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2: Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard, Part 2: Balanced Twisted Pair Cabling Components 2)ANSI/TIA/EIA-606-A: Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings 3)ANSI/TIA/EIA-607: Commercial Building Grounding and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications 4)American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 5)ASTM E 814 (2000): Test Method for Fire Tests of Through-Penetration Fire Stops. 6)National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 7)NFPA 70: (2002) National Electrical Code 8)National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Advisory Memorandum: 9)NSTISSAM TEMPEST/2-95: National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Advisory Memorandum e. Underwriters Laboratories (UL): 1)UL 910: Standard for Safety for Test for flame propagation and smoke density values for electrical and optical fiber cables used in spaces transporting environmental air 2)UL 1479: (2003) Fire Tests of Through-Penetration Firestops f. BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Service International) Cabling shall be installed in accordance with the most recent approved edition of BICSI publications: 1) BICSI TDMM: (Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual) 2) BICSI ITSIM: (Information Transport Systems Installation Manual) 5. Performance Requirements: 5.1: The contractor shall provide written documentation via MS Word on how they plan to integrate the wireless expansion into the existing wireless, wireless security, and switching infrastructure by utilizing fiber based Internet access. Current level of service is 10 megabit download and 10 megabit upload speed. 5.1.1 Deliverable. The contractor shall review current commercial wireless internet security and switching infrastructure to develop his/her plan to expand based on the criteria set forth within the Section 4 Scope and Section 6 Performance Standards of the Performance Work Statement. Upon contract award, the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) will review and go over the exact layout of the expansion and location of key infrastructure to utilize. 5.1.2 Minimal Acceptable Standard (MAS). Final documentation of the wireless expansion shall be delivered to the COR within five (5) working days of contract award to the COR based on the criteria set forth in Section 4 Applicable Documents and Standards. 5.2: The contractor shall conduct a survey to determine optimal locations of wireless Access Points (WAPs) for the second and third floor of Eisenhower Hall. 5.2.1 Deliverable. Upon determination of the correct position of the wireless access points, the contractor shall provide written document and a diagram annotating the location of all WAPs within the second and third floor of Eisenhower Hall. The contractor shall ensure that all areas are covered with little overlap and that maximum coverage of the commercial wireless internet is provided. 5.2.2 MAS. Final written documentation (via MS Word) of the wireless survey shall be delivered within five (5) working days of contract award to the COR. Any changes or recommendations of the commercial wireless internet access points shall be brought to the attention of the COR at this time. 5.3: The contractor shall utilize the existing commercial internet infrastructure to expand the wireless coverage on the second and third floor of Eisenhower Hall with the current 10Mb capacity. The wireless expansion needs to seamlessly integrate into the existing system and infrastructure and integrate into the current network management and security capabilities, which currently consists of the following: Dynamic channel assignment: 802.11 channels should adjust to optimize network coverage and performance based on changing RF conditions. Interference detection and avoidance to detects interference and recalibrates the network to avoid performance issues. Automatic load balancing of users across multiple access points for optimum network performance, even under heavy load. Coverage hole detection and correction utilizing Radio Resource Management (RMM) software to detect coverage holes and attempts to correct them by adjusting the power output of access points. Dynamic power control to adjust the power output of individual access points to accommodate changing network conditions, helping to ensure predictable wireless performance and availability. 802.11i Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), WPA, and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). 802.1X with multiple Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) types-Protected EAP (PEAP), EAP with Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS), EAP with Tunneled TLS (EAP-TTLS), EAP-FAST, EAP-SIM and Cisco LEAP. Radio Frequency (RF) security-Detect and avoid 802.11 interference and control unwanted RF propagation within the wireless network. Wireless LAN intrusion prevention and location to not only detect rogue devices or potential wireless threats, but also locate these devices. Thus enabling system administrators to quickly assess the threat level and take immediate action to mitigate threats as required. Identity-based networking to provide DOET IT staff to support many different user access rights, device formats, and application requirements when securing wireless LANs. Layer 2 security-802.1x (PEAP, TLS, TTLS, FAST, SIM, LEAP), WPA, 802.11i (WPA2). Layer 3 security (and above): IPSec, web authentication. VLAN assignments. Access control lists (ACLs): IP restrictions, protocol types, port, and differentiated services code point (DSCP) value. QoS-multiple service levels, bandwidth contracts, traffic shaping and RF utilization. Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)/RADIUS-User session policies and rights management. 5.3.1 Deliverable. Utilizing the current commercial internet infrastructure, the contractor shall integrate current internet security, authentication, authorization, and other currently used services into the wireless expansion based on the initial criteria set forth in Task 5.3. The contractor shall provide and incorporate the wireless access points and ensure that they provide the maximum amount of coverage based on the survey conducted in task 5.2. Also, with little to no modification or changes of the current infrastructure, the expansion shall be seamless. 5.3.2 MAS. Integration of the commercial wireless internet expansion, with the current infrastructure software and hardware, shall be monitored during and upon completion of project to ensure 100% seamless integration. Any issues shall immediately be brought to the attention of the COR detailing the nature of the problem and possible resolution. 5.4: Directorate of Education Technology System Administrators need the capability to monitor and manage the commercial wireless internet and the expansion from one central location: Video Network Operations Center (VNOC) within DOET. Upon completion of the expansion project, the DOET System Administrators should be able to monitor and accomplish the core capabilities set forth in 5.4.1. 5.4.1 Deliverable. The contractor shall ensure that the DOET System Administrators have the ability to perform Wireless LAN Systems Management: LAN configuration, monitoring, and management as simple as effective as wired systems management. This includes the following core capabilities: "Troubleshooting: Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) has the ability to consolidate important network information, such as noise levels, signal-noise ratio, interference, signal strength, and network topology, thus allowing network administrators to isolate and resolve problems at all layers of a wireless network. "Software updates: upgrades to Cisco wireless LAN equipment must have the ability to be performed from a centralized location. "Network mapping: automatically discover individual devices within a wireless network. Thus eliminating the need for manual databse configuration and maintenance, and provides accurate information for capacity planning and troubleshooting purposes. "Customized reports: reports must be able to be generated, to document network activity and system information. This includes client statistics, radio utilization data, 802.11 counters, RF management configuration history, and alarms. 5.4.2 MAS. Core monitoring and managing capabilities shall be fully operational upon completion of the installation portion. After the installation portion, core monitoring and managing capabilities need to be fully operational 99% of the time within a one month period. 5.5: Contractor shall provide technical support for all commercial wireless internet systems (WAP). Technical Support shall cover technical input on the design, limitations, and implementation of future/new software and upgrade packages. 5.5.1 Deliverable. The contractor shall acknowledge all technical support requests and contact the requestor within one (1) hour (during normal work hours) and troubleshoot/resolve technical issues no later than three (3) hours of identification of an incident of technical support assignment. Estimated and actual time expended shall be documented. The contractor shall document all activities along with any noteworthy lessons learned or unusual issues encountered and report them in the monthly summary report to the System Administrators for future reference. The contractor shall incorporate lessons learned into updated training material. 5.5.2 MAS. The contractor shall acknowledge all technical support requests and contact the requestor within one (1) hour (during normal work hours) and troubleshoot/resolve technical issues no later than three (3) hours of identification of an incident. If an issue occurs outside the hours of operation, the contractor shall resolve the technical issue within three hours of the next working day. In the event that the contractor is unable to resolve a technical problem, the contractor shall provide a written notice to the COR within four (4) hours of the event notification. The written notice shall include the details of the nature of the problem and the steps that the contractor took to resolve the problem. Downtime is not limited to acts of nature such as power failure or mechanical failure that is beyond the control of the contractor. 6. Performance Standards: The contractor shall ensure that the personnel involved with the commercial wireless internet installation, setup, testing, and training (of the DOET Technical Support staff) maintain proper certification in accordance with Industy Standards. 7. Deliverables: All deliverables shall be provided to the COR, Directorate of Educational Technology, Command and General Staff College, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. 8. Government-Furnished Equipment and Information (GFE/GFI): The Government will provide the contractor with the following materials, facilities and services for use in performing the Performance Work Statement requirements: a.Access to appropriated Department of Defense and Department of the Army regulations and appropriate CAC/DOIM/CGSC policies needed to accomplish tasks contained in this PWS. The government will also provide names and addresses of pertinent points of contact for accomplishment of the contractors tasks. b. Typical office equipment that will be provided shall include: i.LAN connection (NIPRNET) and printer services associated with the LAN. ii.Access to a copy machine and FAX machine. iii.Telephone service. iv.Other data collection equipment/software as determined necessary. c.Hours of Operations. Contractor shall provide installation services during the normal government workday, 0730 to 1630 hours, technical support shall be provided within the same hours. 9. Place of Performance. The primary location for installation will be within the second and third floor of Eisenhower Hall located at 250 Gibbons Ave, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The technical support shall be conducted at the contractors facility. 10. Period of Performance. The period of performance shall consist of sixty (60) calendar days after the award of the contract for installation. 11. Security: All contractor personnel shall read AR 25-2 Information Assurance, dated 03 August 2007 (to be provided by the government), in order to familiarize themselves with the government's guidance on security. They will also read and understand AR 25-1 Army Knowledge Management & Information Technology, dated 04 December 2008, Chapter 5, Sections 5-1 through 5-10 and Chapter 6, Sections 6-1 and 6-2. Section H - Special Contract Requirements LOCAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING (CMR) ACCOUNTING FOR CONTRACTOR SERVICES a. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the contractor will report ALL contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performance of this contract. b. The contractor is required to completely fill in all the information in the format using the following web address https://contractormanpower.army.pentagon.mil. c. The required information includes: (1) Contracting Office, Contracting Officer, and Contracting Officers Technical Representative; (2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number, (3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period, (4) Contractor name, address, phone number, E-mail address, identity of contractor employee entering data; (5) Estimated direct labor hours (including subcontractors); (6) Estimated direct labor dollars paid this reporting period (including subcontractors); (7) Total payments (including subcontractors); (8) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each subcontractor if different); (9) Estimated data collection cost; (10) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (the Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information); (11) Locations where contractor and subcontractors perform the work (specified by zip code in the United States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on web site); (12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; and (13) Number of contractor and subcontractor employees deployed in theater this reporting period (by country). d. As part of its submission, the contractor will also provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. e. Reporting period will be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending 30 September of each government fiscal year and must be reported by 31 October of each calendar year. f. Contractors may use a direct extensible Markup Language (XML) data transfer to the database server or fill in the Fields on the web site. The XML direct transfer is a format for transferring files from a contractor's systems to the secure web site without the need for separate data entries for each required data element at the web site. The specific formats for the XML direct transfer may be downloaded from the web site. Section L - Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors Notice to Offerors: The following information is provided regarding this RFQ: Proposals must be received by the requiring office no later than 27 July 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. All quotes must be hard copy according to instructions for preparation and sent either by courier, USPS, or commercial carrier: For USPS: Mission and Installation Command-Fort Leavenworth ATTN: Chris Eischen 600 Thomas Ave. Unit 3 Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027 For courier or commercial carrier (FEDEX, UPS, etc): Mission and Installation Command-Fort Leavenworth ATTN: Chris Eischen 535 Carney Building 338, Blockburger Terrace Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027 All questions relating to this solicitation shall be submitted no later than 16 July 2010, 1:00 P.M. CDT. Questions may be emailed to Christopher.eischen@us.army.mil or sent in writing to: Mission and Installation Contract Command, ATTN: Chris Eischen, Contracting Specialist, 600 Thomas Ave, Ft. Leavenworth, KS 66027. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. REQUEST FOR QUOTE INSTRUCTIONS 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984) The Government contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price contract resulting from this solicitation. (End of provision) It is the Governments intention to award without discussions and based upon FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This contract will be based on Best Value to the Government with acceptable trade-offs. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF QUOTES The overall quote shall consist of one package with the following items: * Technical Approach * Past Performance * Price All vendors shall submit a quote with the minimum content as specified herein. A quote without the minimum specified content will be considered nonresponsive. I. PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 1. Your quote shall be specific, complete and demonstrate your understanding of the requirement, as well as your potential for completing the requirement. Your quoted information shall be prepared simply, with explanations to satisfy the requirements of the Statement of Objectives. 2. At a minimum, these parts shall contain the information specified below. B. CONTENTS (Original and 2 copies) TAB 1: Technical Information. This section shall contain the major portion of your proposal. It shall be presented in as much detail as practical. The proposal shall demonstrate the Offerors overall understanding of the scope of the services required. The proposal shall contain a detailed narrative fully explaining how the Offeror intends to accomplish the tasks and deliver the required deliverables with minimum risk to the Government in terms of quality and time. TAB 2: Past Performance. The offeror shall include documentation regarding their relevant past performance as it directly relates to the work being procured under this solicitation. The offeror shall not go back any further than 36 months for the submitted data. The past performance data shall document a successful history of past contract performance. In the case of an offeror without any relevant past performance history, past performance will be evaluated as neutral. TAB 3: Price. The prices shall be submitted fully completed and error free. It shall contain the offerors prices for the established Contract Line Items (CLINS). The offeror shall provide the estimated cost (if any) incurred to comply with the Department of the Armys Contractor Manpower Reporting (CMR) requirement. Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award This is a firm fixed price, Best Value to the Government procurement. The Price proposal may be subject to price analysis. Proposals will be assessed for how well the Offerors proposal meets the solicitation requirements. The Government will award to the Offeror whose proposal offers the Best Value to the Government in terms of Factors 1-3 as stated below. It is the Governments intention to award without discussions. Offerors are encouraged to present their best technical proposal and prices in their initial proposal submission. Evaluation Factors and Rating Methodology The evaluation to determine acceptability will be based on a complete assessment of the Offerors proposal. Quotes shall be evaluated on the following factors, in accordance with (IAW) Far 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items. All evaluation factors when combined are approximately equal to cost or price. Factor 1 - Technical Approach Factor 2 - Past Performance Factor 3 - Cost/Price Evaluation Factors Factor 1 Technical Approach: The Offeror shall demonstrate an understanding of the requirements within the Statement of Objectives (SOO). The proposal will be evaluated based on the proposed approach to perform the work. Factor 2 Past Performance: The Past Performance evaluation will assess the relative risks associated with an offerors likelihood of success in performing the solicitations requirements as indicated by the offerors record of past performance. Performance risk is assessed at the factor level after evaluating aspects of the offerors recent past performance and focusing on performance that is relevant to the services being procured under this solicitation. Factor 3 Cost/Price: Price analysis will be used to determine that the prices are fair, reasonable, and realistic in accordance with FAR 13.106-3. Price will not be assigned an adjectival rating or be scored. Rating Methods Factor 1 (Technical Approach) will receive one of the adjectival ratings defined below. Proposal risk is used to portray the evaluation of weaknesses in the offerors proposal. ADJECTIVAL RATING - DEFINITION Excellent - Excellent understanding of requirements and proposes an approach that significantly exceeds minimum requirements in a very beneficial manner to the Government. Proposal contains several significant strengths and other strengths. Proposal contains no identified deficiencies, significant weaknesses, or weaknesses. Excellent probability of success with very low degree of risk. Good - High quality in most respects and meets and in some instances exceeds minimum requirements in beneficial manner to the Government. Proposal contains some significant strengths and a few strengths. Proposal contains no deficiencies or significant weaknesses, and any identified minor weaknesses do not impact the probability of successful contract performance. Good probability of success with low degree of risk. Acceptable - Acceptable quality and meets minimum requirements necessary for acceptable contract performance. Proposal contains some strengths. Proposal contains no deficiencies or significant weaknesses, and any identified minor weaknesses do not impact the probability of meeting minimum requirements. Fair probability of success with low to moderate degree of risk. Marginal - A proposal that satisfies most but not all of the Governments requirements and fails to provide sufficient detail to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach. The proposal contains numerous weaknesses (to include significant weaknesses) and/or some deficiencies, but the overall approach is sufficiently sound that the weaknesses and/or deficiencies may be corrected without a major rewrite of the proposal. The degree of proposal risk is moderate to high. Factor 2 (Past Performance) will be assigned one of the ratings defined below. An offeror whose proposal demonstrates no past performance will be rated Neutral. An award will not be made to any offeror who receives a Marginal or Poor past performance rating. Rating Description Excellent - Essentially no doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort based on their performance record. Performance Risk Level: Very Low Good - Little doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort based on their performance record. Performance Risk Level: Low Adequate - Some doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort based on their performance record. Performance Risk Level: Moderate Marginal - Significant doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort based on their performance record. Performance Risk Level: High Poor - It is extremely doubtful that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort based on their performance record. Performance Risk Level: Very High Neutral - The offeror has little/no relevant past performance upon which to base a meaningful performance risk prediction. Performance Risk Level: Unknown Definitions: Deficiency. A material failure of a proposal to meet a Government requirement or a combination of significant weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level. Strength. Any aspect of a proposal when judged against a stated evaluation criterion enhances the merit of the proposal or increases the probability of successful performance of the contract. Significant Strength. A significant strength appreciably enhances the merit of a proposal or appreciably increases the probability of successful contract performance. Weakness. A flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contact performance. Significant Weakness. A flaw that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.
 

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Place of Performance

Address: Fort Leavenworth DOC (W91AF4) 600 Thomas Avenue, Unit 3 Fort Leavenworth KS

Zip Code: 66027-1417
 

Record

SN02190593-W 20100630/100628235544-69593f937d8409c45927b2028f7062de (fbodaily.com)
 

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