SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Mediation System
- Notice Date
- 3/2/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Acquisition Management, None, Washington, District of Columbia, 20537
- ZIP Code
- 20537
- Solicitation Number
- DEA-12-STII-0002
- Archive Date
- 3/24/2012
- Point of Contact
- Ghazala Shabnam, Phone: 703-495-6774
- E-Mail Address
-
ghazala.x.shabnam@usdoj.gov
(ghazala.x.shabnam@usdoj.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A SOLICITATION. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI. ALL RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES (SMALL AND LARGE) ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND TO THIS RFI. The purpose of this RFI is to gather information about commercially available Lawful Interception Mediation and Management Systems that meet the requirements discussed hereon. Interested vendors should submit a technical description of their Lawful Interception Mediation and Management System such as overall system architecture, system specifications to include interfaces and protocols supported, operational features and options, interworking capabilities with other commercially available Lawful Interception Mediation and Management Systems, physical characteristics, estimate of time for delivery, and a description of warranty and product support. The planned use for the Lawful Interception Mediation and Management System will be to provision and mediate data for an overseas mobile wireless service provider's network, and to deliver all mobile voice intercepted related data (IRI) and data (i.e. SMS, MMS) content to an existing collection system. REQUIREMENTS The DEA is seeking information from potential sources (small or large) with a proven capability to deliver a Lawful Interception Mediation and Management solution for a non-U.S. based wireless mobile service provider operating Motorola IDEN technology based network architecture. The contractor shall provide detailed information on HI1 provisioning protocols, HI2 delivery protocols (i.e. ETSI 201.671, J-STD-025), and HI3 delivery capabilities for Motorola IDEN technology based Interconnect and Dispatch (Push to Talk) wireless voice and data (SMS, MMS) services. The contractor shall also provide a detailed list of other commercially available Lawful Interception Management Systems (LIMS) that interface with a Motorola proprietary Lawful Interception solution for IDEN technology based services that the contractor has proven capability to interface with for HI1 provisioning and HI2 mediation. RESPONSES This is a Request for Information (RFI). This is not a solicitation, award or request for proposals and does not obligate the government to award a contract. All responsible businesses, including small businesses, are encouraged to respond to this RFI. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Office of Investigative Technology (ST) is conducting market research and requests input from industry to assist in requirements planning. The DEA will not be responsible for any cost incurred by interested parties in responding to this RFI. Any and all associated costs shall be expended solely at the expense of the responder. Unsolicited proposals or offers of any kind will not be considered in response to this RFI. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. At this time, questions concerning the composition and requirements for a future RFP, as well as those regarding the nature of the services to be performed under any future initiative will not be accepted. Email responses to this RFI to Ghazala.X.Shabnam@usdoj.gov by March 23, 2012. Responses must include the following information: 1. Company name; mailing address; physical address; point of contact; telephone number; fax number; email address; DUNS number; NAICS code; company business size (if small indicate type); and GSA schedule number (if applicable). 2. A corporate or company capability statement between one and 10 pages that includes relevant experience within the past three years. Relevant experience is defined as possessing the experience described in the "Requirements" section above. The capability statement should include a technical description of the software and/or hardware and maintenance and other contractor support services required for the government installation and support of all items related to the software and/or hardware system. 3. A representative sample of contracts your firm was awarded to provide the requirements as described in this notice within the past three years. For each contract listed include the type of contract; total estimated value; contract period of performance (e.g., base and number of option periods); customer (i.e. federal agency) and respective point of contact (e.g., point of contact's name, phone number, and email address). 4. Published documentation about the system to include manuals, white papers and other technical documentation (if available). 5. A rough order of magnitude of pricing for the supplies/services described above.   The Government encourages creativity and innovation in responses to this RFI. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 334290 - Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing, with a size standard in number of employees of 750. Interested parties are requested to submit the above requested information directly via e-mail to: Ghazala.x.Shabnam@usdoj.gov no later than March 23, 2012. Any responses received after the closing date will not be considered. No literature will be returned to responding sources and each source is solely responsible for all expenses associated with submitting their literature. All information will be kept confidential and will not be disseminated to the public.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Drug Enforcement Administration, Lorton, Virginia, 22079, United States
- Zip Code: 22079
- Zip Code: 22079
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