SOURCES SOUGHT FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) NETWORK RADIO AGGREGATION NODES AND SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS)

SOURCES SOUGHT FOR IP NETWORK LINK RADIO AGGREGATION NODES, INTEGRATION AND INSTALLATION SUPPORT TO THE COLOMBIA GENERAL COMMAND FOR MILITARY FORCES FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS)INTRODUCTIONThe U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) on behalf of the Communications-Electronics Command Security Assistance Management directorate (CECOM SAMD) is issuing this Sources Sought notice as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest in, industry technologies available and capability to support/fulfill Foreign Military Sales (FMS) requirements for IP network link radio aggregation nodes, including integration and installation support.  The result of this sources sought/market survey will contribute to determining the method of procurement, if a requirement materializes. Based on the responses to this sources sought notice/market survey, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses (in full or in part) or procured

through full and open competition. Multiple awards may be made. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding submissions. The U.S. Government requests that interested parties submit a brief description of your company, your company’s solution, and your ability to meet potential system requirements.DISCLAIMERTHIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT/MARKET RESEARCH IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.PROGRAM BACKGROUNDCECOM SAMD administers and manages FMS cases including communications requirements in partner nations. CECOM SAMD’s goal is to satisfy customer country requirements for IP network link radio aggregation nodes, including required site integration and installation support for the Colombia General Command of Military Forces.REQUIRED CAPABILITIESThe purpose of this market research/sources sought is to identify interested sources that are certified and able to provide IP network link radio aggregation nodes, including integration and installation support that meets the following characteristics/requirements.          1.  Upgrade and integrate into the current Colombia Military Red Integrada de Communicaciones (RIC) infrastructure systems and software required to support ten (10) additional IP network radio frequency (RF) links as described below.                       a. Hardware and software shall include, but not be limited to necessary quantities of the following CERAGON IP network link radio aggregation systems with associated operating software and installation hardware:  IP-20N Dual Rack Unit (RU)/10-Slot Base Radio Package, IP-20G-M2-E6-T16-2DC Radio with SM Card, RFU-D-HP Dual Transmit 8 GHz Split Basic Radio, 1500HP 6LG Dual Receiver SM Radio (40 MHz), RFU-HP 7G Single Receive up 56M SM Radio, RFU-CX-36-TL Radio.                       LINK/LOCATIONS                                      CONFIGURATION                          CAPACITY          1. Pueblo Nuevo, Norte de Santander –         Dual-Carrier (2+0) Aggregation         150 Mbps              Ocana, Norte de Santander                         Cross-Polarization Interference                                                                                  Cancellation (XPIC)          2. Pueblo Nuevo, Norte de Santander –         2+0 Single Polarization (SP)               150 Mbps             Abrego, Norte de Santander          3. Pompalona, Norte de Santander –              2+0 SP                                                300 Mbps              Abrego, Norte de Santander          4.  Pueblo Bello, Cesar –                                 2+0 XPIC                                           100 Mbps               Valledupar, Cesar                   5.  Filo de Hambre, Putumayo  –                    2+0 SP                                                300 Mbps               Pitalito, Huila          6.  El agrado, Huila –                                      2+0 SP                                                300 Mbps               Pitalito, Huila          7.  Barrancabermeja, Santander –                   2+0 XPIC                                           150 Mbps               Cimitarra, Santander                   8. Turbaco, Bolivar –                                      Quad-Carrier (4-0) XPIC                    700 Mbps              Piojo, Atlantico                   9.  Minca, Santa Marta (Site 14) –                   2+0 XPIC                                          300 Mbps               Minca, Santa Marta (Site 15)                   10. Minca, Santa Marta (Site 15) –                 2+0 SP                                               300 Mbps                Nato Nuevo, Guajira                                                                                                      b. RF links shall achieve minimum availability of 99.998% per year with a bit error rate (BER) of 10-6.  Backbone links shall have a fade margin > 25 dBm.  All RF link hardware shall have adaptive modulation (16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)).                       c. All RF link hardware shall include the following interfaces without external multiplexers (i.e required interfaces must be native to the RF equipment).  Ethernet and TDM traffic shall be transported natively end-to-end via network links and allow interconnection of services from any existing RIC station when required.  Giga Ethernet ports shall be capable of being physically and logically interconnected to Fast Ethernet ports of other equipment without errors.  Radios shall have an Ethernet capacity of 1513 bytes and the ability to transmit and receive Ethernet packets > 9600 bytes.          SITE/LOCATIONS                                       STM-1     E1    GIGA E-NET FAST E-NET          Site 1. Pueblo Nuevo, Norte de Santander        0           16               2                      4          Site 2. Ocana, Norte de Santander                     0           16               2                      4          Site 3. Abrego, Norte de Santander                   0           16               2                      4          Site 4. Pompalona, Norte de Santander              0           16               2                      4          Site 5. Pueblo Bello, Cesar                                 0             0               2                      4          Site 6. Valledupar, Cesar                                   0             0               2                      4          Site 7. Filo de Hambre, Putumayo                      0             0               2                      4          Site 8. El agrado, Huila                                      0             0               2                      4          Site 9. Pitalito, Huila                                          0             0               2                      4          Site 10. Barrancabermeja, Santander                  0             0               2                      4          Site 11. Cimitarra, Santander                              0             0               2                      4          Site 12. Turbaco, Bolivar                                   0           16               3                      4                     Site 13. Piojo, Atlantico                                     0           16               3                      4          Site 14. Minca, Santa Marta                              0             0               2                      4          Site 15. Minca, Santa Marta                              0             0               2                      4          Site 16. Hato Nuevo, Guajira                             0             0               2                      4                      d. All RF antennas shall be minimum high performance reference (COMMSCOPE) for backbone and high capacity links.  Antennas must be double or single polarized depending on link requirements. The system must comply with the provisions of the Colombia Ministerio de Tecnologias de la Informacion y de las Communicaciones (MINTIC), the ITU-R and ITU-T.  The system must permit the creation of logical groupings from 2 to 8 radio channels in a virtual tube with a total capacity equal to the sum of the capacity of each independent radio channel without the need for Ethernet traffic aggregation in the OSI model layer 2, link aggregation, or the use of MAC addresses for load balancing.          2.  Upgrade and integrate into 57 RIC network sites IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) technology including the following:                      a. Fifty-seven (57) each Nokia 7705 8-Port Service Aggregation Routers (SAR-8) including required 8-Port GE SFP Card V3, 7705 SAR-8 NGE Chassis License, and 8-Port GE SFP Card V3 License.                      b. Five (5) each Nokia 7705 SAR-8 including one (1) each of the following items per bundle:  CSMV2-7705 SAR-8, 7705 SAR-8 Fan Module, Shelf-V2, 8-Port GE SFP Card V3, 7705 SAR-8 NGE License, 8-Port GE SFP Card V3 Encryption.                      c. Nokia Network Services Platform (NSP) consisting of two (2) each per bundle NSP V.19 NFM-P Conversion Standard, one (1) each per bundle SRS NSP Annual Fee, 684 each per new hardware bundle 5620 SAM R14 Premium Suite License Point, and 4354 each per existing hardware bundle LP Conv. Std. to Premium.                      d. Required Nokia VSR bundles consisting of 2 each per bundle VSR-a SN8 R16.0 DC (to 20 GHz), 2 per bundle DC Power Supply Cable, 2 per bundle ASL VSR NGE 10Gbps, 4 per bundle SFP+ 10GE SR – LC ROHS6/6 0/70C, 4 per bundle SFP 1 GE SX.                      e. 4 each 24-Port Switch RJ45/SFP Managed LAN Servers.                      f. 2 each Core 7750-SR-12 including 1 each per bundle of the following:  IOM – 7750 SR IOM4-e L3HQ, SFM – 7750 SR SFM5-12 + CPM5, IOM3 – XP.          3.  Provide the following support services:                      a.  Conduct site surveys required to engineer links, understand space, power, and hardware capabilities and restrictions for integrating and installing new equipment.                      b. Design/engineer new IP RF links and equipment integration with existing RIC site infrastructure hardware.                      c. Perform integration and install new equipment.                      d.  Test new equipment and the performance and functionality of the equipment as part of the entire network infrastructure at all RIC sites.                      e.  Conduct training of network operators and system administrators.                      f.  Provide 2 years of preventative and corrective maintenance and technical support.Request responses include Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) price and availability (P&A) information and location of CONUS-based training.SPECIAL REQUIREMENTSAny resulting contract is anticipated to have a security classification level of Unclassified. Any resulting contract shall be compliant with the specialty metals restriction of the Berry Amendment (10 U.S.C. 2533a and 2533b) in accordance with DFARS clauses 252.225-7008 and 252.225-7009. ELIGIBILITYThe applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 334210.The Product Service Code (PSC) is D322.SUBMISSION DETAILSInterested sources should furnish the following information, in the format provided below: (1) Name and address of company, with Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. Any interested company must be registered with Central Contractor Registration (CCR). (2) Point of Contact Name, Department, phone number, and email address. (3) Identify past and current services your company offers that exactly match the capabilities specified above. (4) Address your company's capability to act as a single provider for the hardware and services defined herein. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of any resulting request for proposal (RFP) will be accepted prior to its release.Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement(s), shall be electronically submitted to Contract Specialist, Anh Q. Nguyen, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email anh.q.nguyen14.civ@mail.mil no later than 10:00am Eastern Time (ET) on 04 NOV 2020. Reference this sources sought/synopsis number in the e-mail subject line and on all enclosed documents. Responses shall include documented capability to deliver required radio systems and equipment. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.