IE4 Power Request for Information Document

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

IE4 Power Installation
Tracking Number: 832675798
Defense Information Systems Agency, Program Acquisition Executive Office – Transport (PAE-Transport) Mission Support Portfolio is seeking white papers from industry to assist with the development and planning of a potential new requirement. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

1. Overview / Purpose / Description of Procurement
The Mission Support Portfolio PAE Transport is seeking innovate approaches and industry capabilities from potential sources to deliver a comprehensive contract for site power installation and implementation for the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) and Department of War (DoW) Teleport Program Office, the 3rd largest global carrier-grade network responsible for delivering information superiority to the Warfighter. The Contractor shall perform the planning, scheduling, coordination, management control and execution of site power upgrade efforts to ensure completion of power surveys, procurement and delivery of installation bill of materials (IBOM), and development of engineering solutions for power upgrades at all DISN locations.

2. Scope of Effort

For the DISN’s continual expansion, bandwidth growth, network optimization, technologies refresh, new capabilities, and other major changes that occur to be built and readied for operation, a contract vehicle is required for site power installation and implementation activities. The current footprint for the support of the DISN is as follows: DISN Internet Protocol (IP) Transport: 396 Sites – both Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS). DISN Optical Transport: 39,467.00 miles of estimated fiber – (CONUS and OCONUS). DoW Teleport Program: 14 Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Sites; 1 International Partner Site (CONUS and OCONUS).

3. Technical Characteristics

This effort incorporates all elements, layers, and gateways, including IP-based and switched infrastructure secured over terrestrial and undersea fiber-optic networks. Additionally, SATCOM modems that modulate/demodulate the Warfighter data communications stream, and network equipment (routers, switches, firewalls, and servers) for global communications to the Warfighter Support will span legacy, current, and future Department of Defense (DoD) and DISA capabilities. Key focus areas include IP and Optical Networking, Cloud Computing, Access, and Peering Gateways.