JADC2 CSO Call 002 SD-WAN QnA

AFLCMC/XA Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Call 002
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Air Force
AFLCMC/XA, Architecture and Integration Directorate
AF SD-WAN Test Event
541512 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences
Two-Step, Closed Call
FA8612-21-S-C001, Call 002
Friday, 6 January 2023 at 5:00 PM EDT
Monday, 6 February 2023 at 5:00 PM EDT

General Questions and Answers
Q: Is the Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) in the White Paper specific to the three-week test event, or is it for also looking for estimates for a larger deployment? A: The ROM in the White Paper is intended to capture the general per item cost of the components that make up the vendor solution. The ROM will provide the Government an informed perspective on the cost of a broader SD-WAN enterprise solution. Q: Will the test event only have a point-to-point configuration (Figure 2), or will it be a multi-site testbed?
A: The Test Plan documentation, to be included in the Step Two Request for Proposal, details a variety of industry standard test scenarios, both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint test scenarios are included in the Test Plan.
Q: Will the Test Plan allow for assessment of integrated vendor hardware solutions? A: No, the SD-WAN Test Event will assess virtualized implementations only, which will be provisioned on the Government provided test-bed hardware. The test-bed specifications will be detailed within the Test Plan documentation, which will be included in Step Two Request for Proposal.
Q: Where will the test event be held?
A: MITRE Facility Bedford, Massachusetts.
Q: Is the SD-WAN solution being sought as a managed services solution or as a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) solution?
A: The SD-WAN solution will be a CPE solution. The Government will assess virtualized implementations only, which will be provisioned on Government provided test-bed hardware. The SD-WAN solution will be integrated with hardware in a follow-on effort.

Q: Is the offeror expected to bring the SD-WAN Solution to existing transport solution to be provided by the government? Or is the offeror responsible for providing transport (e.g. 5G, LTE, SATCOM, Ethernet) and an SD-WAN Router?
A: The offeror is only responsible for providing the virtualized SD-WAN network appliance, licensing, configuration, and technical support to the test team. The SD-WAN solution will be