Performance Work Statement F5 Load Balancer draft 1

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Office of Management (OM)
Financial Services Center (FSC)
Brand Name or Equal F5 Balancer Replacement with
Migration Services and Support and Maintenance
Date: October 16, 2026
VA-27-00017931
PWS Version Number: 1.0

Brand Name or Equal F5 Balancer Replacement
VA-27-00017931

1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.3
5.0
6.0
6.1
6.1.1
6.1.2

FEDERAL IDENTITY, CREDENTIAL, AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT

(FICAM) 10

6.1.3
6.1.4
6.1.5
6.1.6

VETERAN FOCUSED INTEGRATION PROCESS (VIP) AND PRODUCT

6.1.7
6.1.8
6.1.9
6.2
6.3

ADDENDUM B – VA INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM

Brand Name or Equal F5 Balancer Replacement
VA-27-00017931

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BACKGROUND

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Management (OM), Financial Services Center (FSC) has a requirement for the replacement of its current F5 load balancers and software to manage and re-distribute (balance) the flow of network traffic through FSC’s network data centers located at 1615 Woodward Street, Austin TX, and 5000 Wissahickon Ave, Philadelphia PA. Additionally, the FSC requires migration services and load balancer hardware and software maintenance services to ensure the load balancer solution operates as designed.
FSC’s current existing environment has one standalone and two HA pair BIG-IP i5820DF platforms located in the Austin Enterprise Data Center (AEDC) and the Philadelphia Enterprise Data Center (PEDC). These devices are currently running TMOS v17.5.1.x, utilizing BIG-IP LTM, APM, and FIPS for application delivery and user authentication. In order to implement this solution, the FSC intends to restrict competition to the F5 manufacturer and its authorized distributors to meet the requirements and time constraints outlined in this PWS, at a fair and reasonable price. 2.0

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

In the performance of the tasks associated with this Performance Work Statement, the Contractor shall comply with the following:
1. 44 U.S.C. § 3541-3549, “Federal Information Security Management Act

(FISMA) of 2002”

2. “Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014” 3. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 140-2, “Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules”
4. FIPS Pub 199. “Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems,” February 2004
5. FIPS Pub 200, “Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems,” March 2006