IN ACCORDANCE WITH INQUIRY HC101321QA198, PROCEED TO PROVIDE, INSTALL, AND MAINTAIN A LEASED 10GBE (GIGABIT ETHERNET) IP BACKBONE CIRCUIT

Under solicitation HC101321QA198, the Department of Defense Telecommunications Division has awarded a contract to provide, install, and maintain a leased 10 Gigabit Ethernet IP backbone circuit. This critical infrastructure connects the J-PE router in Portland, Oregon, located at 6801 NE Cornfoot Road, to the J-PE router at Beale Air Force Base, California, located at 5801 C Street. The project requires the implementation of a 10.3125 Gbps line rate using single-mode fiber with SC connectors and an optical handoff, ensuring a round trip delay of under 10 milliseconds and an approved RTD of 10. The technical specifications mandate support for jumbo frames with an MTU of 9000 bytes and strict performance thresholds, including zero frame loss, jitter under 3 ms, and availability exceeding 99.5 percent. The contractor is responsible for ensuring physical route diversity from existing services and must adhere to rigorous ITU-T Y.1564 testing and 24-hour acceptance procedures. Ongoing maintenance requires 24x7 Network Operations Center visibility and coordination with DISA points of contact to ensure continuous circuit stability and performance.