D -- Future Commercial Satellite Services Acquisition

Modification 03. Modification 03 is issued to provide additional clarification through questions and answers. QUESTION 6. Is there any document size limitation for this submission? ANSWER 6. No size limitations for responses have been specified. QUESTION 7. What is the expected size of the envisioned the COMSATCOM contract. What portio do you anticipate will be a small business set-aside? ANSWER 7. At this point many options are being considered, and this information is not available at this time. QUESTION 8. In reviewing your document there is no specific mention of any particular ground segment modem. What do you see the role of the JIPM modem as being in the context of the envisioned COMSATCOM contract? ANSWER 8. There is not one standard ground segment modem employed within DoD today. JIPM is open standards based and capable of operation on commercial satellites. It is likely that JIPM's role will increase with time, however, a number of other commercial modems are expected to remain in use. QUESTION 9. When do you expect the COMSATCOM contract to commence? Specifically, in light of DISA currently examining its Commercial SATCOM provisioning process and improving it through the application of 6 sigma, is it likely that the COMSATCOM contract will be issued before the current DSTSG contract expires? How do the DISN-DGS and DISN-DTS-P recompete figure in it? ANSWER 9. At this point many options are being considered, and this information is not available at this time. QUESTION 10. Is this RFI meant to address Bandwidth Only or Bandwidth and Hardware? If Bandwidth and Hardware, what percentage of the overall value of the resulting Contract does DISA expect each category to represent? ANSWER 10. The RFI is meant to address bandwidth as well as associated services and hardware. It is premature to provide any guidance with respect to the projected mix of business. QUESTION 11. Paragraph 3.1.2.7: When addressing SLA's with respect to Situational Awareness, is this referring to entire end-to-end metrics, network metrics, satellite metrics, transponder metrics, or some other metric? ANSWER 11. DISA is trying to better understand what types of SLA's are typically employed in the commercial marketplace; this includes any and all types of service-related metrics. QUESTION 12. Can Federal Express deliver packages to both addresses? (Please note, this is not an issue for DITCO.) They usually ask for a street address (vice a mailing address) and sometimes have difficulty entering DOD facilities. In the same vein, is it possible for one of our team to drop off the backup copy at DISA in the Washington area? ANSWER 12. Both addresses are capable of receiving FedEx deliveries. The preferred method of delivery is prescribed in the RFI. It may be difficult to access the DISA D.C. or Scott AFB IL facilities due to security issues. Additionally, the Government team members cannot guarantee to be available to collect the CDs directly from respondents when delivered. All else remains the same. Point of Contact Kathy Tullock, Contracting Officer, Phone 618-229-9550, fax 618-229-9174, or Cindy Yelverton, Contract Specialist 618-229-9337, fax 618-229-9174, e-mail fcssa@disa.mil. Contracting Office Address Defense Information Systems Agency, Procurement Directorate-DITCO DITCO-Scott/PL8222, Attn: Ms. Kathy Tullock, 2300 East Drive, Bldg 3600, Scott AFB, IL, 62225-5406