Data Center

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) intends to award a sole source contract for a base period of six (6) months from date of award and one (1) six-month option under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The contractor is NTT America, Inc., 101 Park Avenue 41 ST FL, New York, NY 10178-4199. This is Notice of Intent to award a sole-source contract to NTT America. This is not a request for competitive bids. NTT America will provide data center co-location space and services for FHFA's alternate operation hardware. Specifically, it includes space and necessary auxiliary data center physical facilities such as power, connectivity, Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC), and other amenities that will support a co-location of Government-owned equipment in a contractor's data center facility. The alternate data center will meet or exceed Tier III data center infrastructure services as identified by the Uptime Institute, and based on management's assessment of agency needs, located within 35 miles of FHFA Washington, DC for routine maintenance and activity. NTT America will provide data center facility security including a secure perimeter, onsite guards 24x7x365, video surveillance. Will currently hold an active Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Certification and Accreditation (C&A) at the "Moderate" level as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-37, Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems, and provide appropriate supporting documentation as required. Management controls, security, and data center configurations and services shall be audit independently on an annual basis (Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70 Type II certified data center is acceptable). NTT America will maintain operating temperatures of 74-78 degrees Fahrenheit and maintain humidity levels between 30-60% relative humidity, support FHFA in achieving long-term federal Government "Green" initiatives, such as clean energy (http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/) NTT America will provide capability of onsite power generation supporting a full facility load for at least seventy-two (72) hours with no single point of failure in the data center power distribution to the FHFA provided co-location space, Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) capable of supporting intermittent facility power outages and bridge to onsite power generation, 20 and 30 AMP (single phase and triple phase) power at 120 and 208 volts. NTT America will provide multiple internet service provider (ISP) vendor support and an active Verizon TLS (Gigabit) DC Metropolitan Area Network connection at award NTT America will provide onsite qualified engineers for "remote hands" (24x7x365) for physical access to FHFA equipment, eg. power cycling equipment, remove/insert CD or other media, report on status of equipment (warning lights & status light), report on physical state of equipment, etc... when authorized by the FHFA, provide the Government with a client management portal solution to remotely manage and monitor data center services, Independently assessed control review by third party (example: SAS 70 Type II). FHFA currently uses two (2) separate contractor-located SAS-70 certified datacenter cages at NTT America's site to support hosting Agency datacenter requirements and this contract will allow for the continuation of the lease space. This action will result in a Firm-Fixed Price contract. The applicable NAICS is 518210 Data Processing Hosting and Related Services. This is Notice of Intent to award a sole-source contract to NTT America. This is not a request for competitive bids.