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This pre-solicitation notice is to inform industry that the Defense Information System (DISA)/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization - Scott (DITCO-SCOTT), BLDG. 3600, Scott AFB., IL 62225 intends to issue a solicitation for a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity firm-fixed price type contract for the High Performance Computing Modernization Program for the Defense Research Engineering Network (DREN4).
DREN4 will be a high-performance DoD WAN service, providing Layer-2 Ethernet and Layer-3 IP transport and associated services to DREN Subscribers, primarily at U.S. locations. This will incorporate most of the network characteristics of DREN III, but will evolve to include higher bandwidths, organic encryption, faster provisioning, increased resiliency, robust access to CSPs, better support for security infrastructure, added visibility and control in the core, and other features to address Subscribers needs and security threats. There will be a NOC responsible for overall network monitoring and control, along with a Help Desk and online support portal for Government and Subscriber interactions. The network will be accredited in accordance with Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards and policies.

Ethernet transport will include a wide area Ethernet service, offering private Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) and trunks between DREN Subscribers upon request. IP transport will include full functionality for both IPv6 and legacy IPv4 protocols, with unicast, multicast, and anycast routing and addressing features. This will be instantiated as multiple independent IP networks, with some being pre-defined and others added during the life of DREN4. Router functions in the network will interconnect these networks as required using standard internal and external routing protocols and will provide peering to external networks and transit services to the full Internet. These IP and Ethernet networks will be grouped into "Collectives" (a DREN-unique term) based on governance, routing architecture, encryption, and other attributes. Interconnects between Collectives will include a Security Gateway (SG) function administered by the Government.

DREN is implemented as a private overlay network on existing commercial network infrastructure and services. In this document, the term "provider" will be used to refer to the owner or manager of the underlying network over which DREN is constructed and operated. The "provider backbone" is that portion of the underlying network used to implement DREN. This could also be referred to as the "provider core" or "provider network".

Anticipated solicitation release date is on or about October 25, 2019 and anticipate due date approximately 45 calendar days later. This acquisition will be evaluated using the best value trade off evaluation method. The anticipated award will be for 10 years.
DREN4 will utilize the following coding:
-Product Service code (PSC): D316
-North American Industry Classification System: 517911
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