Next Generation Gateway (NGG) Phase 2 RFI

Background
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC) Enterprise IT & Cyber Infrastructure Division – Data Transport (HNI-DT) is issuing this RFI to inform Vendors and Industry partners of activities and products which will potentially support the DAF and to assist with future acquisitions. The NGG Integrated Product Team (IPT) is collecting data from vendors to support technical products/capabilities that contribute to an integrated Zero Trust (ZT) security solution as described in attached SRD. NGG modernizes existing DAF infrastructure to provide Zero Trust Capabilities. The NGG implementation must be capable of sustaining a throughput of 40Gb/s (threshold)/ 100Gb/s (objective) at the CEDCs and 10Gb/s (threshold)/ 40Gb/s (objective) at the base boundary (Main Operating Bases).

Work Details
The NGG Phase 2 will extend the rollout of a Zero Trust solution to all 187+ Main Operating Bases (MOBs), which include the 13+ CEDCs from Phase 1 and the 174+ base boundaries (Main Operating Bases). The solutions must be able to support integration with approved Cloud Service Providers, including integration with SaaS and Cloud ONE for UNCLASS (IL2 – IL5), and SECRET (IL6) through DoD approved connections. The RFI allows for a market research study of key technologies in a Government provided lab, structured to maximize vendor ability to participate, ensuring solutions are fit for the DAF Enterprise network. Vendors should ensure proposed solutions can support SIPRNET, as it is an isolated network.