Internet Service Provider Services_Bogota, Colombia

The U.S. Army is conducting market research to identify qualified sources capable of providing Internet Service Provider (ISP) services in Bogot , Colombia. This Sources Sought Notice is for market research and acquisition planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation, Request for Quote (RFQ), or commitment by the Government to award a contract. Pricing is not requested currently. Anticipated Requirement The Government anticipates requiring two (2) independent, unmetered, symmetrical 3 Gigabits per second (Gbps) dedicated fiber Internet circuits at: Sede Habitacional Bicentenario de la Independencia Cant n Norte Military Installation, Bogot , Colombia One circuit will terminate on the 6th floor and one circuit will terminate on the 7th floor. The anticipated requirement includes the engineering, permitting, hardware provisioning, structured cabling, network integration, installation, activation, testing, monitoring, maintenance, and technical support necessary to provide fully operational Internet service. Anticipated technical and performance requirements include: Two (2) independent 3 Gbps symmetrical dedicated fiber circuits; Separate demarcation points on the 6th and 7th floors; Infrastructure and physical handoffs capable of supporting the required bandwidth and a potential future upgrade to 10 Gbps; Internet Protocol Version 4/Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv4/IPv6) capability; Appropriate static routing and/or Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) capability; Unmetered Internet service without data caps; Installation, configuration, activation, and circuit performance/acceptance testing; 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year (24/7/365) monitoring, maintenance, and technical support; Approximately 99.5 percent monthly circuit availability; Acknowledgment and initiation of troubleshooting within one (1) hour of an outage or service notification; and Restoration capability within four (4) hours for qualifying circuit or hardware failures.