W7701-145710/A - DuraMAR 5915 Router w/GigE Switches - DRDC Valcartier, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (W7701-145710/A)

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements:

Requirement: To supply the following items (quantity of 4 on each item) (Substitute products will not be considered):

1 - DuraMAR 5915 Router w/ GigE Switch; (2xFE Routed, 2xFE Switched, 15x GigE Switched) AdvIOS, CME-5. with dust caps on switch module ports; Part Number MAR-5915-11-1. 2 - Breakout Cable Set for MAR-5915-11-1, (Mating MIL-38999 to RJ45, DB9 and power), 5 Meters total length custom cable for DND; Part number: CBL-5915-03. 3 - Breakout Cable Set for MAR-5915-11-1, (Mating MIL-38999 to RJ45, DB9 and power);

3 Meters total length; Part number: CBL-5915-01

Client: Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier (DRDC), 2459, boulevard Pie-XI nord, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, G3J 1X5.

Justification for "No substitute products":

(a) The items are required to replicate in a lab environment, a set of functionalities already used by the Canadian Forces. Having the same items will allow improvements to the system configuration in a controlled environment.

Once proven valid, these improvements will be ported back onto the operational systems. This interoperability requirement cannot be achieved by any other product.

(b) Quantities have been defined to allow for stress testing in a distributed environment (i.e.: multi-site interconnected to measure data packets collisions and system resilience). Once these stress tests will be completed, the redundant systems will be kept as spares available in case of system failure in order to guaranty service continuity.

(c) The application involves the implementation of the NATO Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Interoperability Architecture (NIIA) specifically including the STANAG 4609 (MPEG4/H.264) imagery digitalization and metadata tagging.

The video data must then get relayed over different communication technologies inducing delays that are quantified to allow their simulation using Wide Area Network (WAN) Emulation. The items sought are being used by numerous DND organizations to implement key segments of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Command, Control, Computers, Communication, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Strategy.

The lab equipment must therefore be synchronized with a series of ongoing initiatives providing the strategic capability to distribute tactical information in near real-time to the different command structures.

This Public Works and Government Services Canada office provides procurement services to the public in both official languages. Delivery Date: 22/11/2013

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.