Fifteen days after publication of this notice, the Strategic Technology Office (STO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) intends to issue a request for proposal to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). SAIC is the only known source in the case of a follow-on requirement with the in-depth knowledge and experience in Control Plane technology test support to continue into the final phase of the Control Plane program. The Control Plane testbed has evolved directly from the Control Plane program Phases 1 and 2 and has one remaining phase. The test support is provided in a large scale testbed laboratory environment for Control Plane Technologies. This testbed environment requires a large network scalability, fiber and wireless links, real production traffic mixes and the flexibility to test new equipment with various topologies. Using traffic generators in addition to existing production traffic, the Government will be able to continue to test and report on the following characteristics of the Control Plane solutions; multilink capabilities, fairness, streaming protocols, additional users, speed, and interoperability. (THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.) Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available. GENERAL INFORMATION: There is not commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award or awards, or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties before award of a contract for the effort mentioned above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract. Point of contact for this synopsis is Contracting Officer; Robin Swatloski;
[email protected]. See Note 22.