Where To Go To Get Satellite Services in the Government The GSA Satellite Services Program

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Where To Go To Get Satellite Services in the
GovernmentThe GSA Satellite Services Program

• Jim Russo
• SATCOM II Program Manager
• Federal Acquisition Service
• Integrated Technology Services

Presented at the Interactive Technologies
Conference 2010
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Satellite is an important part of GSAs Wireless
Broadband Offerings
Satellite is an important component of GSAs
wireless portfolio
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Commercial Satellite Services support the
Government with
How does commercial satellite support the
Government?

• Reliable communications where no wire line or
  wireless infrastructure exists
• Surge capacity for Military Support and
  Communications
• Quickly deployed Domestic Emergency Response
  Communications
• Continuity of Operations/Service Diversity
• Supplements Terrestrial Networks

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Levels of Satellite Service
Three levels of Satellite Services
Basic Medium Advanced
Provides Voice Communications Cost estimate equip 1-2K per phone service 35/mo/phone usage 1.30/ minute Provides Voice, Data, (DSL speeds and up) Portable with easy setup Cost estimate equip between 3k - 100k/terminal service between 5k - 100k/ yr. Provides Network diversity/ backup- maintenance for essential communications Varying service plans/ QOS Cost estimate equip between 10K-200K/site service between 10k/yr -1M/yr

Bandwidth For Network Backup and Diversity
Satellite Phones
Portable Terminals
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GSA Satellite Portfolio
How does GSA Offer Satellite Services today?...
Through multiple contract vehicles
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SATCOM-II Provides End-to-End Solutions
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Service Type I Mobile Satellite Communications

• Satellite Phones Voice Low Rate Data
• Iridium Provides voice and data services. Data
  rates up to 2.4 kbps. Covers the whole earth,
  including poles, oceans, and airways.
• Globalstar Provides voice and data services.
  Data rates up to 9.6 kbps . Coverage area
  includes North America, South America, Europe,
  Australia, and parts of Africa.

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Service Type I Mobile Satellite Communications

• Voice and Data Services (Contd)
• Inmarsat Inmarsat provides mobile voice and
  high speed data services. Includes Broadband
  Global Area Network (BGAN). Data rates range
  from 600bps to 256kbps. Coverage area includes
  about 98 of the land mass area.
• Thuraya Provides voice, fax, and data via hand
  held, vehicular, and fixed terminals. Data rates
  up to 9.6 kbps. Coverage area includes Europe,
  North, Central Africa and large parts of Southern
  Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia.
• Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) MSV provides
  wireless data, voice, and dispatch radio
  services. Coverage area includes North America.
  It is interoperable with other services (e.g.
  LMR).

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Service Type I Fixed Satellite Communications

• Bandwidth
• Terminals
• Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) -1m to 3m
  Dishes
• Large Terminals 3m to 6m

gt 6m
C-Band 4GHz to 6GHz
Ku-Band 12GHz to 14GHz
Ka-Band 33GHz to 36GHz
X-Band 7GHz to 8GHz
Dish Size
lt 1m
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Service Type II Distance Learning Solutions
Satellite provides an effective and economical
way to deliver interactive training to widely
dispersed personnel

• Uses
• Medical Training
• Aircraft Maintenance
• Homeland Defense
• Biological Terrorism
• Multicultural Training

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Service Type IISatellite Internet Access, Video
Streaming and Broadcast Services
SATCOM-II Offers IP Based Services with Global
Coverage
Shared Access Services

• Network backbone links over satellite
• Corporate VSAT applications
• Consumer applications (video on demand)
• Real time video distribution (IPTV)

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Service Type II Continuity of Operations
Providing satellite connectivity when terrestrial
connection (frame relay, MPLS, T1, etc.) is not
available. Routing Overview Routes traffic over
wire-line or satellite paths based on policy
based rules Loss of primary path will result in
all traffic being re-routed over the other
path Upon restoral of primary link, all traffic
re-routed back to primary path

• Path Diversity using Satellite for to achieve COOP

Satellite backup as Insurance
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Service Type II Emergency Response/Disaster
Recovery

• Bandwidth
• Fly-away kits

SATCOM-II Contracts offer
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Service Type III Satellite Design, Engineering,
and Maintenance Services

• Satellite system engineering design,
• Site Surveys, Installation,
• Configuration,
• Training, and
• Ongoing maintenance and operational support for
  the services delivered under Service Types I and
  II.

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Service Type IV Professional Support Services
(Small Business Only)

• Abstract or concept studies and analysis
• Strategic and preliminary planning
• Requirements definition and analysis
• The evaluation of alternative technical
  approaches
• Modeling and simulation, enterprise architecture
  design
• Cost/cost-performance trade-off analysis
• Feasibility analysis, etc.

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SATCOM-II Contract Information
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Getting Started

• Visit GSA's web site at http//www.gsa.gov/satcom
  
• At GSAs web site you can review the
• SATCOM-II Customer Users Guide
• Contractors Services Matrices
• SATCOM-II contracts online through links to each
  contractor's web site
• eBuy for SATCOM-II http//www.gsa.gov/ebuy
• select Network Services and Telecommunications
  under the GSA Technology Contracts listing, then
  select SATCOM-II.

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For Additional Information

• GSAs Web Portal
• http//www.gsa.gov/satcom
• SATCOM-II Program Office
• Jim Russo 703-306-6631 jim.russo_at_gsa.gov
• Annette Cole 703-306-7670 annette.cole_at_gsa.gov
• Anita Keeler 703-306-6306 anita.keeler_at_gsa.gov
• SATCOM-II Contracts Office
• Patti Stang 703-306-6404 patricia.stang_at_gsa.gov

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GSA Partnership with the Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA)
GSA Partnership with the Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA)
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GSA-DISA Partnership to Acquire Future
Commercial SATCOM Services

• DISA and GSA have established a long-term
  agreement to accomplish
• Solicitation Development
• Source Selection
• Contract Operation

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• DSTS-G DISA Defense Information Systems Network
  (DISN) Satellite Transmission ServicesGlobal

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Coming Soon! Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition
TRANSPONDED CAPACITY
Multiple Award IT Schedule 70 SIN 132-54
Plug-in SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES (/month,
/minute, /MB)
Multiple Award IT Schedule 70 SIN 132-55
CS2 and CS2-SB Multiple Award ID/IQ Contracts
Custom END-TO-END SOLUTIONS (Custom SATCOM
Solutions-CS2)
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Program Update Milestones
Coming Soon! Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition
Some awards may be sooner
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