Notice of Intent to Modify Contract [N0017323P2046]: 5G Testbed Upgrade
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Who can apply
No Set aside used. NONE
About this opportunity
Background: The Government intends to negotiate and award a sole-source, out-of-scope modification to an existing Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract currently held by AT&T. This modification will integrate Government supplied 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) assets into the existing Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 5G New Radio (NR) Distributed Wireless Communication Testbed located at the NRL-DC campus. Scope of Work: The contractor will be required to provide integration services and procure specific proprietary hardware and software to upgrade NRL�s existing 5G RAN. The effort includes integrating a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) with a network switch, installing Nokia AQQO Active Antennas operating in the 3.1�3.45 GHz spectrum, and integrating a Nokia gNodeB using custom 25.X Nokia RAN soft...