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NG9-1-1/PSBN Contract Language

Thank you for your interest in replying to this RFI. You may fill out only the questions that apply to you or that you have input on.
1.What specific terminology should be used to define the PSBN for the purposes of contract language? How do you define it?
2.How would you define the interconnection of a PSBN with an ESInet that is not of the same manufacture in an RFP or contract?
3.What specific terminology should be used to describe the NG9-1-1/PSBN interconnection in an RFP/contract?
4.The following standards are currently available or in development:
i. NENA Standard for Interconnecting Emergency Services IP Networks and Public Safety Broadband Networks
ii. NENA Standard for Emergency Incident Data Object (EIDO)
iii. NENA Standard for the Conveyance of EIDO between NG9-1-1 Systems and Applications
iv. ATIS Standard for Implementation of an IMS-based NG911 Service Architecture
v. 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Emergency Sessions

If you have not utilized these standards, please explain how you are currently implementing in the absence of finalized public standards.

If you have modeled your solution after these standards, are there areas in these standards that need further clarification or development based on your experience?
5.What prioritization mechanism are you intending you use as you are building interconnection between an ESInet and PSBN?
6.How are you addressing redundancy/availability in the network as you are interconnecting a ESInet and PSBN?
7.If you have completed an ESInet to PSBN interconnection implementation:

What risk mitigation strategies do you have for addressing issues during implementation?

What unexpected roadblocks did you experience that could be mitigated through RFP/contract language?

Did the anticipated project timeline work as planned?

What language could be included in RFPs/contracts to ensure timelines are met?
8.In anticipation of grant cycles, stakeholders need to consider what the period of performance should be.

What timeline do you envision to establish the technical requirements for interconnection and the actual implementation of the connection to be functioning properly?

What do you think would be an appropriate timeline for an RFP/contract?
9.What are the limitations on implementation of the interconnection between the ESInet and PSBN that should be kept in mind when developing RFP/contract language?
10.Where should the demarcation occur between NG9-1-1 and PSBN?

How should it determined?

Where should the technical, operational, and financial responsibilities fall on both sides of that line?
11.Is interconnection between an ESInet and PBSN a product/service that you have available currently or is it still in the development stage as a service offering?
12.Is your interconnection solution something that can be replicated on a commercial basis (is this a customized solution or one that can be replicated)?
13.What kinds of specific testing should be required contractually to objectively measure and demonstrate successful interconnection between an ESInet and PBSN?
14.What kind of testing should be included to meet the requirements of the contract?
15.Describe specific language from the zero-trust framework that you think should be included in contract requirements.
16.There are requirements of an ESInet to have access to Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) and California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) information. What kind of specific contract language should be included to make sure this is a requirement of the contract?
17.What specific language should be used when asking vendors if/how they currently integrate their network with other network providers in a RFP?
18.What specific language should be included in a contract and in SLAs to measure and demonstrate interoperability?
19.How do you support use of the PSBN as a source of back-up ESInet?
20.How would or should these items be included in RFP/contract language?
a. Network-to-Network interface (NNI) Interconnection
b. Where the Interconnection takes place
c. Secure Interconnection
d. IP addressing
e. Quality of Service
f. Logging
g. Authentication/interconnection/accounting
21.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements in regard to and/or to ensure:
a. Clarity (how are you meeting the standard – give examples)
b. Scale (can you do this for one PSAP, one region, or the entire network? Are there any limits on scalability of your solution?)
d. Design limitations (What are the limitations of your design?)
22.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit an answer to the following question: Does your solution support software-defined WAN?
23.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit an answer to the following question: How does your wireless broadband network integrate with an existing NGCS network that is not yours?
24.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit information regarding interpretation of standards (ex. Describe your interpretations of the applicable provisions in the standards referenced in this document.)
25.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit information regarding an example of a successful implementation experience where the vendor's network has interconnected to a PSBN, including any contract language that supported that implementation.
26.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit information regarding security, including:
Is your network primarily Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) or Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)?
What protocols does your network implement or prefer for transport and/or Security (e.g., Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with Transport Layer Security (TLS), Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP), etc)?
What do we need this connection to have to comply with the standards?
27.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit information regarding the vendor's implementation of a “zero trust” framework (What do we need this connection to have to facilitate sending information back from the ESInet and PSBN?)
28.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit information regarding how the vendor would address monitoring traffic across the networks?
29.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit information regarding how the vendor would report outages across the networks to the customer?
30.What language have you used or would you suggest to include in requirements to solicit information regarding how the vendor would integrate the calling/public safety identity authentication and identity management?

a. How do they integrate the NG9-1-1 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) identity and permissions framework? b.

b. How do they integrate the STIR/SHAKEN caller authentication framework, particularly as it applies to maintaining the integrity of caller information received by the NG9-1-1 system and conveyed to a PSBN user, and additionally, mapping authentication and security domains between the NG9-1-1 PKI and the STIR/SHAKEN PKI?
31.Is there anything we didn’t ask that you would like to provide more clarity on?
32.Is there any other information we should be seeking in this RFI that we didn’t ask?
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