MODIFICATION
D -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR PROVISIONING OF END-TO-END CIRCUITS
- Notice Date
- 2/10/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Defense Information Systems Agency, Acquisition Directorate, DITCO-Scott, 2300 East Drive Bldg 3600, Scott AFB, IL, 62225-5406
- ZIP Code
- 62225-5406
- Solicitation Number
- DCA200-03-R-5012
- Response Due
- 2/28/2003
- Archive Date
- 3/15/2003
- Point of Contact
- Terry Green, Contract Negotiator, Phone 618-229-9464, Fax 618-229-9174,
- E-Mail Address
-
greent@scott.disa.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total HUB-Zone
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND NOT A NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). AT THIS TIME, NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has a need for providing service by extending Long Haul communications requirements beyond the Commercial Demarcation Point or a DISA node to the customer location and interfacing it with the Customer's Premise Equipment. This requirement will satisfy the provisioning "Last Half Mile" of end-to-end circuits on post, camp, station, base, headquarters and Federal/Government building infrastructure in the state of Texas and contiguous states. This notice is being issued to determine the availability of Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone businesses capable of performing this work. The working title for this requirement is Inside Wire Inside Regions (I-WIRE). NAICS code 517110/1500 employees applies to this requirement. SERVICES REQUIRED: This requirement will support the Department of Defense (DoD) and all Federal agencies ability to manage, update, expand, and integrate telecommunications at all Post, Camp, Station, Base, Headquarters and Federal/Government Buildings within the State of Texas and contiguous states. This requirement will further support the DISA managed telecommunications infrastructure to include the Global Information Grid (GIG), the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) and any other customer sponsored program as deemed necessary. Furnish, engineer, design and install circuits between the commercial demarcation point and the customer premise Service Delivery Node (SDN), including testing and procuring related equipment. Provide all necessary labor, supplies, and equipment to complete extension of circuits from the Commercial Demarcation Point to the customers premise equipment within the Government facility transmission infrastructure (i.e., Base Cable Plant). This may be simply coordination with the post, camp, station, base, headquarters and Federal/Government Buildings communications elements to arrange for provision of transmission path and performance of cross-connects, and may involve actual performance of cross-connects and installation of the circuit. It could also require agreement(s) to allow existing post, camp, station, base, headquarters and Federal/Government Buildings contractors provide the campus extension. Provide ancillary devices to implement service and perform testing as required by each Task Order. Such devices include Channel Service Units/Data Service Units (CSU/DSUs), multiplexers or other terminal devices. Task Orders will define the precise nature of the work to be accomplished. Perform necessary site surveys (e.g. physical, telephonic, etc) to determine the service required. CAPABILITY STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS: An interested vendor must be able to demonstrate, in any capability statements submitted, extensive experience with and ability to perform the kind of work described in this notice. Such documentation may include, but not be limited to, previous contracts (both Government and commercial) that the vendor has performed, references (i.e. names, titles, telephone numbers and any other information that documents the vendor's capabilities). Responses must include the following: 1). a 3-5 page summary of the vendor's previous work experience; 2). company name and address, point of contact, phone number and e-mail address. NOTE: All information received will be kept in the strictest confidence and only used internally by the contracting officer. It will not be released or shared with any other government agency or any government contractors. FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (December 1996) applies to this acquisition. Information will be used to assist in planning and development of acquisition strategy by DISA and DITCO-Scott/AQSS22 for eventual procurement of these services. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided in response to this notice. A copy of this Sources Sought Notice will be posted to the DITCO-Scott web page on or about 7 February 2003 at http://www.ditco.disa.mil. SUBMITTING CAPABILITY STATEMENT: ALL CAPABILITY STATEMENTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE DITCO-SCOTT WEB SITE. SUBMISSIONS SHALL NOT BE MAILED OR EMAILED TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER. Prior to submitting capability statements, vendors shall register with DITCO via its Contracting Opportunities web site at https://www.ditco.disa.mil/dcop. During the registration process, vendors shall indicate at the prompt for "Assumed Business Name," the registration identifier: "Attn: Remie Flores/(I-WIRE)." Upon completion of registration, vendors will receive a user-id and password for use when uploading their statements. This process allows DITCO to precisely track when the statements are uploaded (or attempted to be uploaded). Registration information will be verified by DITCO personnel, which takes about a day. Once the vendor's information is verified, statements will be able to be uploaded. Vendors must register a minimum of one week prior to uploading a statement to ensure the statement upload is accomplished by the closing date and time. Vendors should also attempt to upload their statement as early as possible to ensure no problems arise at the last minute. If a vendor would like to test the upload process, they may do so by typing in this url: https://www.scott.disa.mil/dcop. Under the heading Submit Proposals for:, look for Upload Proposal Test. If you have any problems, please contact Kevin Mehlan at (618)229-9334, email address: mehlank@scott.disa.mil, or the DITCO-Scott customer service center at (618) 229-9333. All questions concerning this Sources Sought Notice shall be directed to Mr. Terry Green, Contracting Officer, DITCO-Scott/AQSS22, 618-229-9464, Email: greent@scott.disa.mil. All information is due NLT 4:00 p.m. CST, 28 February 2003.
- Record
- SN00256098-W 20030212/030210213044 (fbodaily.com)
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