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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 FBO #1769
SOLICITATION NOTICE

58 -- Sole Source Notice - Telephone Switch Upgrade 7 Digit Dialing

Notice Date

9/28/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

811213 — Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, 21CONS (Bldg 982), Base Support Flight 700 Suffolk Street, STE 1200, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-1200
 

ZIP Code

80914-1200
 

Solicitation Number

FA2517-06-T-6159
 

Response Due

9/29/2006
 

Archive Date

10/14/2006
 

Description

SOLE SOURCE NOTICE: The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by 0900 MST Saturday, 30 Sep 06 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Sole Source is based upon this vendor being the only manufacturer/vendor able to satisfy this requirement: This is a purchase to upgrade the existing Avaya telephone switch?s five digit dialing plan to seven digit dialing. All equipment and software is proprietary to Avaya, Inc. If another vendor is used, additional switches would need to be installed, as well as costs expended to train the personnel to maintain this critical infrastructure. Duplication of funds and personnel would occur due to the fact that existing service could not cover non-AVAYA equipment, and new personnel would not service or maintain existing switching equipment. There would also be a learning curve and interruption of mission support. Both are difficult to measure. If another company were allowed to provide the service there would be a substantial duplication of costs due to maintenance/compatibility issues not expected to be recovered through competition.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Peterson AFB, CO

Zip Code: 80914

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01157071-W 20060930/060928220723 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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