MODIFICATION
D -- USAC Request for Proposals for Wide Area Network ("WAN") Link
- Notice Date
- 12/19/2011
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 517110
— Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- Contracting Office
- Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20554
- ZIP Code
- 20554
- Solicitation Number
- USAC-IT-2011-12-15
- Point of Contact
- Jillian emmanuel, Phone: 202-776-0200, Jay H. Beard, Phone: 202-776-0200
- E-Mail Address
-
jemmanuel@usac.org, rfp@usac.org
(jemmanuel@usac.org, rfp@usac.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted on its website, the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Wide Area Network ("WAN") Link. The RFP is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. The closing date for proposals is January 3, 2012 at 5:00PM Eastern Time. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a WAN connection. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFP describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. BACKGROUND: USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Low Income (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. USAC is requesting proposals from licensed telecommunications vendor to provide a 1 Gbps WAN link connecting its Washington D. C. headquarters location to one of its co-location data centers in Ashburn, Virginia. WAN link redundancy with carrier diversity is required for the co-location connection. The Contractor must be capable of implementing and installing the WAN connection to USAC no later than April 30, 2012 (tentative date). The RFP describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFP WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. Complete proposals must be submitted to Ms. Jillian Emmanuel, USAC Contracting Office, no later than the date and time set forth in the RFP. Proposals must be submitted by e-mail (rfp@usac.org), mail, courier or hand delivered to: Universal Service Administrative Company Attn: Mr. Jay Beard, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200. Washington, DC 20036.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/FCC/FCCOMD/FCCCPC/USAC-IT-2011-12-15/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: connection from 2000 L Street, NW Suite 200 to Ashburn, Virginia, Washington, District of Columbia, 20036, United States
- Zip Code: 20036
- Zip Code: 20036
- Record
- SN02642073-W 20111221/111219234703-104157c21a5991b75da8cf8b6811f620 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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