SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- EDU Internet1 and Internet2 bandwidth access and services in support of the US Navy War College
- Notice Date
- 10/12/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- N00189 NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Philadelphia Office 700 Robbins Avenue, Building 2B Philadelphia, PA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0018913RZ008
- Response Due
- 10/18/2012
- Archive Date
- 10/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- Mary Mezzatesta 215-697-9691
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk, Contracting Department, Philadelphia Office intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source acquisition with only one source, Ocean State Higher Education Economic Development Administrative Network (OSHEAN), pursuant to the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. Under the resultant contract, OSHEAN will provide EDU Internet1 and Internet2 bandwidth access and services to the Naval War College (NWC). OSHEAN will be responsible for providing NWC with dedicated 1Gbps of routed connectivity/access to Internet1 with burst and upgrade capability) and Line Speed (unmetered up to 10Gbps) routed connectivity/access to Internet2 resources to meet NWC s education and research missions. OSHEAN will also provide monitoring and troubleshooting of NWC s wide area network equipment and transport circuits through its Network Operations Center. Lastly, OSHEAN will provide video streaming and video conferencing services and an off-site telecommunications alternative data center. Access to both Internet1 and Internet2 are necessary to meet the educational and research missions of the Naval War College and to meet the requirements of Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) 005 from naval Network Warfare Command Task Force CARS (Cyber Asset Reduction and Security) mandate. OSHEAN, who is a regional member of The Quilt, a 30 member non-profit organization in the United States that provides educational and research institutions access to Internet1 and Internet2, is the only regional member for Rhode Island that provides these services to institutions of higher education in Rhode Island. Therefore, the Government has determined that OSHEAN is the only vendor capable of meeting this requirement. This procurement is being conducted as a commercial item acquisition in accordance with FAR Part 12. It is anticipated that the resultant Firm Fixed Price contract will contain a base period of performance from 04 November 2012 through 03 November 2013, with four one year options. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services ; the size standard is $25M. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within thirty days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete 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. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this notice. Interested persons may contact Contract Specialist, Mary Mezzatesta, via email at mary.mezzatesta@navy.mil. Such inquiries should refer to Solicitation Number N00189-13-R-Z008.
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