SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Steelpipe High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) Protected Fiber Optic Cable System
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 517110
— Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- Contracting Office
- Defense Information Systems Agency, Procurement Directorate, DITCO-Scott, 2300 East Dr., Building 3600, Scott AFB, Illinois, 62225-5406, United States
- ZIP Code
- 62225-5406
- Solicitation Number
- HEMPFiberOptic
- Archive Date
- 9/6/2013
- Point of Contact
- Brooke Koerkenmeier, Phone: 6182299405, Patricia E Hilton, Phone: 618-229-9450
- E-Mail Address
-
brooke.n.koerkenmeier.civ@mail.mil, patricia.e.hilton.civ@mail.mil
(brooke.n.koerkenmeier.civ@mail.mil, patricia.e.hilton.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO/PL8223) Scott Air Force Base, IL 62225 intends to issue a sole source contract to QWEST Government Services, Inc. dba CenturyLink QGS. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 USC 2304(c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This acquisition is for a follow-on procurement effort to the existing Steelpipe High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) Protected Fiber Optic Cable System to provide, operate, and maintain a HEMP protected system between Schriever AFB (SAFB), Peterson AFB (PAFB) and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station (CMAFS). QWEST Government Services, Inc. dba CenturyLink QGS currently is the only known source to provide fiber connectivity without electronic breakouts, with the associated rights of way, between the three bases which meet the unique HEMP requirements of the government. No other contractors currently have infrastructure in place to provide the HEMP protected service that is required, and no other contractors have existing right of ways to provide the service. The existing ducts at the bases are full or almost full, and the bases currently lack the capacity to allow additional construction on the bases or additional ducts to the bases. Service required provides continuous, uninterrupted High Altitude Electronic Pulse (HEMP) protected service on diversely routed HEMP hardened fiber optic paths at each location with no electronic breakouts outside of government provided HEMP protected facilities. The Colorado Springs Survivable Communications Network is part of a local, stand-alone (private), Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) capable of sustained operation in the presence of the threats encountered by the Command and Control facilities at PAFB, SAFB, and CMAFS. The Contractor shall provide leased telecommunication services and maintenance. The Contractor shall provide network/system/service and equipment terminating at the 3 bases that have the capability of supporting Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM), and have the ability to provide the initial two lambda services with capacity for at least two additional OC-48 wavelengths terminating at each location with no electronic breakouts outside of the terminating HEMP facilities at the 3 bases. This requirement is part of the Colorado Springs Survivable Communications Network. A robust nuclear survivable, local communications network is needed to ensure that critical voice, message, video and data communications reach command authorities quickly and reliably. The resultant contract will be firm fixed price. The period of performance is September 30, 2013 through September 29, 2014, plus four one-year option periods. The total estimated value of this procurement is $1.7M. The NAICS code for this procurement is 517110. All inquiries regarding the procurement should be submitted electronically to Mrs. Patricia Hilton, Contracting Officer, email patricia.e.hilton.civ@mail.mil, or Ms. Brooke Koerkenmeier, Contracting Specialist, email brooke.n.koerkenmeier.civ@mail.mil within 5 business days of this advertisement.
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