SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- Special Notice of Intent
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 517210
— Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
- Contracting Office
- MICC - White Sands Missile Range, Directorate of Contracting, Bldg 143, 2nd Floor, Crozier Street, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5201
- ZIP Code
- 88002-5201
- Solicitation Number
- W91RUS11A0006BN17WSMR
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2013
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth Francia, 575 678-5815
- E-Mail Address
-
MICC - White Sands Missile Range
(elizabeth.b.francia.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole Source: The United States Army Contracting Command, Mission Installation Contracting Command, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico, intends to exercise the fiscal year 2013 option under Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) W91RUS-11-A-0006 call order BN17 pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.217-9 quote mark Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. quote mark The Government intends to extend the term of this contract for the period of 18 Sept 2013 to 17 Sep 2014 with Cellco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless located at One Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920-1025. Multiple BPAs were established non-competitively under Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, Clinger-Cohen Act, and Section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2002 for the commercially available wireless services from a variety of service providers. In accordance with Army memorandum DoD Handheld Wireless BPAs (May 2007) and Army Regulation 25-1 Army Knowledge Management and Information Technology (Dec 2008), the Army CIO/G6 declared mandatory use of the DoD handheld wireless enterprise BPAs for the purchase of wireless devices and services. This contract action will be executed in accordance with the ordering procedures as specified in the U.S. Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground Next Generation Wireless BPAs Cellular & Paging Solutions Ordering Guide, dated 30 October 2012. The North American Classification System code is 517210 with a size standard of 1,500 employees. This call order is in support of the Survivability Vulnerability & Assessment Directorate cell phone wireless service. There is limited cell phone signal downrange and throughout WSMR. Verizon Wireless is the only source that has the most coverage at WSMR and is also the only company who has signal towers on WSMR. Widespread cell phone coverage is required for operational support of the WSMR Army Test Center. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A determination by the Government not to execute this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. In order to protect proprietary information and prevent the unintentional releasing of guarded information all interested firms must conduct their own research regarding the specifications of the above listed requirement. Responses other than the above source may identify their interest and capabilities to perform the requirement by submitting a proposal via email or facsimile with complete mailing address, point of contact, phone number, facsimile number, business size and shall be clearly marked with contract number W91RUS-11-A-0006 BN17. Please email your information no later than 17 Sep 2013, 12:00 PM MST to the point of contact listed below. ELIZABETH FRANCIA Contract Specialist MICC - White Sands White Sands Missile Range, NM Duty: 575.678.5815 DSN: 258 FAX: 575.678.4975 elizabeth.b.francia.civ@mail.mil
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- Record
- SN03190065-W 20130918/130917000149-fbda24db47d96f4e95562ce4025bcc79 (fbodaily.com)
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