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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF DECEMBER 16, 2015 FBO #5136
SPECIAL NOTICE

D -- Optical Network Connectivity Services

Notice Date

12/14/2015
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

517110 — Wired Telecommunications Carriers
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
 

ZIP Code

80305-3328
 

Solicitation Number

NRMJ0000-16-00137DR
 

Archive Date

12/30/2015
 

Point of Contact

DianaRomero, Phone: 303-497-3761
 

E-Mail Address

diana.romero@noaa.gov
(diana.romero@noaa.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of F AR 13.106-1 (b)( i ), with Lumos Networks LLC, 1200 Greenbrier Street, Charleston, WV 25311 for the point-to-point 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) optical network connectivity between two NOAA facilities, as required by the NESDIS GOES-R satellite program. The NOAA Environmental Security Computing Center (NESCC) and NOAA National Weather Service Backup Network Control Facility (BNCF) are located approximately 0.5 miles apart and house critical NOAA operations. Direct, point-to-point 1gigabit per second (Gbps) fiber optic connectivity between the buildings is necessary to insure low-latency, secure and reliable data communications between the facilities. The sole source determination is based on Lumos Networks LLC is the only known contractor that can meet NOAA point to point requirement. Other providers cannot provide the direct, shortest path communications service between the NESCC and BNCF buildings, without going through a central office communications facility, located somewhere else in the Fairmont region. (By going through a central office somewhere in the Fairmont region, network reliability and latency will be impacted.) By utilizing the Lumos owned and operated buried fiber between BNCF and NESCC, the required point-to-point data service can be met. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can fully meet the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/MASC/NRMJ0000-16-00137DR/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 1000 GALLIHER DRIVE, 100 NASA BLVD, FAIRMONT, West Virginia, 26554, United States

Zip Code: 26554
 

Record

SN03968507-W 20151216/151214234149-648e89186a44c73942c5dc8b6f451239 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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