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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 27, 2016 FBO #5391
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D -- Region 5 LEC Services for Boston, MA; St. Paul, MN; and Fort Carson, CO (TDS) - Attachment

Notice Date

8/25/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

517911 — Telecommunications Resellers
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Technology Acquisition Center;23 Christopher Way;Eatontown NJ 07724
 

ZIP Code

07724
 

Solicitation Number

VA11816Q1626
 

Response Due

8/31/2016
 

Archive Date

12/8/2016
 

Point of Contact

Keiahna Brewer
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

United States (U.S.) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Region 5 Telecommunications Business Office VA118-16-N-1626 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Acquisition Operations (OAO), Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown, New Jersey, is seeking vendors that can maintain coverage for Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) services on the VA Region 5 Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Offices. This will be a firm fixed price contract. The period of performance is 12-months and requires services below locations: "Boston Regional Office 15 New Sudbury Street Boston, MA 02203 "St. Paul Region Office - Whipple 1 Federal Drive St. Paul, MN 55111 "Office of Finance/DMC Berger 316 Roberts Street St. Paul, MN "VRE Outbased Office at Fort Carson 1626 O'Connell Blvd. Bld 813, RM 338 Fort Carson, CO 80913 See specific tasks and deliverables in the attached draft Product Description (PD) and Service Delivery Point Spreadsheet. This is a request for information (RFI) only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bids, Request for Quotations, or a Request for Proposal. Do not submit a proposal or quote. This market research is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. Any contract that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this market research will be the outcome of a competitive process. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. If capable, please submit a Capabilities Statement, limited to five (5) pages for your company. Indicate your socioeconomic group, NAICS code, and if you are a scheduled contract holder. If your company can provide all or any of the requested services, please give an estimated transition time. Please note VA118-16-N-1626 in the subject line of your response. Please confirm if you are vendorized in the VA FMS system to accept Purchase Orders and submit evidence of that. Submittal Instructions: Responses are requested no later than 10AM EST, August 31, 2016 via email to Keiahna Brewer, Contract Specialist at Keiahna.Brewer@va.gov. Submit questions in writing, regarding this RFI to Keiahna.Brewer@va.gov. The Government will try to answer all questions. Those questions and answers will be posted to this site as an attachment. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 1.REQUIREMENTS: This is an acquisition for Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) and Internet Service Provider (ISP) services for the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Offices and satellite sites for a period not to exceed one year. LEC Services include providing local dial tone service, including trunking services on Primary Rate ISDN (PRI) lines, industry standard T-1, analog trunks (direct business lines) for off-premise phones (OPX), and Direct Inward Dial (DID) services, equivalent to those currently utilized through the existing Local Exchange Carrier, with the addition of Caller ID. Existing main and DID numbers are to remain the same. Future DID: By submitting an offer, the offeror agrees that it has the capability to reserve a block of consecutively-numbered DID or reserve and maintain existing blocks already under reservation with the current LEC TDS If current blocks of DID numbers are not available to the offeror, the offeror will be responsible for providing a list of available ranges to the VA for approval. The table below documents the LEC TDS requirements for this consolidated contract. The table includes locations, current account number, contract service start date, and contract service duration. Address details are identified in the document titled "Region 5 VBA TDS SDP.xls." Service LocationExisting Account NumberService Start DateContract Service Duration Boston Region Office 15 New Sudbury St Boston MA 02203GSA account # 185263TBD12 Months St. Paul RO & 1 Federal Drive St. Paul MN 55111GSA account # 51D313TBD12 Months Office of Finance St Paul RO 316 Roberts St. Paul, MN GSA account # 51D313TBD12 Months Denver VRE Outbased Ft. Carson6224-10-001-0371525TBD12 Months Internet Service Provider (ISP) services include the providing broadband internet access at the upload and download speeds identified in "Attachment B" for the locations identified. The table below documents the TDS requirements for this consolidated contract. The table includes locations, current account number, contract service start date, and contract service duration and required service speeds. Address details are identified in the document titled "Region 5 VBA TDS SDP.xls." Service LocationExisting Account NumberService Start DateContract Service DurationBandwidth Requirements Boston Region Office 15 New Sudbury St Boston MA 02203GSA account # 185263TBD12 Months3 Mbps St. Paul RO & 1 Federal Drive St. Paul MN 55111GSA account # 51D313TBD12 Months Office of Finance St Paul RO 316 Roberts St. Paul, MN GSA account # 51D313TBD12 Months Denver VRE Outbased Ft. Carson6224-10-001-0371525TBD12 Months The Contractor shall provide all labor, management, tools, material, and equipment to perform all requirements described herein. The scope of this work shall include the incorporation of emerging technologies over the life of the contract. 2.PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance for this contract shall be as follows: Base Period: TBD 3.TYPE OF CONTRACT: Firm-Fixed Price 4.PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The place of performance is identified in the attachment titled attached Region 5 VBA TDS SDP.xls. 5.POINTS OF CONTACT: VA Program Manager: Name: Liz Ferrulo Address: St. Petersburg RO Voice:727-319-7705 Email:liz.ferrulo@va.gov VA Program Manager: Name: Emily Marshall Address: San Diego RO Voice:619-400-5499 Email:Emily.marshall@va.gov Contract Specialist: Name: Cindy Smith Address:St. Paul RO Voice:612-970-5222 Email:Cindy.P.Smith@va.gov 6.INFORMATION SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS: The Certification and Accreditation (C&A) requirements do not apply and a Security Accreditation Package is not required. All VA sensitive information shall be protected at all times in accordance with local security field office System Security Plans (SSP's) and Authority to Operate (ATO)'s for all systems/LAN's accessed while performing the tasks detailed in this Product Description. 7.SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: In order to ensure uninterrupted service to our nation's Veterans, the contractor shall ensure that local and 800 exchange phone numbers remain the same for all accounts identified above during the period of performance of this contract.
 

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA118-16-Q-1626 VA118-16-N-1626.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2968595&FileName=VA118-16-Q-1626-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2968595&FileName=VA118-16-Q-1626-000.docx

 

File Name: VA118-16-Q-1626 Region 5 VBA TDS SDP.xlsx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2968596&FileName=VA118-16-Q-1626-001.xlsx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2968596&FileName=VA118-16-Q-1626-001.xlsx

 

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Record

SN04240567-W 20160827/160825235226-dbccdf23f5b4ac365a83565e4466b402 (fbodaily.com)
 

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