SPECIAL NOTICE
Y -- NOTICE OF INTENT FOR SOLE SOURCE TELECOM
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2019 5:44:37 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- W2SD ENDIST NORFOLK NORFOLK VA 23510-1096 USA
- ZIP Code
- 23510-1096
- Solicitation Number
- W9123620SSA01
- Response Due
- 11/22/2019 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 11/23/2019
- Point of Contact
- Stephen Astwood, Phone: 7572017145, Fax: 7572017183Dianne K. Grimes, Phone: 7572017839, Fax: 7572017183
- E-Mail Address
-
stephen.d.astwood@usace.army.mil, dianne.k.grimes@usace.army.mil
(stephen.d.astwood@usace.army.mil, dianne.k.grimes@usace.army.mil)
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENTTHIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, intends to procure, on a sole source basis, Siemon Systems infrastructure products for telecommunications in support of horizontal infrastructure and data center build out within a military construction application. This shall include specific cable, termination, racking and patching equipment as indicated to work as a mated system. The supported construction project consists of telecom infrastructure systems that USACE intends to require a specific systems product line. The manufacturer’s product has unique capabilities that meet the user’s stringent requirements for top-quality and secure telecommunications equipment and maintains compatibility with existing systems.Siemon is the only manufacturer in the industry that manufactures copper, fiber and racking systems cabling to meet required specifications and warranty requirements and maintain compatibility with existing systems across the enterprise. Due to the unique operational requirements placed on network infrastructure, the user requires a homogeneous system that reduces the risk to network availability to the lowest levels possible and compatibility/interoperability with existing systems already tested and in use.The following items for inside plant telecommunications shall be covered under this Justification and Approval documentation (J&A):See Attachment for full Notice of Intent.All potential responsible sources may submit a response, which if timely received, will be considered by the agency. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. It is a market research tool being used to determine the availability of other qualified sources that can meet the requirements identified above. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this notice of intent.This Notice of Intent is hereby published in accordance with FAR 5.201. All responses received within 10 days of the posting of this notice, 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 Norfolk District will consider any responses to this notice received within ten (10) calendar days of the posting of the notice. Responses may be submitted via email to stephen.d.astwood@usace.army.mil or mail to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Stephen D. Astwood, 803 Front Street, Norfolk, VA 23510.
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- Record
- SN05493631-F 20191116/191117181054 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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