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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JUNE 10, 2023 SAM #7865
SOLICITATION NOTICE

D -- Visnet 5G Dedicated Internet Circuit Maintenance

Notice Date

6/8/2023 1:31:45 PM
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

517111 —
 

Contracting Office

FA8751 AFRL RIKO ROME NY 13441-4514 USA
 

ZIP Code

13441-4514
 

Solicitation Number

FA875123Q0099
 

Response Due

6/23/2023 12:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

09/30/2023
 

Point of Contact

Leena Budhu, Jenna Tarbania
 

E-Mail Address

leenawattie.budhu.1@us.af.mil, jenna.tarbania@us.af.mil
(leenawattie.budhu.1@us.af.mil, jenna.tarbania@us.af.mil)
 

Description

This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 517111 (Wired Telecommunication Carriers) with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees. AFRL requires continued maintenance on the existing Internet circuit with On Net access to a 10G Ethernet GigE protected circuit, with 5000 megabits per second (Mbps) of Sub Bandwidth and a committed and Peak data rate of 5000 Mbps. The connection port required is a small form factor single mode (SFP) 10 GigE fiber optic transceiver with single mode Lima Charlie (LC) connectors. The point of presence equipment providing the circuit should be fed from dual redundant, diverse pathways to the AFRL point of presence facility. The required period of performance is 1 September 2023 - 31 August 2024, with 3 option years. The Government has determined that due to the need for a dual redundant pathway to the vendor service delivery point for this circuit, only Lumen Technologies can meet the needs of this requirement. The Government intends to negotiate a sole-source award for this requirement with Lumen Technologies, 2900 Towerview Road, Ste 150, Herndon, VA 20171 to continue providing dedicated 5G internet access commercial ethernet data circuit to AFRL. The Government has determined that other companies� services do not meet the Government�s needs. An award to any other source would result in both a substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency�s requirements. Lumen Technologies is the only one that has the capability to provide diverse pathways to the point of presence facility, which satisfies the needs of the Government as outlined above. Lumen has already established the required Internet cirucit and no other company is believed to be able to meet the requirement without a gap in service and a duplication of costs. This is a notice of proposed contract action and not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to leenawattie.budhu.1@us.af.mil. Responses must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 30 August 2023. A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation. Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL � Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate 26 Electronic Parkway Rome, New York 13441 United States
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/1b034c1cc0f7458689c5573931cb8043/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Rome, NY 13441, USA

Zip Code: 13441

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06708712-F 20230610/230608230109 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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