SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Local Exchange Carrier Services for Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2023 6:49:31 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 517111
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- Contracting Office
- TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER AUSTIN (36C10A) AUSTIN TX 78744 USA
- ZIP Code
- 78744
- Solicitation Number
- 36C10A23Q0120
- Response Due
- 7/25/2023 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 08/09/2023
- Point of Contact
- James Morgan, Phone: (512) 981-4105
- E-Mail Address
-
james.morgan10@va.gov
(james.morgan10@va.gov)
- Description
- Update 7/18/2023 This requirement will be solicited and awarded to Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC on a sole source basis --------------------------------------------------- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Development, Security and Operations (DSO) Telecommunications Provisioning Office (TPO) has a requirement for Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) Services across the enterprise in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio.� These LEC services consist of:� PRI (mileage/station Link Included), DID/DOD (Blocks of 20), POTS Line Flat Rate, Call Redirect, Screening Removal, Caller ID Feature (PRI Circuit 23B+D), Call Hunting/Rollover, Three Way Calling, and Voicemail.� The Contractor shall provide telecommunication services at the facilities 24 hours per day, seven days per week with maximum service availability.� The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) for this effort it 517111 Wired Telecommunication Carriers. This notice does not in itself represent the issuance of a formal request for proposal/quote and is not intended to be taken as such.� This is a Request for Information (RFI) only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Quotation, or a request for Proposal.� Do not submit a proposal or a 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. Submittal Instructions: If your company is capable of providing the aforementioned services, please submit a Vendor Capabilities Statement, limited to five pages for your company, to include a cover page which indicates your company�s full name, points of contact and your size standard for NAICS 517111. Please complete the attached entitled �Market Research Workbook LEC �, by inputting data into all applicable cells.� The Market Research Workbook captures the ability to provide coverage for each of the required services, in the quantity required, at each of the required Service Delivery Points (SDPs).� Using the drop-down selection menu found at Column K of the Attachment, please state �yes� or �no� as to whether you can provide the requisite service, in the requisite quantity, to the requisite SDP.� A �yes� or �no� designation must be entered for every item; no item shall be left blank.� Please note that all �yes� responses will change the blank cell to green and all �no� responses will change the blank cell to red.� The Market Research Workbook will automatically calculate the total number of �yes� entries (Column L � �Total Yes�), the total number of �no� entries (Column M � �Total No�), and the total number of required entries left blank (Column N � �Total Blank�). All interested parties who can supply all the required services at all the listed SDPs shall respond no later than 2:00 PM CST on May 2, 2023, via email to james.morgan10@va.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06754083-F 20230720/230718230053 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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