SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Internet and Internet 2 Service
- Notice Date
- 11/10/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 517110
— Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division-KC, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NRMAF000-11-01178
- Archive Date
- 12/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- Shelley Smith, Phone: 816-426-2066
- E-Mail Address
-
shelley.smith@noaa.gov
(shelley.smith@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City office intends to modify contract WC133R-08-SE-4913, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Merit Network Inc for supplemental services within the scope of work for Internet and Internet-2 services at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon, MI. The original statement of work includes bandwidth and access fees for Internet and Internet-2 services for GLERL in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The bandwidth for the Lake Michigan Field Station will be aggregated from the wide area network provided by Merit Network Inc at the GLERL main facility in Ann Arbor, MI. The supplemental work is for the additional attachment from Merit Network Inc to the Lake Michigan Field Station and the associated annual access fee. Internet and Internet-2 network connectivity is an essential service required by the GLERL Ann Arbor Facility and Lake Michigan Field Station for data acquisition, communications and research. Merit Network Inc is the only known provider in Michigan for access to Internet-2, the high-speed research network that many educational institutions and NOAA research laboratories utilize for essential data transfer. Merit Network Inc. is a not-for-profit organization of nine Michigan universities and is responsible for the management of the National Science Foundation Network (NSF) backbone service under a continuing cooperative agreement with NSF. GLERL recently increased network bandwidth to support high-speed Gigabit Internet access at its Ann Arbor facility. This required a dedicated fiber optic communications infrastructure from GLERL's Ann Arbor facility to the Internet and Internet-2 backbone within the Merit Network, Network Operations Center located several miles distant. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide the Internet and Internet-2 services may submit substantiating documentation in writing within ten days of this notice. Responses can be faxed to Shelley Smith at (816) 274-6993 or sent via e-mail to shelley.smith@noaa.gov. 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 response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. DOC, Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). No award can be made to a company not registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR, please access the following web site: http://www.ccr.gov. In order to register, all contractors must have a Dun and Bradstreet number. A Dun and Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun and Bradstreet on-line at http://www.dnb.com/eupdate or by telephone at (800)333-0505.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/CASC/NRMAF000-11-01178/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1431 Beach Street, Muskegon, Michigan, 49441, United States
- Zip Code: 49441
- Zip Code: 49441
- Record
- SN02325910-W 20101112/101110234326-db25efa2f0cc537670efa23ae85113c8 (fbodaily.com)
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