SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- 10GB Optical Wave Transport Service Lease Renewal
- Notice Date
- 7/31/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 517311
— Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 5601 Fishers Lane, 3rd Floor MSC 9822, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- NOI-RML-1906195
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2018
- Point of Contact
- Tamara K. McDermott, Phone: 406-375-7487
- E-Mail Address
-
tamara.mcdermott@nih.gov
(tamara.mcdermott@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Notice of Intent (NOI). This notice is published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information regarding proposed contract actions. This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole source, firm-fixed price purchase order under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b) - Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Service Will Satisfy Agency Requirements and is not a request for competitive proposals. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to award a firm-fixed priced, sole source, purchase order to Level 3 Communications (CenturyLink LLC), 1025 Eldorado Boulevard, Broomfield, CO, 80021-8254. This is a follow-on requirement to provide 10GB optical wave transport service for the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana to a telecom crossroads in Chicago, Illinois that ultimately connects to NIAID's Ashburn, Virginia collocation site. The line supports RML's access to NIAID's centralized business and scientific functions, such as genomic sequencing services, to NIAID laboratories located in Maryland. The RML generates terabytes of data that must be transmitted back to NIAID research and backup facilities in Maryland and the 10GB high speed connectivity is required to do so. The Contractor shall receive the optical waves and maintain the 10Gbps fiber optic network transport route listed below. Service delivery to the termination points shall be via 10GB ethernet over dark fiber. The scope of the effort includes all services and supplies necessary for a 12-month lease and maintenance of a 10 Gbps optical wave transport circuit enabled by wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) equipment between the following locations: •Chicago CenturyLink LLC (previously Level 3) 350 E Cermak Chicago, IL 60616 •NIAID Collocation Site Digital Realty Trust Demarcation Facility 43830 Devin Shafron Drive Ashburn, VA 20147 Period of performance is August 27, 2018 through August 26, 2019. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 517311 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, which has a size standard of 1,500 employees. Level 3 Communications (CenturyLink) is an other than small business. This will be the only notice of the Government's intent to solicit, negotiate, and award to one source to satisfy this requirement. The Government plans to award a contract for this requirement within 14 days of this notice. While this synopsis does not constitute a solicitation, interested vendors may identify their interest and capability to satisfy this requirement. The Government understands that Level 3 Communications (CenturyLink) is the only vendor which can provide these follow-on lease services for NIAID. However, firms that believe they can provide the capability required to fully meet the Government's requirement may submit a capabilities statement, including past performance, in writing to the identified point of contact within ten (10) days after publication of this notice. Such documentation shall be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit offers on NOI-RML-1906195. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for any information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. For additional information or to submit responses, please contact Tamara McDermott, Contract Specialist at tamara.mcdermott@nih.gov.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/NOI-RML-1906195/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIAID Collocation Site, Digital Realty Trust Demarcation Facility, 43830 Devin Shafron Drive, Ashburn, Virginia, 20147, United States
- Zip Code: 20147
- Zip Code: 20147
- Record
- SN05013223-W 20180802/180731230855-815b3a3a5583041da61ec7a59ed41833 (fbodaily.com)
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