58 -- Sole Source Notice - Telephone Switch Upgrade

SOLE SOURCE NOTICE: The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by 0900 MST Saturday, 30 Sep 06 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with 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. Sole Source is based upon this vendor being the only manufacturer/vendor able to satisfy this requirement: This is a purchase to upgrade the existing telephone infrastructure at Peterson AFB, CO to increase telephone capacity from 15000 to 30,000 lines, of which all equipment and software is proprietary to Avaya, Inc. If another vendor is used, additional switches would need to be installed, as well as costs expended to train the personnel to maintain this critical infrastructure. Duplication of funds and personnel would occur due to the fact that existing service could not cover non-AVAYA equipment, and new personnel would not service or maintain existing switching equipment. There would also be a learning curve and interruption of mission support. Both are difficult to measure. If another company were allowed to provide the service there would be a substantial duplication of costs due to maintenance/compatibility issues not expected to be recovered through competition.