D--Local telecom for the Baraboo CBOC

The Government plans to enter sole source negotiations with Centurylink to provide local telephone service for the Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Baraboo, Wisconsin, under statutory authority U.S.C. 253(c)(1). This procurement focuses exclusively on phone service and explicitly excludes any internal or external cabling. The decision to pursue a sole source procurement derives from a determination that Centurylink is the only provider capable of meeting the Government’s minimum needs. The contract is not open for competitive proposals initially, but interested parties may express their interest and capabilities by a specified deadline of June 29, 2016, at 0800 Central Time. Any responses received by this deadline will be considered solely to assess whether a competitive process should be initiated; however, the final decision to proceed competitively rests entirely with the Government. This action falls under the FAR 6.302-1 regulation, which governs sole source procurements when a single source is justified. The contract is identified as solicitation number VA69D16Q0969, with a NAICS code of 517110, indicating a telecommunications service classification. Oversight is provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs through the NETWORK Contract Office 12, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. No formal solicitation document has been released, and this notice does not constitute a formal request for proposals. The intent is to secure local telephone services necessary to support operations at the Baraboo clinic while maintaining government discretion in procurement strategy.