Packet Optical Transport Network (P-OTN) 6500 Enhancement

As required by FAR 5.201, the following notice of a proposed contract action is provided. (1) Action Code - HC1047 (2) Date - 12 December 2014 (3) Year - 2014 (4) Contracting Office Zip Code - 20755 (5) Classification Code - NAICS 517110, Wired Telecommunications Carriers (6) Contracting Office Address - 6914 Cooper Avenue, Fort Meade MD (7) Subject - Packet Optical Transport Network (P-OTN) 6500 Enhancement (8) Proposed Solicitation Number - N/A (9) Closing Response Date - 12 January 2015 (10) Contact Point Nichole C. Cabral DISA DITCO-NCR PL64 Special Projects Contracting Branch Ft. Meade, Maryland Email: Nichole.C.Cabral.civ@mail.mil Phone: 301-225-4055 (11) Contract Award Number - HC1047-09-C-4000 Modification (12) Contract Award Dollar Amount - TBD (13) Contract Line Item Number - TBD (14) Expected Contract Award Date - TBD (15) Proposed Contractor - Qwest Government Services, Inc. 2900 Towerview Road, Suite 170 Herndon, VA 20171 Competition is not feasible since CenturyLink, as the current multi-strand fiber cable and facility owner, has complete control and access to the single fiber strand leased by the Government. Since procurement of the IRU in 1999, the Government has provided equipment and due to technology advances, this equipment becomes obsolete from time to time and, therefore, requires replacement in order to meet DOD communication mission needs. The location of the equipment is within CenturyLink-owned facilities; thus, there is only one source able to perform this effort and provide essential services to the Government. Using other fiber providers would require access into CenturyLink's facilities or would cause additional cost to the Government for a new fiber network. Additionally, transitioning to another contractor's network would require up to a year to complete and would not meet the mission in the time required. CenturyLink has the experience, resources, technical expertise, and security qualifications required to complete the work at the lowest cost to the Government and in the timeframe required. (16) Description The U.S. Government has a mission critical telecommunications Network Enhancement requirement described herein to upgrade the existing Information System Network (DISN) CORE 10G Corestream optical transport networks to 100G 6500 Packet - Over Transport Network (P-OTN) for the enhancement of all current amplifiers, regenerators, and other equipment on Government Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) fibers between the following CONUS locations: Kelly AFB, TX, Bacon Ridge, TX, Kirtland AFB, NM, FT. Carson, CO and Buckley AFB CO. (17) Place of Contract Performance - Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado (18) Set-aside Status - None. (19) Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all capability statements received within thirty days after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete 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.