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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 FBO #3948
SOLICITATION NOTICE

99 -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING SUPPORT FOR THE BANDWIDTH MANAGER (BWM) PROGRAM - INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE

Notice Date
9/13/2012
 
Notice Type
Presolicitation
 
Contracting Office
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AJA-472 HQ - FAA Headquarters (Washington, DC)
 
ZIP Code
00000
 
Solicitation Number
12323
 
Response Due
9/18/2012
 
Archive Date
10/3/2012
 
Point of Contact
Whitney ColemanClark, 202-493-5963
 
E-Mail Address
whitney.coleman-clark@faa.gov
(whitney.coleman-clark@faa.gov)
 
Small Business Set-Aside
N/A
 
Description
This announcement is NOT A SCREENING INFORMATION REQUEST (SIR) or REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). Furthermore, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. In accordance with FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS), Paragraph 3.2.2.4, this announcement is to inform industry of the basis of the FAA's decision to contract with a selected vendor using single source procedures. A competitive solicitation is not available for this procurement. If your firm does not agree with this single source determination, please provide evidence of your firm's capabilities and experience in providing the services/equipment outlined in the attached quote and the FAA will evaluate accordingly. The FAA has a requirement for evaluation equipment to support the FAA's Bandwidth Manager network by being able to replace equipment which is determined to be end-of-life (EOL). This equipment includes the NX-1000 node type and HDD4 digital data card type from the NET Federal Inc Promina line of equipment. The anticipated period of performance for contract performance is one year. The acquisition strategy for the procurement has been determined to be a single source contract to the manufacturer of the existing NAS base lined Promina equipment (NET Federal Inc. or Sonus Inc is the sole manufacturer of the Promina equipment) pending responses to the market survey from other vendors. The FAA intends to use an established GSA Schedule contract for procuring equipment from NET Federal. (a) This is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposals of any kind; (b) The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals; (c) The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey; and (d) Any costs associated with the market survey submittal is solely at the interested vendor's expense. (e) Responses will not be returned. The Principal North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) size standard code for this requirement has not been determined yet. In order to make a determination of the capabilities of an interested vendor, the FAA requires the following information: a. Description of equipment to be provided by your firm. Such description should include how the services will be compatible with the Bandwidth Manager network. b. Description of equipment provided under any previous contracts that are similar in nature. Provide detailed information and past performance information on previous contracts including program title, customer name, project dates, project value, and customer point of contact. In order to be considered responsive, organizations, other than the manufacturer, expressing interest in this matter must provide in an electronic format one set of the following: a. Capability Statement b. Completed Business Declaration Form NOTES: The electronic submission must not exceed 10 pages in length. The electronic submission should be in either Microsoft WORD format or portable document format (pdf). Also, please note that the FAA e-mail server restricts file size to 10MB per mail, therefore, responses may have to be submitted in more than one e-mail in order to be received. All Submissions must be received by 3:00 PM Central Standard Time on September 18th, 2012. For questions, requests for additional information, etc. regarding this market survey, contact the Contract Specialist via E-mail:whitney.coleman-clark@faa.gov. Submission must include company Point(s) of Contact, telephone number(s), FAX number(s), E-mail address (es) (if available), and mailing address. No telephone calls will be accepted. Please submit questions through E-mail to Ms. Coleman-Clark who is your only POC for this requirement. At no time should your firm contact the Program Office to find out additional information on this requirement.
 
Web Link
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FAA/HQ/12323/listing.html)
 
Record
SN02881038-W 20120915/120914000417-9258d692c03f91b8f493170709aa9148 (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
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