Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announce... This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation W50S8R-25-Q-0011 is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04. This solicitation is set-aside 100 percent for Small Business. The NAICS code that applies is 517810 and business size is $40M. This action will result in a FFP purchase order, utilizing simplified acquisition procedures under Full and Open competition After Exclusion of Sources. Requirement is for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Services; see Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement, and other attachments, for further details. Site Visit Information: There will be NO site Visit. Contract Line Items: Base: CLINs 0001 Description: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Services, as defined in Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Service – Base Year PoP: 17 September 2025 – 16 September 2026 Qty: 12 Unit of Measure: Months Unit Cost: Total Cost: Option Year 1 CLINs 1001 Description: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Services, as defined in Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Service – Base Year PoP: 17 September 2026 – 16 September 2027 Qty: 12 Unit of Measure: Months Unit Cost: Total Cost: Option Year 2 CLINs 2001 Description: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Services, as defined in Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Service – Base Year PoP: 17 September 2027 – 16 September 2028 Qty: 12 Unit of Measure: Months Unit Cost: Total Cost: Option Year 3 CLINs 3001 Description: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Services, as defined in Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Service – Base Year PoP: 17 September 2028 – 16 September 2029 Qty: 12 Unit of Measure: Months Unit Cost: Total Cost: Option Year 4 CLINs 4001 Description: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Services, as defined in Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Service – Base Year PoP: 17 September 2029 – 16 September 2030 Qty: 12 Unit of Measure: Months Unit Cost: Total Cost: 1 BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: This solicitation is for a Firm Fixed Price Contract. The Government intends to award a single contract to a qualified Small Business Offeror deemed responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), whose quote conforms to all solicitation requirements and is judged to represent the Best Value to the Government in accordance with the evaluation scheme set out in this solicitation. The award will be made based on the lowest price, technically acceptable offer IAW FAR 15.101-2. Best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable quote with the lowest evaluated price, with appropriate consideration given to the three (3) evaluation factors: Responsiveness, Technical, and Price. 2 EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD: The evaluation factors are (1) Responsiveness, (2) Technical and (3) Price. To arrive at a Best Value decision, the Contracting Officer will integrate the evaluation of Responsiveness, Technical and Price as set out in the solicitation. The overarching evaluation approach for all factors and subfactors is to determine the acceptability of the response. The quote will be evaluated to determine whether each requirement has been addressed in the quote in order to meet the acceptability standards described in the solicitation. (a) Responsive Offerors. Initially, the government shall evaluate the quote on a pass/fail basis. The quotes shall be evaluated on whether offerors have submitted a complete package to include: Technical Documentation: Provide a detailed staffing plan to clearly explain how your company will manage and perform the service in accordance with Attachment 2- Performance Work Statement Provide Outage and Restoration Plan in accordance with Attachment 2- Performance Work Statement Provide a Phase in plan to appropriately reflect how the offeror will meet the phase in period to port 2,000 lines by contract performance start date of 18 September 2025 as well as the 20MB point to point connection in accordance with Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement. Provide Interconnection Agreement in accordance with Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement RESPONSIVE OFFEROR RATING Rating Description PASS Offeror has returned a complete proposal package. FAIL Offeror has NOT returned a complete proposal package. (b) Technical Evaluation. Technical Capability will be evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis utilizing the product specifications provided to the Government. To be determined Technically Acceptable, the offerors quoted product must meet all required characteristics. An offeror shall obtain an “Acceptable” rating to continue further in the competition. Offerors who are deemed to merit an “Unacceptable” rating in the Technical Capability Factor will be removed from further consideration for award. Once the minimum requirements are established, the team shall evaluate the offeror's quote against these requirements to determine whether the quote is acceptable or unacceptable, using the ratings and descriptions outlined herein. Quotes are evaluated for acceptability, but not ranked using the non-price factors/subfactors. In order to be considered awardable, there must be an "acceptable" rating in every non-price factor/subfactor. (c) Price. The total quoted price from offerors determined both responsive and technically acceptable will be evaluated and award will be made to the lowest evaluated price. (End of provision) All questions are due no later than 10:00 A.M. on 9 July 2024. If all answers to questions submitted within this timeframe are not provided at least three (3) business days prior to bid due date, bid due date will be extended accordingly. All answers to questions (including any additional documentation provided) are distributed on a non-attribution basis. For more information regarding this solicitation please contact James Kliewer @ 419-520-6227 or via email at james.kliewer.2@us.af.mil. All offers are due by 10:00 A.M. EST 22 July 2025 by: email james.kliewer.2@us.af.mil List of Attachments: Attachment 1: Provisions and Clauses that apply to this solicitation. Attachment 2: SIP Performance Work Statement (PWS) Attachment 3: Richland County Wage Determination ***************************************************************************************** Amendment 1 Posting Questions and Answers ***************************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************************** Amendment 2 Posting Questions and Answers Rev 1 Provides clarifications to Q3 and Q4 pertaining to local minutes and long distance phone calls. ***************************************************************************************** *****************************************************************************************

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

NOTICE: Sources Sought SOLICITATION NUMBER: W50S8R25Q0011 RESPONSE DATE: 27 June 2025 10:00 AM EST NAICS Code: 517810 This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought Synopsis (market survey). This is n... NOTICE: Sources Sought SOLICITATION NUMBER: W50S8R25Q0011 RESPONSE DATE: 27 June 2025 10:00 AM EST NAICS Code: 517810 This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought Synopsis (market survey). This is not a request for quote (RFQ) or a request for proposal (RFP). This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government will not pay for any cost incurred in responding to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought synopsis shall be voluntary. This Sources Sought Notice is for Market Research purposes only. The information submitted in response to the Sources Sought Notice will not be utilized to determine vendor standing in any future/potential Request for Quote/Request for Proposal, nor will it be utilized to determine if a vendor is qualified to submit a Request for Quote/Request for Proposal for any future/potential requirement. The notice and the information received shall not be used to determine how well respondents can perform a requirement, which can only be evaluated in response to a solicitation. Vendors will not receive formal notification or feedback on any information submitted in this Sources Sought request. All future/proposed submissions/solicitations requirements solicited on a Government Point of Entry will be evaluated independent of any information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice. No vendor will be provided information on solicitations issued on a Government Point of Entry based on this Sources Sought request. This Sources Sought Notice is relative to the NAICS code 517810. Large and Small Businesses are invited to answer this market survey to determine market capabilities. The 179th CW/MSC, Mansfield, OH, is conducting market research to determine the existence of potential sources to provide the following items: CLIN 0001 Description: SIP Service The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Services, as defined in this PWS. 5.0 Requirements: The contractor shall: 5.1 The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Telephony Services, as defined in this PWS. 5.2 At a minimum the contractor shall provide commercial subscriber line basic services: • dial tone • direct inward dialing • direct outward dialing • Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) • local exchange and long distance accesses • equal access • call blocking for Numbering Area Plan (NPA) 900, and NPA-976 • operator assistance (0+ & 00+) • Directory Assistance (DA) • E911 services, where available • non-published directory number • service disconnect with referral service (the referral service shall be at least three (3) months after a customer has been moved, changed, or disconnected • block Directory Assistance Call Completion (DACC) • block third party billing • Toll free access 5.3 The contractor shall provide 2000 DIDs (419-520-6000 to 419-520-6999) and (419-635-2700 to 419-635-3699) 5.4 Commercial Subscriber Line Quality of Service (QOS) . . Commercial subscriber line is defined as a traditional circuit switched voice network with its own dedicated bandwidth throughout the session of connection. The contractor shall provide a minimum Quality of Service (QOS) equal to or greater than 99.999%. 5.5 Restoration of Service and Maintenance. The Contractor shall respond and restore service outages. The Contractor shall respond to the Government within one (1) hour of notification. From the time of receipt of the notification. Restore service within twenty-four (24) hours from the time the Contractor responds to the Government's notification. 5.6 E911 Service. The Contractor shall provide access to E911 services, where available, through the local city or county emergency services organization. Emergency service assistance shall be provided for the hearing impaired. 5.7 Number Portability. The Contractor shall provide number portability for commercial subscriber lines and local exchange direct-in-dial (DID) directory numbers. The consistent use of the same prefix exchange and directory numbers provides the Government installation with its commercial identity. The Government installation is also serviced by other Government switched networks ( e.g., the Federal Telephone Service (FTS), and the Defense Switched Network (DSN)). These networks provide DID trunks and are directly dependent on the mutually assigned DID number to terminate into stations on the installation. Local exchange number portability and DID number growth is a critical factor in the ability of a Government installation to support its personnel and its missions. The Contractor shall comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the State Public Utility Commission (PUC) mandates for number portability. 5.8 Concurrent Sessions. The Contractor shall provide 100 concurrent sessions. 5.8.1 Circuit Requirements. The Contractor shall provide a 20 MB point to point connection 5.8.2 Interconnection Agreement. In the event the award is made to a non-incumbent contractor, the incoming Contractor shall submit all Interconnection Agreements (IAs) via link, or as an addendum, to the Government with their quote. The addendum is not included in the technical quote and no page limitations apply to this submittal. Additionally, if providing a quote as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) for any and/or all services, provide documented evidence of IAs and/or leasing agreements relevant to this effort. NOTE: Please submit electronic response indicating capability to provide requested items (no more than 3 pages) as well as POC (name, telephone # and email address) along with contractor’s CAGE, UEI, and the physical location of your facility to the individuals listed within this notice. Required Information: Any interested party who can offer all of the above may submit a written reply of not more than 3 pages, addressing each of the above items and defining how their location is capable of ALL of the minimum requirements listed above.