Local and Long Distance Telecommunication Services

offer. A1. Extention will be given till 22 Sept 2025 at 3:00pm to allow for evaluation and award before the end of the fiscal year. Q2. In addition to an extension to allow time to respond to Q&A, we request additional time to respond to the solicitation due to short timeline and offerors' inability to access the solicitation documents prior to 09/08/2025. A2. Unfortunately due to the time constraint of the end of the fiscal year, any further extention could prevent evaluation and award prior to 30 Sept 2025. Extention will be given till 22 Sept 2025 at 3:00pm. Q3. Is there an incumbent contractor, and if so, who? A3. AT&T currently provides the service. Q4. Is there any historical usage for this account in terms of total LTS minutes/month? A4. None Q5. How many concurrent call paths are required? A5. This is unknown at this time. Q6. What is the average number of monthly long-distance minutes? A6. This is unknown at this time. Q7. Is international long-distance calling authorized? If so, to what countries and what is the average number of international monthly long-distance minutes? A7. This is unknown at this time. We have to have capabilities to call all countries, but the minutes are determined by mission which is unknown. Q8. Does the Government's PBX send out one static number for CallerID on 911 calls, or is it the Government's intention to send a unique DID depending on the device that the 911 call was placed from? A8. We have our own internal 911, then our Security Forces will call the civilian 911 when needed. We don't have a preference on what number is displayed. Q9. Appendix 1 PWS shows 2 existing PRIs, however Objective 1.2 is only asking for 24 concurrent calls. Please confirm that 24 concurrent calls is what the contractor is to provide. A9. Confirmed, 24 concurrent calls is needed. Q10. The SAM posting states "The response shall consist of four parts: Administrative, Technical, Price, and Past Performance." There are no instructions for Past Performance submissions. Please confirm that offerors are not required to submit Past Performance information. A10. Changes have been made with this amendment, the only parts required on the offer will be Technical and Price. Past Performance and Administrative are not required. Q11. While the SAM posting states that the projected Start of Work is 30 September 30, 2025, Section 3.1.1 states that "Installation, circuit assignments, all possible/applicable testing, records� management, cut over and Government acceptance shall be completed NLT one hundred and eighty (180) days after contract award for Pittsburgh ARS, PA." For proposal purposes, should we use the PWS statement as the guide for the Installation and Cutover Plans? A11. Yes, the anticipated start date for the contract is 30 Sept. Plans should start at 30 Sept and work out to the 180 day mark stated in the PWS, which should be March 29, 2026. __________________________________________________________________________ Amendment#2 - There was an issue with opening the original "Attachment 2 - Price Schedule" ; new excel file has been added __________________________________________________________________________ Amendment#1 - There was an issue with opening the original PWS (pdf); a new pdf attachment has been added __________________________________________________________________________ This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Offers are being requested and a written solicitation (paper copy) will not be issued. Further, Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation. Solicitation FA671225Q0010 is issued as a request for quote (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses for commercial items are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-05, Electronic Code of Federal Regulation (eCFR) https://gov.ecfr.io/cgi-bin/ECFRl, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Publication Notice (DPN) 20250825 and Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition Circular (DAFAC) 20241016. It is the Offeror�s responsibility to be familiar with applicable provisions and clauses. See https://gov.ecfr.io and https://www.acquisition.gov for the full text of all provisions and clauses incorporated by reference herein. Class deviations can be found at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/class_deviations.html This procurement is being issued as a 100% Total Small Business Set Aside, under NAICS code 517111, Wired Telecommunications Carriers, and a small business size standard of 1,500 employees. The Contractor shall provide all labor, tools, facilities, materials, and services needed to perform and provide local and long distance access to the designated circuit demarcation point(s) identified in the Attached PWS. These services shall include any equipment, wiring, or infrastructure to ensure the Contractor�s proposed solution is compatible with the Government�s current infrastructure without additional Government expense. Access to the local exchange shall also include operator assistance functions. These services shall not include residential or business services for non-Government entities or Government contractors. The Contractor shall follow all Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Public Utility Commission (PUC), Department of Defense (DoD), AF, and industry standards for this requirement. The Contractor shall provide and install transmission equipment and cables for local exchange access and transport service circuits to the Government-provided floor space at the Government demarcation location(s) identified in Appendix 1. The Contractor shall connect to Government-provided power connection points and termination frames. The Contractor shall coordinate with the Government Point of Contact (POC) (primary and alternate names, emails, and telephone numbers shall be provided by the Government no later than five days after contract award prior to any installation. The contractor shall ensure the legacy equipment is operational until the cut-over phase begins. The Government does not authorize aerial cable installations. A firm fixed-price contract is contemplated with a period of performance (PoP) of one base year, four one-year options and a six-month extension. Anticipated start date: 30 September 2025 Any/all deliveries shall be made in accordance with FAR 52.247-34, FOB Destination. The place of delivery, acceptance and FOB Destination point is Pittsburgh ARS, Coraopolis, PA. Offerors shall provide at least the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public in customary commercial practice. Site Visit Information. There is no Site Visit for this acquisition. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Written proposals are required (oral offers will not be accepted). Submission of proposals must be in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items and any addenda to the provision. See Addendum to FAR 52.212-1. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items applies to this