The Defense Health Agency awarded a $170,706.67 firm fixed-price purchase order to Southern Light LLC for 1 Gigabit Ethernet services, with an ultimate completion date of July 16, 2025. The contract was solicited without a set-aside designation and was awarded on June 15, 2020, following a competitive solicitation process that opened on March 12, 2020. Performance of the services will occur in Mobile, Alabama, where Southern Light LLC maintains its primary operations. This award reflects the agency's need for high-speed connectivity solutions to support defense health operations and related federal facilities.
Southern Light LLC is an established telecommunications infrastructure provider based in Mobile, Alabama, with extensive experience delivering fiber optic and Ethernet services to Department of Defense and other federal agencies since its registration in the System for Award Management in 2002. The company has demonstrated substantial capability through previous contract awards from major defense organizations including the Defense Information Systems Agency, Air Force Materiel Command, and Naval Sea Systems Command, positioning it as a qualified vendor for the specialized broadband connectivity requirements encompassed in this Defense Health Agency contract.