Blanket Purchase Agreement FA461322A0002

The Department of the Air Force Global Strike Command awarded a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement to Charter Communications Operating LLC to provide base cable and internet services from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027. The potential value of the BPA is $495,000. The original solicitation was a special notice issued by the 90th Contracting Squadron at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. The notice indicated intent to award a single-source BPA to the incumbent provider, Bresnan Communications, LLC, using statutory authority that permits single-source acquisitions. The BPA replaces an existing agreement and aims to procure cable and internet access for government and non-government entities stationed at or supported by Francis E. Warren AFB. The North American Industry Classification System code for this requirement is Wired Telecommunications Carriers, and the associated Product Service Code covers Information Technology and Telecommunications network access services.

The special notice solicitation did not involve a competitive bidding process, but rather notified the public of the intent to award a follow-on single-source BPA for cable and internet services to the incumbent in order to maintain continuity of services for the Air Force base. Responses were accepted to determine if conducting competition was in the government's best interest, but the notice specified this was not itself a solicitation and that no proposal package would be issued. The awarded BPA supports Francis E. Warren Air Force Base's requirement for cable and internet access over the base through September 2027, but is structured as a non-exclusive agreement allowing the government to utilize alternative providers if necessary.