The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command awarded an Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $4,990,000 to Veterans Lighting, Inc. (dba Veterans Electrical Solutions), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB). The IDIQ contract, awarded in September 2022, is intended to support fiber optic cable infrastructure upgrades and connectivity improvements at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Under this IDIQ, the Air Force has issued several firm-fixed-price delivery orders to Veterans Electrical Solutions, valued at over $3 million, to execute specific fiber optic cable projects at the base. The contracted work involves upgrading connectivity between various buildings and facilities, installing wireless access points, and maintaining connectivity systems. While the initial IDIQ did not utilize a small business set-aside, the majority of the subsequent delivery orders were awarded to the SDVOSB prime contractor. In addition to the Air Force IDIQ, Veterans Electrical Solutions also holds a $1 million IDIQ contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide cabling services at VA medical facilities in Florida.
The origin of this IDIQ contract was a pre-solicitation notice issued in April 2022, which outlined the Air Force's requirement to upgrade and enhance the fiber optic cable connectivity at Minot AFB. The pre-solicitation specified that the procurement would be set aside for SDVOSB firms. The resulting IDIQ contract was awarded to Veterans Electrical Solutions in September 2022 to execute these fiber optic infrastructure improvements through individual task orders over a 5-year period of performance.
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