Fiber Optiic Network Amendment 1.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

FIBER OPTIC NETWORK REBUILD

FOR

Department Of Commerce (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Instructions to Offerors

This request for quote will result in a firm fixed price contract. This proposal is 100% set-aside for small business. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 238210 , Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors with a small business size standard of $19 M.

Point of Contacts: Jacqueline Brown Blen Gabriel Jbrown4@doc.gov bgabriel@doc.gov

Site Visit Date: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) UTC/GMT - on Monday, September 14, 2026. Offeror (s) is encouraged to attend the Site Visit by contacting the above Point of Contact.

Point of Contact: Richard Freeman (Additional Site visit POC) rfreeman@ntia.gov

Questions - Any questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted to the contracting team no later than (NLT) 10:00 AM Mountain Time (MT) Wednesday 16 Sept 2026. All questions must be submitted to both the Points of Contacts listed above. Questions submitted after this deadline may not be answered.

Proposals Due Date: 2:00 pm Mountain Time (MT) on Wednesday, September 21, 2026.

Proposals are valid for 60 calendar days unless otherwise stipulated by the Offeror.

Late submissions: Quoters are responsible for submitting quotations so as to reach the Government office designated by the time specified in the solicitation. Any quotation received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of quotations is late and may not be considered unless it is received before award is made and the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late quotation would not unduly delay the acquisition.

Note: .zip files are not an acceptable format for the Department of Commerce Network and will not go through our email system.

Hard copies will not be accepted.

In response to this solicitation, the Offeror shall prepare a detailed proposal for meeting all stated requirements and comply with the following limitations and characteristics:

• Do not include marketing materials

• Margins (Top, Bottom, Right and Left) no smaller than 1" (headers and footers are allowed in the margins)

• Submission shall be provided in electronic format

• Arial size 11 font or Times New Roman 12 font shall be used

• Offers shall be submitted in a format readable by Microsoft (MS) Word 2007, MS Excel 2007, or in text searchable PDF format, as applicable.

• Proposals shall be limited to a total of twenty pages (25) and be subdivided into sections as follows:

mailto:rfreeman@ntia.gov o Section/Volume 1 – Technical Proposal;

o Section /Volume 2 – Management and Staff Plan o Section/Volume 3 – Past Performance .

o Section/Volume 4 – Price Proposal.

• The following pages are exempt from the page limitation:

o Cover page, Table of Contents and Section Dividers (as applicable) o Past Performance o Management/Staffing Plan o Price Proposal.

All companies must be registered in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be considered for award. It is the quoter’s responsibility to complete their reps and certs at SAM.gov for the quote to be evaluated for award. The Government will not provide contract financing for this acquisition. Award will not be made to any contractor that is not registered in SAM.

The solicitation number 1331L526FIBEROPTI is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) for the NTIA FIBER OPTIC NETWORK INSTALL at Table Mountain Field Site, Longmont Colorado.

This will be solicited as a Firm Fixed Price small business set-aside purchase order. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 238210 –Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors . The size standard is $19 Million.

This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Revolutionary FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation) Overhaul (RFO), effective 07/01/2026. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. A list of solicitation provisions and contract clauses that apply to this acquisition can be found in Attachment 2 – Clauses and Provisions.

The quotes will be evaluated IAW RFO 52.212-2, found herein. Please read and comply with all requirements for submitting a quote under the solicitation instructions and the addendum to RFO 52.212-1. Failure to comply with all instructions contained within this synopsis/solicitation may result in the quote being ineligible for award. It is the quoter’s responsibility to ensure their quote meets all the requirements identified herein and the associated Attachments.

*FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Product and Commercial Services (July 2026) applies to this acquisition and the following addendum applies:

The Following words stating “offer”, “offeror”, and “proposal” are replaced with “quotation”, “vendor”, and “quote”.

Paragraph (a) first sentence revised as follows: “The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear above.”

Paragraph (c) first sentence revised as follows: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the combined synopsis/solicitation.”

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ http://www.acquisition.gov/

The place of performance is on Table Mountain Field Site, Longmont Colorado.

The resulting award will be a Firm-Fixed Priced Purchase Order.

The contractors’ s quote shall be organized as follows:

• Volume 1 – Technical Proposal

• Volume 2 – Management and Staff Plan

• Volume 3 – Past Performance

• Volume IV - Price Proposal

All Sections are to be clearly separated from the other (i.e., page break, blank page divider, separate files, etc.).

Each Offeror shall provide all price information only in the Price Proposal. The Technical Proposal shall not contain any price information.

Section 1 – Technical Proposal

This volume addresses the technical aspects of the requirement. It shall indicate the firm’s capabilities and the means used to satisfy the requirements stated in the attached SOW. The Offeror is encouraged to propose innovative solutions that meet the performance requirements for this procurement. Reference the SOW for specifics of the Government’s requirements for this service.

The Offerors shall address the following qualifications and experience:

1. Understanding of the project requirements.

2. Understanding of all 5 Phases

3. Quality control approach

4. Risk management approach

5. Safety and site protection approach

6. Approach to minimizing disruption to Government operations

7. Identification of assumptions, exceptions, and requested clarifications

Section 2 – Management and Staffing Plan

The management and staffing plan shall include:

1. Project management approach

2. Organization chart

3. Key personnel and roles

4. Subcontractor management approach

5. Schedule management approach

6. Communication plan

7. Coordination approach with COR, TPOC or other government official

8. Proposed project schedule

Section 3 – Past Performance Proposal

Offerors shall submit at least three (3) past performance references of contracts accomplished within the last three years with relevant projects involving at a minimum but not limited to:

• Outside plant fiber optic construction

• Directional boring and/or trenching

• Fiber optic ring architecture

• Large-count single mode fiber installation

• Fusion splicing and OTDR/OLTS testing

• Government, research campus, critical infrastructure, or secure site environments

• Network equipment installation and turn-up

• CAT 6A structured cabling, if applicable

The references shall include the following information:

• Award amount

• Brief description of the work and relevance to this solicitation

• Contract Type (i.e. Firm Fixed Price, Time and Materials, etc.)

• Final contract amount to include a statement as to whether there was a contract under / overrun, as applicable

• Customer Technical Point of Contact (name, email address and phone number)

• Customer Contractual Point of Contact (name, email address and phone number)

Section 3 – Price Proposal

Offerors shall include a complete and detailed price breakdown of supplies/services to perform the work.

Offerors shall identify any long lead items and associated schedule risks.

Addendum to RFO 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Services (July 2026) 1.Evaluation The Government intends to award a contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government , considering both price and non-price factors.

An award will be made based on a best value trade-off. The Technical Factor is more important than the Past Performance Factor and when the two are combined, they are approximately equal to Price Factor

The following factors will be used to evaluate proposals:

(1) Technical Factor:

The Offeror’s approach to performing the requirements and its capability to successfully perform the technical aspects of the contract will be evaluated. Proposals will be evaluated as follows:

1. Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of all aspects as described in this SOW.

2. Demonstrated technical approach proposed to meet the requirements described in the SOW.

3. Demonstrated experience in performing the same or similar services of those described in the

SOW.

(2) Past Performance Factor:

The Government will evaluate the relevance and quality of the offerors past performance on similar projects.

• Timeliness – Delivery or Performance

• Responsiveness to problems and new/modified tasking

• Quality of products or services provided

• Cost control

• Compliance with past subcontracting plans/goals (if applicable)

The Government will use its discretion to determine the sources of past performance information used in the evaluation, and the information may be obtained from references provided by the offeror, the agency’s knowledge of contractor performance, other government agencies or commercial entities, or past performance databases. Offerors with no relevant past performance will be given a neutral rating under this factor.

(3) Price Factor:

The Government will evaluate price for reasonableness and completeness in relation to the solicitation requirements.

The technical factors will receive one of the following ratings listed below:

Rating Description Acceptable Quote meets the requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Quote does not meet the requirements of the solicitation.

List of attachments:

Attachment 1 – PWS Attachment 2 – Clauses and Provisions Attachment 3 – Wage Determination