B8 - Local Telephone Services SIP Trunking Base and 4 Options.docx

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation W50S7G24Q0001 is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-03. The NAICS code is 517111 and the small business size standard is 1,500 Employees. The following commercial items are requested in this solicitation;

CLIN 0001 – Base Year, Local Telephone Services SIP Trunking Local Telecommunication Services (LTS) and features supporting 139AW MOANG. All in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). We currently have a PRI TDM Circuit (1.54M) with 23B and 1D channel which gives us 23 dynamic inbound/outbound trunks. We are required to go SIP trunking, but our telephone switch is not set up for it. Therefore, we need SIP bandwidth sufficient provide a full PRI for handoff to our switch. We will be replacing 1 PRI.

QTY: 12

Unit of Issue: Months

Price: __________________

CLIN 1001 – Option Year 1, Local Telephone Services SIP Trunking Local Telecommunication Services (LTS) and features supporting 139AW MOANG. All in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

QTY: 12

Unit of Issue: Months

Price: __________________

CLIN 2001: Option Year 2, Local Telephone Services SIP Trunking Local Telecommunication Services (LTS) and features supporting 139AW MOANG. All in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

QTY: 12

Unit of Issue: Months

Price: __________________

CLIN 3001 – Option Year 3, Local Telephone Services SIP Trunking Local Telecommunication Services (LTS) and features supporting 139AW MOANG. All in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

QTY: 12

Unit of Issue: Months

Price: __________________

CLIN 4001: Option Year 4, Local Telephone Services SIP Trunking Local Telecommunication Services (LTS) and features supporting 139AW MOANG. All in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

QTY: 12

Unit of Issue: Months

Price: __________________

CLIN 5001: 6 Month Extension IAW FAR Clause 52.217-8 Option to Extend the Services

QTY: 6

Unit of Issue: Months

Price: __________________

Period of Performance: Base Year + Four Option Years Service will need to be in place and operational by 29 September 2024 to avoid any disruption in current service.

Questions due NLT 5:00p.m. Central Time 26 March 2024 Quotes due NLT 29 March 2024 11:00AM Central Time

Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

FAC: 2024-03

FAR AND DFARS PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF SET-ASIDES:

FAR PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation 52.204-7 System for Award Management 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment 52.204-29 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders- Representation and Disclosures 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services 52.212-3 Alt I Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Products and Commercial Services – Alternate I

FAR CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities 52.204-25 Prohibition of Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders- Prohibition 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Commercial Services 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Clause includes the following FAR clauses: 52.203-15, 52.203-19, 52.204-23, 52.204-25, 52.209-6, 52.209-10, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.232-33, 52.233-3, 52.233-4) 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.222-55 Minimum Wage Under Executive Order 13658 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 52.223-11 Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

DFARS PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information 252.204-2016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services Representation 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services Representation 252.204-7019 Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements 252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) 252.213-7000 Notice to Prospective Suppliers on the use of Supplier Performance Risk System in Past Performance Evaluations 252.223-7997 – Prohibition on Procurement of Certain Items Containing Perfluorooctane Sulfonate or Perfluorooctanic Acid Representation (DEVIATION 2022-O0010) 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel 252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services – Representations 252.225-7050 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism 252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime 252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region–Representation 252.225-7971 Prohibition on Use of Certain Energy Sourced from Inside the Russian Federation – Representation (DEVIATION 2020-O0018) 252.225-7974 Representation Regarding Person that have Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (DEVIATION 2020-O00005) 252.239-7009 Representation of Use of Cloud Computing 252.239-7017 Notice of Supply Chain Risk

DFARS CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

252.201-7000 Contracting Officer’s Representative 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7002 Requirement to inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product Controls 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support 252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements 252.204-7021 Contractor Compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level Requirement 252.204-7022 Expediting Contract Closeout 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium 252.223-7997 – Prohibition on Procurement of Certain Items Containing Perfluorooctane Sulfonate or Perfluorooctanic Acid DEVIATION 2022-O0010) 252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payment Program – Basic 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors 252.225-7007 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Items from Communist Chinese Military Companies 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime 252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments 252.232-7011 Payments in Support of Emergencies and Contingency Operations 252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel 252.239-7010 Cloud Computing Services 252.239-7018 Supply Chain Risk 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea -- Basic

FAR PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT:

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 10 days.

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52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years 6 months.

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52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/

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52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/

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52.252-5 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN PROVISIONS (NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (48 CFR Chapter 2) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

52.252-6 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN CLAUSES (NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

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52.222-19 Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (DEVIATION 2020-O0019)

(a) Applicability. This clause does not apply to the extent that the Contractor is supplying end products mined, produced, or manufactured in—

(1) Israel, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $50,000 or more;

(2) Mexico, and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $92,319 or more; or

(3) Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, or the United Kingdom and the anticipated value of the acquisition is $183,000 or more.

(b) Cooperation with Authorities. To enforce the laws prohibiting the manufacture or importation of products mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, authorized officials may need to conduct investigations to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture any product furnished under this contract. If the solicitation includes the provision 52.222-18, Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products, or the equivalent at 52.212-3(i), the Contractor agrees to cooperate fully with authorized officials of the contracting agency, the Department of the Treasury, or the Department of Justice by providing reasonable access to records, documents, persons, or premises upon reasonable request by the authorized officials.

(c) Violations. The Government may impose remedies set forth in paragraph (d) for the following violations:

(1) The Contractor has submitted a false certification regarding knowledge of the use of forced or indentured child labor for listed end products.

(2) The Contractor has failed to cooperate, if required, in accordance with paragraph (b) of this clause, with an investigation of the use of forced or indentured child labor by an Inspector General, Attorney General, or the Secretary of the Treasury.

(3) The Contractor uses forced or indentured child labor in its mining, production, or manufacturing processes.

(4) The Contractor has furnished under the contract end products or components that have been mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced or indentured child labor. (The Government will not pursue remedies at paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this clause unless sufficient evidence indicates that the Contractor knew of the violation.)

(d) Remedies.

(1) The Contracting Officer may terminate the contract.

(2) The suspending official may suspend the Contractor in accordance with procedures in FAR Subpart 9.4.

(3) The debarring official may debar the Contractor for a period not to exceed 3 years in accordance with the procedures in FAR Subpart 9.4.

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All firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database @ www.sam.gov and shall be considered for award. Please submit your quote NLT 29 March 2024 11:00AM Central Time. If anyone should have any questions, please let me know, talia.guess@us.af.mil, (816)236-3259.