Synopsis - Longhaul upgrade.doc

Synopsis of GATR/NAVAID Long Haul Upgrade Solicitation This synopsis serves as an announcement of an upcoming solicitation for long haul upgrade services at Lajes Air Field, Azores, Portugal. A solicitation for these services will be posted on or about 18 May 2012.

The solicitation will be synopsized under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 238210, where the government reserves the right to award to an offeror with a different NAICS code. The purpose of the long haul upgrade services is for an offeror to engineer, furnish, install and test a turn-key solution for fiber optic connectivity from GATR/NAVAID sites to the RAPCON, Command Post, and Base Ops. The government intends to evaluate any offers received using lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) and shall award a firm-fixed price contract as a result. The government reserves the right to award to other than the low offeror if that offer is found to be the lowest price technically acceptable and is the overall best value to the government.

The request for proposal (RFP) package will be available for downloading and viewing at Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), http://www.fbo.gov on or about 18 May 2012. A pre-proposal conference/site visit will be scheduled at Lajes Air Field and advertised via solicitation. The RFP package will be available on the Internet only. There will be no hard copies of this solicitation issued. The solicitation, performance work statement, and any other subsequent attachments will not be provided in a printed paper format; however, the government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the government's best interest. Questions related to this project must be submitted in writing to 65 CONF/LGCB, Attn: Rheame Griffin, Unit 7775, Bldg. T-615, Room 208, Lajes Air Field, Azores Portugal 09720-7775, or e-mail to: rheame.griffin@lajes.af.mil. All interested offerors must have signed up with the Central Contractor Registration through www.ccr.gov. (CCR sheet.doc, Nato Cage.doc and Duns.doc not included), but if needed can be requested via email to the point of contact identified above. All contractors interested in receiving notification of updates/amendments to the solicitation posted on the EPS are urged to enroll on the web site mailing list for this acquisition. Those contractors enrolled will be notified automatically of any changes made to the request for proposal through their e-mail addresses. No telephone requests will be accepted.