Sole Source Justification.pdf

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IT Project Manager Ameer Shakir

452 CS/SCXP

Communications Systems Officer (CSO) Aaron S. Blackstone, Maj. USAF

452 CS/CC

Contracting Officer Jon D. Aaron

452 MSG/PK

Competition Advocate Victoria M. Boston

434 MSG/PK

Chief of the Contracting Office (COCO) Ellie Frias

452 MSG/PK

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452 MSG/PK (Operational Contracting Office) 1261 Graeber St.

Building 2313, Suite 118 March Air Reserve Base, CA 92518

March Air Reserve Base, CA (MARB) proposes to award a sole source, firm-fixed price (FFP) service contract to the business vendor listed below. The contract will be for one (1) 11-month plus eight (8) days base period and four (4) 12-month option periods, with an overall Period of Performance of 23 May 2025 through 30 Apr 2030.

AT&T Enterprises, LLC 3033 Chain Bridge Rd Oakton, VA 22124-2542

CAGE: 9B545

Category: Large Business

The contractor shall provide all labor, tools, facilities, materials, and services needed to perform and provide local access to the designated circuit demarcation identified in Appendix 1 of the PWS. Services shall include equipment, wiring, and infrastructure to ensure the contractor solution is compatible with current infrastructure without additional expense. Access to the local exchange will include operator assistance functions. These services shall not include residential or business services for non-Government entities or Government contractors. The contractor shall follow all Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Public Utility Commission (PUC), Department of Defense (DoD) regulations, USAF and industry standards for this requirement. The contractor shall provide and install transmission equipment and cables for local exchange access and transport service circuits to the Government within the provided floor space at the Government demarcation location identified in Appendix 1 of the PWS. The contractor shall connect to Government-provided power connection points and termination frames. The contractor shall coordinate with the Government Point of Contact (POC) (primary and alternate names, emails, and telephone numbers shall be provided by the Government no later than (NLT) five days after contract award, prior to any installation.

The estimated price for the Base Period of this sole source service contract is ~$95,869.02. The estimated value of the Base and Option Periods combined is ~$479,345.10, if all option periods are exercised.

The Period of Performance for the Base Period is eleven (11) months plus eight (8) days as follows:

23 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2026.

The Period of Performance for Option Period One (1) is twelve (12) months as follows:

01 May 2026 - 30 Apr 2027.

The Period of Performance for Option Period Two (2) is twelve (12) months as follows:

01 May 2027 - 30 Apr 2028.

The Period of Performance for Option Period Three (3) is twelve (12) months as follows:

01 May 2028 - 30 Apr 2029.

The Period of Performance for Option Period Four (4) is twelve (12) months as follows:

01 May 2029 - 30 Apr 2030.

Appropriated funding for the Base and Option Period CLINs are FY2025 Air Force Reserve Command Operations & Maintenance (3740).

This requirement exceeds the Simple Acquisition Threshold (SAT). RAD was approved on 27 Mar 2025.

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FAR 6.302-1 (a)(1)(iii)(A)

AT&T currently is the sole legacy owner of base telephone infrastructure and the current provider of the current LTS service contract for MARB. The contract is currently under a six (6) month bridge extension award (FA8773-20-P-0009). The bridge extension award will expire on 22 May 2025. The bridge extension was awarded to ensure there was not a break in service. The six (6) month bridge extension offered time for the 452 CS to complete market research and confirm that AT&T was the unequivalent sole source provider.

Market Research indicted a lack of small business providers that are capable of delivering LTS at a fair and reasonable price when existing copper infrastructure is present. The reason this procurement has been deemed sole source is primarily due to AT&T's legacy ownership of the existing copper infrastructure. Any service provider using AT&T's copper infrastructure while delivering LTS will be charged a usage fee associated with AT&T's infrastructure. This usage fee costs $9,628.00 per copper PRI circuit. MARB has six (6) copper PRI circuits, which brings the total usage fee to $57,768.00. This usage fee would be an additional charge per month on top of costs already associated with regular LTS.

The MARB Contract Specialist researched LTS providers on GSA.gov, SAM.gov, AbilityOne.gov, and existing market research information from the 452 CS to help identify possible LTS providers. Existing Large Business providers capable to delivering LTS with redundant circuits are AT&T, Frontier, Charter Communications, and Spectrum.

During research of the installation's infrastructure, the existing circuits were identified as antiquated (copper) by modern standards and would necessitate a substantial investment by these same LTS providers to upgrade the equipment and circuits to compatible fiber-optic systems. This increase in investment (i.e., the installation of new infrastructure) would incur excessive costs for the Government, rendering the project prohibitively expensive and beyond the budget of the 452 CS.

The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated cost to the Government for this acquisition will be fair and reasonable when compared to other researched solutions or courses of action. The proposal will be evaluated using non-burdensome price analysis in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-3. This acquisition was determined a commercial service; therefore, certified cost and pricing data is not required.

Market Research conducted by the MARB Contracting Specialist included SAM.gov, GSA.gov, and AbilityOne.gov to verify the availability of LTS providers capable of delivering the appropriate services needed to support MARB. Both SAM.gov and GSA.gov identified multiple options for LTS providers. However, as stated previously, LTS providers would need to install new fiber-optic infrastructure at an additional and exorbitant cost to the Government, or utilize the current copper infrastructure, which would also add usage fees on top of regular costs for the LTS.

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For this contract opportunity, AT&T will be waiving its installation fees for two (2) new fiber-optic PRI circuits.

This will reduce the total number of circuits from six (6) PRI (copper) to two (2) PRI (fiber-optic) while establishing a redundant backup system to prevent breaks in service.

It is anticipated that with the reduction of circuits, due to the modernization of the infrastructure from copper to fiber-optics, will help establish MARB's local and long-distance infrastructure into a secure and stable system for MARB moving forward. This will also optimize Government funds through the waiver of additional installation costs while eliminating exorbitant usage fees applied to other LTS providers.

Due to the age of the current system and AT&T's existing infrastructure, Frontier Communication, Spectrum, and Charter Communications were unable/unwilling to provide their capabilities concerning LTS for MARB.

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As evidenced by my signature above, I have determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

As evidenced by my (our) signature(s) above, I (we) certify that any supporting data contained herein, which is my (our) responsibility, is both accurate and complete.