HC1021-16-T-1045-0003.pdf

RE09MAR165900

IQO INQUIRY

FM: PL511

TO: Contractors

DATE (MM/DD/YYYY): 09/15/2016

SUBJECT: HC1021-16-T-1045-0003 Amend: 0003

A. TYPE ACTION: ADMIN AMEND

1. PURPOSE: RFQ AMEND 0003 IS ISSUED TO INFORM TPs THAT THIS

REQUIREMENT IS NO LONGER PUT ON HOLD; THE QUOTE DUE DATE WAS UPDATED –

TPs ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT QUOTES BY 23 SEP 16.

THE SERVICE DATE WAS UPDATED TO READ 25 NOV 16 (SOONER IF POSSIBLE).

ALSO, THE BUILDING NUMBER AND POC INFORMATION WAS UPDATED (STUTTGART

END POINT), AS WELL AS INTERFACE INFORMATION (BOTH END POINTS) AND

STANDARD PROVISION (SP) 27. FURTHER, SP 30 WAS DELETED AND PROVISION

30 ADDED.

ALL OTHER ITEMS OF THE RFQ REMAIN UNCHANGED.

RECAP:

RFQ AMEND 0002 IS ISSUED TO INFORM TPs THAT THIS REQUIREMENT IS PUT ON

HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THEREFORE, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT QUOTES AS THEY

ARE NO LONGER DUE 13 JUNE 2016.

RFQ AMEND 0001 IS ISSUED TO UPDATE THE QUOTE DUE DATE OF LINE VICTOR TO

READ 6/13/2016 4:00 PM CEST AND CHANGE LINE FOXTROT 1 TO READ 9.953

GIGABIT.

RFQ: STM-64 COMMERCIAL LEASE BETWEEN PATCH BARRACKS (STUTTGART, GERMANY)

AND SHAPE (SHAPE-CASTEAU, BELGIUM).

SERVICE DATE: CUSTOMER DESIRES THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE SERVICE DATE AFTER

AWARD OF THE ORDER. PLEASE INDICATE THE COMMERCIAL LEAD TIME (CALENDAR

DAYS) REQUIRED FOR BRINGING THIS CIRCUIT INTO SERVICE, COUNTED FROM THE

DAY THE CONTRACT IS AWARDED.

DISCREPANCIES: IF AN OFFEROR BELIEVES THAT THE REQUIREMENTS IN THIS RFQ

CONTAIN AN ERROR, OMISSION, OR ARE OTHERWISE UNSOUND, THE OFFEROR SHALL

IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY DITCO-EUROPE IN WRITING WITH SUPPORTING RATIONALE.

THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AWARD THIS EFFORT BASED

ON THE INITIAL QUOTE, AS RECEIVED, WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

SUCH NOTIFICATION, AS WELL AS QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO DITCO-

EUROPE VIA EMAIL AT DISA.STUTTGART.DITCO.MBX.PL511@MAIL.MIL. PLEASE

PROVIDE ANY NOTIFICATION/QUESTIONS IN WRITING AND NO LATER THAN 13 MAY16.

THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO NOT ANSWER NOTIFICATION/QUESTIONS

SUBMITTED AFTER THIS TIME.

RE09MAR165900

QUOTE SUBMISSION: TPS ARE AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THEIR QUOTE TO DITCO-

EUROPE/STUTTGART VIA E-MAIL AT DOMINIQUE.G.MINN.LN@MAIL.MIL - SEE ALSO

STANDARD PROVISION (SP) 17.

EVALUATION: AFTER RECEIPT OF QUOTES, THE GOVERNMENT WILL EVALUATE FOR

THE LOWEST PRICE, TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE QUOTE.

M. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

3. TSR NUMBER: RE09MAR165900B

4. CCSD: DIYU69N5

Z. DITCO CONTACT:

Dominique Minn 49 (0) 711 68639 2392 dominique.g.minn.ln@mail.mil

Erica Potthast

DITCO Contracting Officer

HC1021-16-T-1045-0003

Paragraph V. QUOTE DUE DATE AND TIME (MM/DD/YYYY) change from:

Jun 13, 2016 10:00:00 AM EDT To:

09/23/2016 10:00 AM America/New York

Paragraph E. SERVICE DATE (MM/DD/YYYY), change from:

9/1/2016 To:

11/25/2016 (SOONER IF POSSIBLE).

Paragraph G. LOCATION OF TERMINATION A, change from:

1. ADDRESS: PATCH BARRACKS, GEBAEUDE 2375, 70569 STUTTGART, GERMANY

2. ROOM: DCO

To:

1. ADDRESS: PATCH BARRACKS, GEBAEUDE 2383, 70569 STUTTGART, GERMANY

2. ROOM: DCO

Paragraph H.2. LOCAL PART A (INTERFACE), change from:

2. INTERFACE: (PHYSICAL) LC; (ELECTRICAL) STM-64, LINE CODING:

OPTICFRAME FORMAT: SDH

To:

OPTIC, FRAME FORMAT: SDH

Paragraph H.7. LOCAL PART A (CONTACT), change from:

7. CONTACT: MR. THOMAS WILLIAMS;

EMAIL: THOMAS.MICHAEL.WILLIAMS@EUR.ARMY.MIL;

TEL: (CMCL) +49-(0)7116808259, (DSN) 413-430-8259

To:

7. CONTACT: MR. THOMAS WILLIAMS;

EMAIL: THOMAS.M.WILLIAMS94.CTR@MAIL.MIL;

TEL: (CMCL) +49-(0)7116808259, (DSN) 314-430-8470

Paragraph K.2. LOCAL PART B (INTERFACE), change from:

OPTIC,FRAME FORMAT: SDH

To:

(PHYSICAL) LC; (ELECTRICAL) STM-64, LINE CODING:

OPTIC, FRAME FORMAT: SDH

Paragraph M.14 STANDARD PROVISIONS, change from:

STANDARD PROVISION - 27 - APPROVALS AND PERMITS - AUG 2013

Contractor/Telecommunications Provider (TP) receiving this contract shall be responsible for having or obtaining all approvals and permits necessary to provide this service. A TP that does not currently hold all required approvals and permits may be deemed technically unacceptable, unless the contracting officer determines, in their sole discretion, the offeror is not a responsible offeror because the offeror will be unable to obtain required approvals and permits. Inability of Contractor/TP to obtain any such approval or permit during performance of any resulting contract shall not be a valid basis for not meeting service date or providing service. Failure of a Contractor/TP to obtain any approval or permit necessary to provide this service may result in termination of this contract by U.S. Government for default at no cost to U.S.

Government and/or receipt of a negative past performance rating.

ACCEPTABLE CONTRACTOR/TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER (TP) RESPONSE:

“UNDERSTAND/WILL COMPLY.

To:

STANDARD PROVISION - 27 - APPROVALS AND PERMITS - AUG 2013

Contractor/Telecommunications Provider (TP) receiving this contract shall be responsible for having or obtaining all approvals and permits necessary to provide this service. A TP that does not currently hold all required approvals and permits may be deemed technically acceptable. The contracting officer will treat approvals and permits issues as a matter for contract administration. As part of any responsibility determination the contracting officer may determine, in their sole discretion, that a TP does not have the present ability to obtain required permits and approvals, and seek clarification from any TP, and disqualify a TP from award based upon lack of TP responsibility. Inability of Contractor/TP to obtain any such approval or permit during performance of any resulting contract shall not be a valid basis for not meeting service date or providing service.

Failure of a Contractor/TP to obtain any approval or permit necessary to provide this service may result in termination of this contract by U.S. Government for default at no cost to U.S. Government and/or receipt of a negative past performance rating.

ACCEPTABLE CONTRACTOR/TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER (TP) RESPONSE:

“UNDERSTAND/WILL COMPLY.

Paragraph M.14 STANDARD PROVISIONS, delete:

STANDARD PROVISION - 30 - CONTRACT PERIOD - AUG 2015

**This contract for this telecommunications service shall have an estimated contract period of 60 months.

However, this estimated contract period is not guaranteed. The minimum service period shall be one month.

Accordingly, after meeting minimum service period, U.S. Government may discontinue service, at no additional cost to U.S. Government. U.S. Government will provide Contractor/Telecommunications Provider (TP) 30 days notice prior to discontinuing service.

Quotes that do not accept the minimum one month service period may be excluded from the competition and found unacceptable. In the event U.S. Government is unable to obtain quotes that meet this minimum service period, U.S. Government may consider quotes with a minimum service period greater than one month.

** The estimated service life of 60 months shall begin on the date of award. It does not begin when the circuit is installed.

ACCEPTABLE CONTRACTOR/TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER (TP) RESPONSE:

“UNDERSTAND/WILL COMPLY.”

Paragraph M.14 STANDARD PROVISIONS, add:

PROVISION - 30 - CONTRACT PERIOD - SEP 2016

**This contract for this telecommunications service shall have an estimated contract period of 60 months.

However, this estimated contract period is not guaranteed. The minimum service period is one month.

Quotes that do not accept the minimum one month service period may be excluded from the competition and found unacceptable. However, the Government reserves the right to waive this provision for all quotes and consider quotes with a minimum service period longer than one month, when it is to the benefit of the U.S. Government. Thus, a Contractor/Telecommunications Provider (TP) may provide more than one quote, one at a rate that accepts the minimum one month service period, and others at rates that propose a different minimum service period. After meeting the minimum service period, U.S. Government may discontinue service, at no additional cost to U.S. Government. U.S. Government will provide Contractor/Telecommunications Provider (TP) a 30 day notice prior to discontinuing service.

**The estimated service life of 60 months shall begin on the date of award. It shall not begin when the circuit is installed.

ACCEPTABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER (TP) RESPONSE: “UNDERSTAND, WILL

COMPLY”