Intent to Sole Source - Critical Services and Maintenance for NG9-1-1.docx

The 42nd Contracting Squadron at Maxwell AFB, AL hereby gives NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE Contract – Purchase Order to the Communications Venture Corp DBA INdigital Telecom to provide the 42nd Communications Squadron at Maxwell AFB a service to transition its Alabama Next Generation (ANGEN) 9-1-1 Service and Message Evolution (MEVO) System from Centralized Automated Message Accounting (CAMA) to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Internet Protocol (IP)in accordance with (IAW) the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:

The contractor Communications Venture Corp DBA INdigital Telecom will provide a service to transition its Alabama Next Generation (ANGEN) 9-1-1 Service and Message Evolution (MEVO) System from Centralized Automated Message Accounting (CAMA) to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Internet Protocol (IP)in accordance with (IAW) the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

Period of Performance: Start date to be determined.

Place of Performance: Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB).

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code: 334210

There will be no written solicitation issued. This is an intent to purchase a sole source procurement under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

The contractor needs to be registered in the DoD System for Award Management (SAM). Register via the SAM website https://www.sam.gov, and also be eligible to process invoices through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF). Register via the WAWF website https://wawf.eb.mil.

Communications Venture Corp d/b/a INdigital has been awarded the Alabama Next Generation Emergency Network (ANNGEN) upgrade contract (C585-2017-002) by the Governor of Alabama to replace the antiquated connectivity to every primary 9-1-1 center across Alabama while allowing for redundancy, resiliency, improved disaster recovery options and enhanced 911 call routing.

Those capable of meeting the requirement IAW the SOW are requested to provide the following information in their response:

a. Can your company provide IP Core Router Architecture?

b. Can your company provide disaster recovery for centers dealing with natural or human-made disasters?

c. Can your company provide service management?

d. Can your company provide Text to 911 services (inbound as well as outbound)?

e. Can your company provide a public safety answering point (PSAP) IP Mesh Transport Network?

f. Can your company provide a Wireless 4G PSAP IP Mesh Network?

g. Can your company provide uninterrupted access to 9-1-1?

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1) Information submitted will not be returned to the respective respondents. Oral submissions of information are not acceptable and will not be accepted in response to this notice.

2) Respondents may respond via e-mail no later than 14 Jan 2026, 12:00 p.m., Central Standard Time (CST) to Jordan Johnson (Contract Specialist) @ jordan.johnson.49@us.af.mil; (334)953-8945, 1st Lt John Putnam at john.putnam.8@us.af.mil; (334) 953-8083 and Mr. Jeremy Kersey at jeremy.kersey.1@us.af.mil; (334) 953-3526.

3) If no responsible, responsive offers are received by the above date, a sole source contract will be issued to INdigital Telecom under the authority of FAR 6.302-1.