NOTICE OF INTENT_75N94024Q00164.pdf

INTRODUCTION- THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF

INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT

PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION. The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), in support of the work of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), intends to award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) Zayo Group LLC, 1805 29th Street, Ste 2050, Boulder, CO 80301-1067 to procure Dark Fiber Services.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE - The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 517111with a Size Standard 1500.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY - The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Circular (FAC) 2024-05 effective 05/22/2024. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000) and FAR Subpart 12- Acquisition of Commercial Items.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6— Competition Requirements.

Place of Performance National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 United States

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

The objective of this requirement is to continue utilizing temporary Zayo Wide Area Network (WAN) circuit service to provide network connectivity to NIDDK Phoenix Epidemiology & Clinical Research Branch (PECRB) at Phoenix Indian Medical Center

PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS

(PIMC). WAN circuit service is a critical network medium that is connected PIMC campus to the rest of NIHnet. It provides a network pathway for scientists at PIMC campus to transfer research data at high-speed to network servers, storage systems located in TGEN facility, as well as CRIS data to Building 10 Clinical Center via NIHnet.

Other daily utilized communication tools such as email, Zoom tele-conferencing, access to the Internet.

Base Period: 09/30/2024 – 09/29/2025 Option Period One: 09/30/2025 – 09/29/2026

Service Description A Location B Location Dark Fiber Service 1550 East Indian School Rd.

Phoenix AZ 445 N 5th Street Phoenix AZ

Unlike traditional WAN circuit or lid fiber alike, Dark Fiber Service provides NIDDK with great flexibility to utilize network bandwidth between PIMC and TGEN without depending on provider for schedule, construction, higher cost to upgrade to a higher bandwidth circuit. For example, Zayo circuit between PIMC-TGEN is capable of transferring data at 10G bps, such circuit bandwidth can be upgraded to 40G and beyond by NIDDK when needed without the needs to involve Zayo.

CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION

(INCLUDING BRAND- NAME) DETERMINATION

The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10—Market Research. Only one source is available: Per FAR 13.106- 1(b)(1) the Contracting Officer has determined that Zayo is the only vendor that can provide the Dark Fiber services required by the NIH/NIDDK. The following specifications are the only ones that can be met by Zayo: Dark Fiber Point to Point, Fiber Count: 2

CLOSING STATEMENT

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provided feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement, unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Vendor/Contractor’s (UEI) the Unique Entity ID from SAM.gov is now the authoritative identifier for those doing business with the federal government. The DUNS Number is no longer valid for federal award identification, the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.”

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

All responses to this notice 75N94024Q00164 shall be submitted electronically by 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, on July 16, 2024.

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