quilt-network-national-map.pdf

This document is a Special Notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 5.2, notifying interested parties of the U.S. Air Force Academy's (USAFA) intent to award a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) using simplified procedures under FAR part 13.

The USAFA intends to award this non-competitive contract for UCAR to provide USAFA membership in the Front Range GigaPop (FRGP), a regional consortium that provides wide area networking services including Internet2, intra-FRGP, commodity Internet, caching, and peering connectivity to universities, research organizations, government agencies, and other institutions in Colorado. The contracting officer has determined that FRGP is the only solution that meets USAFA's requirements, making UCAR the only responsible source available under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). The NAICS code for this requirement is 517111 with a size standard of 1,500 employees.