AHRQ Relay Caption Service

Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available.  The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) intends to sole source to:

Sprint Communications

12502 Sunrise Valley Drive

Reston, VA 20196

The purpose of this requirement is to acquire services for Relay Caption Service for 508 Compliance (TTY, Captioned Telephone Service, Speech to Speech, IP Relay Service, Video Relay Service, and Relay Conference Captioning).

Federal Relay was established by Congress under Public Law 100-542, the Telecommunications Accessibility Act of 1988, provides an intermediary telecommunications service for individuals  who are deaf, hard of hearing, and/or have speech disabilities, including federal employees, for communications with and within the Federal Government.  Sprint is currently the GSA contract holder and requests that each agency submit a task order for Federal Relay Service. 

The period of performance is 12 months.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government as to whether or not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties regarding this sole source action may contact the contract specialist, Kori Best, kori.best@ahrq.hhs.gov no later than the time and date specified in the FBO posting.