Base Telecommunication System (BTS) Services

This pre-solicitation notice is an announcement of a requirement for highly reliable wired telecommunication and networked voice, video and data services. This acquisition will be fixed price.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:  The contractor is required to perform Operation and Maintenance (O&M) and other services required to ensure the Base Telecommunications System (BTS) is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The BTS consists of the base telephone system switch, the outside plant (OSP) and inside plant (ISP) systems, network, transmission systems, and all associated equipment.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:  This acquisition will be competitively set-aside for 8(a) concerns.  An 8(a) will be considered small under North American Classification System (NAICS) code 517311 with a size standard of 1500 EMP.  All offerors must be registered in the System for Acquisition Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov.  You are required to create a user account to register and/or update your entity records (i.e., Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code, DUNs number, etc.) in SAM. This information is necessary in order to receive award consideration.  All questions concerning this notice should be submitted electronically via email to the Points of Contact as indicated in this announcement. All information pertaining to this announcement, including technical (or other) questions and answers will be provided to/through the Contracting Office ONLY to ensure equal distribution of information to interested parties via sam.gov, https://sam.gov/content/home

SOLICITATION POSTING: The solicitation and its attachment are anticipated to be posted within the next 10 days.  Please note recently mandated contract provisions/clauses are applicable to this requirement and contractor must be in compliance with in order to receive an award.  Recommend reading the solicitation in its entirety as there are specifics Instructions to Offerors that must be met.

Facility Tour/Site Visit & Pre-Proposal Briefing: excerpt from upcoming solicitation:
(m) Site Visit. All interested in attending a pre-proposal conference/site visit must inform the 49 CONS POCs listed above in Addendum 52.212-1(b) no later than Monday, 13 December 2021, 1:00 PM MST and provide their full name and SSN. The pre-proposal conference/site visit will be conducted on Thursday,16 December 2021, 8:30 AM MST at Holloman AFB, NM. All will meet at Holloman's main gate visitors center in order to be "escorted" on base. All who have contracted 49 CONS, will be put on the list to attend; if anyone who does not coordinate with 49 CONS POCs, you will not be on the list and will not be able to attend either the preproposal conference or site visit as individuals must be pre-approved due to COVID-19.