Cellular Service Renewal

Added: Sep 23, 2015 4:34 pm THIS IS A NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION (NOCA); THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS.  NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN REPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SYNOPSIS IS TO NOTIFY INDUSTRY OF THE USAF INTENT OF CONTRACT ACTION AND POSSIBLY GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER POTENTIALLY QUALIFIED SOURCES AND THEIR SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS (SMALL BUSINESS, LARGE BUSINESS, ETC.) PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF A SOLICITATION, AS ONE DOES NOT EXIST.

SUBJECT:  Notice of intent to award sole source procurement for annual wireless cell phone services.

DESCRIPTION:  Intent to award sole source procurement with Cello Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless.   Edwards Air Force Base, CA intends to award a Sole Source purchase order to Verizon Wireless.  The Sole Source purchase will be for annual renewal of services.

Please note that this is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit, in writing, complete information describing their ability to provide the following:

Annual wireless cell phone service renewal to include voice calling domestically and globally for Blackberrys, I-Phones, cell phones, I-Pads, air cards and data broadband services. The required total support will be NTE 1500 lines of services.  The wireless provider must operate within the 800- 900 MHz frequency band. Voice service will include Blackberry and cell phones calls domestically and globally as required.  The Push-to-Talk feature will be a secondary form of communication in place of voice calls as required.  Data services will be unlimited for Blackberry, I-Phones, I-Pads, and broadband cards domestically only.

Responses may be sent via e-mail to jenna.jacobson@us.af.mil.  Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.  A determination not to change the requirement to open competition, based on response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Air Force.  If the office has not received any affirmative written responses by 12:00 p.m. PDT on September 27, 2015, a Sole Source purchase order will be pursued with Verizon Wireless.