Centrex services for navsta great lakes

The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics center (FLC) Norfolk, Philadelphia Office intends to Solicit to SBC Global (AT and T) on a sole source basis to provide integrated, switched voice and data telecommunications CENTREX services for up to approximately 4,900 telephone stations and approximately 4,200 voice mail services at the Naval Station (NAVSTA) Great Lakes and tenant activities located in the Great Lakes, IL area. The required services include analog and digital circuit service, hosted voicemail services including individual mailboxes and auto attendants, local area calling, ISDN Basic Rate Interface service, ISDN Primary Rate Interface circuits, high capacity (T1/DS1) digital circuit service and maintenance and service responsibilities as defined in the current Illinois Commerce Commission regulations.
To perform the required Centrex services, the contractor must have access to a Central Office/cable plant with a major switch and maintain the outside cable plant delivering services to multiple Rate Demarcation Plants located in buildings throughout NAVSTA Great Lakes. FLCN’s intent is to process this requirement on a sole source basis to SBC Global Services (AT and T). AT and T owns and maintains the outside cable plant delivering services to the multiple Rate Demarcation Plants located in buildings throughout NAVSTA Great lakes. At this time, AT and T is the only firm who has this capability and infrastructure to provide the required services.
The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 USC 1901(e)(2) - a sole source acquisition under the authority of the Special Rules for Commercial Items, as implemented by FAR 13.501(a).
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 517311.
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and may submit information that shall be considered by NAVSUP FLC Norfolk, Philadelphia Office. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. The Government will neither award a contract nor pay for information in response to this notice.
Any responses to this synopsis should be sent to the attention of John Charambura at john.charambura@navy.mil, these responses shall be received no later than 5:00 PM EST on 10 September 2018.
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