Classified Video Teleconferencing (VTC) Crisis Management System (CMS)

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has a requirement to install a new classified Video Teleconferencing (VTC) Crisis Management System (CMS), to allow direct secure communication between the USGS and DOI as well as other federal agencies and departments.

Due to new requirements from the USGS Directors office and the Department of Interior, a new classified VTC system, Crisis Management System (CMS) provided by Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), per the Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Communications System Directive (NCSD) 3-10 (Rev.1) dated November 7, 2011, must be integrated into the existing Conference Room Audiovisual System (CRAVS). DISA states that the initial vendor should be used for integrating CMS into the existing VTC system. The USGS intends to award to Audio Video Systems Inc. (AVS), the vendor that installed the initial complex audio/visual (AV) system at the USGS Advanced Systems Center (ASC), a secure facility, in Reston, Virginia.

The USGS has determined that there is no other source that can provide the above services (see sole source justification below); therefore, the USGS intends to make an award to AVS for One (1) Base year and Four (4) Option Years. Vendors may contact the Contracting Officer, blucas@usgs.gov by the response due date indicated on this announcement.