Contract - Frontier Communications

Added: Sep 21, 2015 3:56 pm The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Acquisition Operations (OAO), Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown, New Jersey, intends to enter into a contract on a basis of other than full and open competition for existing Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) services on the R3 Telecommunications Business Office (R3 TBO) Frontier Communications (Frontier) infrastructure at a total of 22 Region 3 VA Medical Centers (VAMC) located across Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee.. These LEC services include, but are not limited to, plain old telephones/business lines, primary rate interfaces, direct inward dialing, and features such as caller identification, voicemail, call forwarding, hunting/rollover and standard regulated tariff fees. The Contractor shall provide telecommunication services at the facility 24 hours per day, seven days per week with maximum service availability. The intended sole source award will be a firm-fixed price contract with Frontier, 401 Merritt 7, Norwalk, CT 06851. The Statutory Authority for this effort falls under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 entitled, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) for this effort is 57110. The anticipated award date is October 1, 2015.



This notice does not in itself represent the issuance of a formal request for proposal/quote and is not intended to be taken as such. This notification shall close on September 30, 2015.



Questions/responses shall be submitted via e-mail to Contract Specialist, Michael Frank, e-mail: Michael.Frank@va.gov, with the subject line as the synopsis number, VA118-15-Q-0775. The Points of Contact (POCs) for this action are Michael Frank, Contract Specialist, 732-440-9701 or Iris Farrell, Contracting Officer, 732-440-9661