D - Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source Contract

Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for Landline Wired and Fax Services in Palm Springs, CA. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITVE PROPOSALS. The United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Pacific Region Office (PRO), intends to enter into a sole source Firm-Fixed Price contract with Frontier California Inc., a Non-Indian Owned Business, for Landline and Fax services at the Palm Springs Agency in Palm Springs, CA under the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1 "Only One Source and No Supplies or Services will satisfy Agency Requirements". Frontier California Inc., will provide business landline services that support telecommunications (ISDN-PRI) with internal phone system. ISDN-PRI provides up to 40 business lines and basic centranet lines to support three fax lines and one business (POTS) for alarm system for the performance period of 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2021. Frontier Communications is the only provider of this service in the Coachella Valley. Frontier is able to provide a pick code service to the FTS 2000 for long distance calls. The Agency is unable to direct connect to a government FTS 2000 phone system because of the remote area. This type of service is only available through Frontier Communications. Frontier Communications provides security for the internal phone system and provide the necessary services to detect and prevent the hacking internal phone system to deter fraudulent phone lines. No solicitation is available, and no technical questions will be answered for this requirement. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 517311 and the Business Size Standard is 1,500 employees. If a firm believes that BIA should not pursue this procurement, it should submit a capability statement and pricing information for the requirement by 4pm PD on August 26, 2022. Please contact Jodi Zachary, Contract Specialist, via email at Jodi.zachary@bia.gov."