Dark Fiber Cable Leasing and Maintenance Services

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to make a sole source award to Applied Data Systems for the leasing of Dark Fiber cable connections. The vendor, Applied Data Systems Inc. (ADS), leases dark fiber optic cables which runs under the street between 1275 K Street and 1200 K Street and 1200 K Street to 1225 Eye Street for data connection between the three buildings. Only ADS is available to lease the dark fiber to PBGC and to grant to PBGC an indefeasible right of unrestricted use of the fiber for PBGC's telephony and internet connectivity.

This is not a Request for Quotation, but a notice of Intent. An RFQ will not be issued. Interested parties may submit their capability statements for the required services to Jessica Carrillo at carrillo.jessica@pbgc.gov and Patrick McFarlane at mcfarlane.patrick@pbgc.gov no later than September 8, 2015, 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will not reimburse any costs connected with providing the capability information. Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice.