DG11--Puerto Rico LEC Telecommunications Services (VA-22-00007191)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center seeks to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract to WorldNet Telecommunications, LLC to provide local exchange carrier telecommunications voice and data services for sites located in Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas. The services required include plain old telephone service, ISDN primary rate interfaces, direct inward dialing, PBX trunks, ring down lines, voice DS-1 circuits, point-to-point private line DS-1, and metro Ethernet connections between 10 Mbps and 1000 Mbps with features such as call forwarding, caller ID, and E-911. The period of performance is one base year starting October 1, 2021 with two optional one-year extensions.

There is no set-aside designation. The NAICS code is 517311 and the PSC code was not provided. The incumbent contractor is WorldNet Telecommunications, LLC located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The requirement includes over 175 POTS lines, 17 PRIs, 31 blocks of DIDs, 10 T1s, a single 10Mbps Metro Ethernet circuit, and DSL services at multiple sites in Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas. The justification cites that only WorldNet owns the necessary infrastructure to provide uninterrupted services within the required timeframe for this location.