Direct Fiber Connection between CFTC Alternate Computing Facility and MS Azure Facility

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") intends to negotiate/award a sole-source contract for the procurement of a direct fiber connection between the CFTC data network (as currently hosted by Recovery Point Systems, Inc.) and the Microsoft Azure datacenter. The Government intends to procure this requirement under FAR 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

Through a competitively awarded GSA FSS task order, Recovery Point Systems, Inc currently provides an offsite Information Technology (IT) facility to host CFTC critical IT systems. This facility is located in Germantown, MD. CFTC now has a need for a direct fiber connection between this offsite facility and the Microsoft Azure data center in Ashburn, VA. Only Recovery Point Systems, Inc can provide this direct fiber connection between the described locations as it is the owner of the origination point for the direct fiber line (the offsite critical IT systems facility).

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS nor a solicitation of offers. However, the Government will consider written responses from all responsible sources received by 5:00pm EST, September 4, 2019. Written responses must include sufficient information to establish capability to fulfill the requirement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes for future Market Research requirements. No formal solicitation package is available. The Government anticipates award on or about September 28, 2019. The Government will not be responsible for any costs of preparation in response to this announcement.