EIPDS 25 Mbps service in the Hawaiian Islands

The U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC), has a requirement for Enhanced IP Data Service (25 Mbps) at these two USGS locations. The period of performance for these services will be a base period of six (6) months and six (4) one month option periods. The Government intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with Hawaiian Telcom, Inc. of Honolulu Hawaii, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b), only one source reasonably available. Hawaiian Telcom, Inc. is the only interisland local exchange carrier (LEC) of voice and network services. They are the only carrier to have the infrastructure (including copper and fiber optic cabling) to USGS locations at HVO and the PIERC Field Office on the Big Island. Hawaiian Telcom, Inc. is the only carrier to provide MPLS services over a fault tolerant interisland network. They are the only carrier to provide Ethernet based vLAN services over an MPLS network.

Other interested parties may contact the Contracting Officer at sklingler@usgs.gov before the closing date (11/28/2014) of this announcement for additional information or to submit a capabilities statement. Capability statements will be evaluated solely to determine if competitive opportunities exist; quotations are not solicited at this time. The NAICS code for this action is 517110; Wired Telecommunications Carriers for which the associated size standard is 1,500 employees.