IHS Billings Area Office Telephone Service
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- SN-75H70925BAO001
- Agency
-
Indian Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 517111 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- Place of performance
- Billings, Montana 59101, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service (IHS) Billings Area Office has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to LUMEN for telephone service and support. The contract is a Base Plus Four Option Year Contract with a total estimated value of approximately $393,000.00. The service will cover telephone communications for the Billings Area Office located in Billings, Montana. The contract period of performance will commence on June 1, 2025, and run through May 31, 2026, with subsequent option years following the same annual timeline. The IHS is pursuing this sole source contracting action under FAR 6.302-1, which allows for a non-competitive procurement when only one responsible source can satisfy agency requirements.
The primary objective of this Special Notice is to provide an opportunity for potential contractors to demonstrate that a competitive procurement would be more advantageous to the government. Contractors interested in challenging the sole source determination must submit clear and convincing evidence via email to Contract Specialist Vincent Hansen by May 16, 2025. The evidence must prove that competition would be cost-effective, not time-prohibitive, and would not compromise the agency's mission objectives related to standardization, data center integration, and network security. Eligible respondents should note that this is not a request for quotes or proposals, and the government retains sole discretion in determining whether to proceed with competitive procurement. All communications must be submitted through email only, with a specific subject line format, and no phone calls or voicemails will be accepted. The government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by respondents in preparing their submissions.
Notice text
SPECIAL NOTICE/SOLE SOURCE
The Billings Area Indian Health Service hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source, firm fixed price Base Plus Four Option Year Contract for a commercially available telephone service & support to LUMEN, a large business; Period of Performance will be from June 01, 2025 through May 31, 2026 and each option year to start on the 1st of June of each year and run until May 31st of each year.
The Contract is to provide a firm fixed price service and support agreement for telephone service located at the Billings Area Office, Billings Montana; The total estimated value of the Contract is estimated to be around $393,000.00; This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from competing this requirement based upon the application of FAR 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements and is based upon market research.
Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of agency standardization, data center standardization, and network security;
The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.
This is not a request for quotes or proposals; Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contract Specialist, Vincent Hansen, at Vincent.Hansen@ihs.gov via e-mail only (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your e-mail: Notice of Intent Question Submission – IHS Billings Area Office LUMEN Telephone Service – SN-75H70925BAO001.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| A16 - Sole Source Notice.pdf |
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