Indo-Pacific Transport Services (IPTS) Pre-Solicitation / Pre-Award Site Survey Notice Amendment 0003

*** This amendment is issued to inform interested vendors that DISA/DITCO-PAC anticipates the release of the INDOPACIFIC TRANSPORT SERVICES (IPTS) RFP on or about 10 January 2020 on beta.SAM.gov.  No responses to this amendment requested or required.

DISCLAIMER:
THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

*** This amendment is issued to inform interested vendors that DISA/DITCO-PAC anticipates the release of the INDOPACIFIC TRANSPORT SERVICES (IPTS) RFP on or about 13 December 2019 on beta.SAM.gov.  No responses to this amendment requested or required.

DISCLAIMER:
THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

This pre-solicitation notice is issued to inform industry that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) / Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization-Pacific (DITCO-PAC), Building 77, Room 135, 477 Essex Street, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860 intends to issue a solicitation for a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) firm-fixed price type contract for the Indo-Pacific Transport Services (IPTS).

The IPTS will provide end-to-end transmission services and capabilities essential to the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) in the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR), to include Alaska. IPTS will support both DoD and authorized non-DoD operations. IPTS will provide the required operational transmission services and capabilities necessary for network-centric warfare. It will provide critical communications transmission capabilities for INDOPACOM, its subsystems, components, and services to enable the warfighter to obtain situational awareness and attain information dominance over the battlefield. The services provided by IPTS will be utilized to equip the DoDIN with sufficient capacity to support multimedia services, voice, data, video, and imagery transfer at any time or any place. IPTS services will be delivered from the lowest tactical level to the highest strategic level and provide assured connectivity across the entire warfighter spectrum. IPTS will replace the current Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) Transmission Services-Pacific II (DTS-P II) contract no. HC1019-09-D-2000.

Anticipated solicitation release date is on or about 22 November 2019. This acquisition will be evaluated using the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) evaluation method. The anticipated award will be for 10 years with one (1) six (6) month option period in accordance with FAR 52.217-8.

IPTS will utilize the following coding:
• Product Service Code (PSC): D304, IT and Telecom- Telecommunications and Transmission
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): 517311, Wired Telecommunications Carriers

The Government is offering to conduct pre-award site surveys on Oahu, Hawaii and on the mainland in California, Colorado, and Utah. The locations on Oahu and the mainland will be surveyed concurrently. Prime vendor participation is strictly voluntary and all costs associated with attendance as well as all travel arrangements (including securing visit request access for the different locations) are the responsibility of the prime vendor. Prime vendors will be limited to a maximum of two (2) employees for each location. Prime vendor employees must possess a U.S. Secret or Foreign National equivalent clearance in order to participate in the surveys. The Government anticipates starting site surveys approximately seven (7) days after release of the solicitation.

Details of the site survey schedules will only be provided to those prime vendors who intend to provide a proposal in response to this solicitation and who respond with a completed prime vendor interest form.
The completed forms must be submitted to the Contracting Officer Marla Ferrer and the Contract Specialist Jennifer Ayres at disa.jbphh.ditco.mbx.ditco-pac-ipts@mail.mil no later than 12:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time on 9 October 2019. Incomplete forms will be rejected. Submission of a prime vendor interest form does not constitute a commitment on behalf of the prime vendor to participate in pre-award site surveys; however, submission of completed prime vendor interest form is mandatory if a prime vendor is considering possible participation in any pre-award site surveys associated with this requirement.

These will be the only pre-award site surveys offered and conducted for this solicitation. The Government will cancel pre-award sites surveys on a per location basis if no prime vendor interest is received.

DISCLAIMER:

THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.