Kingsville texas rothr

The Naval Supply Systems Command is soliciting quotes for telephone exchange access services supporting the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) facility continuation at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas. The procurement seeks a commercial service provider to lease local exchange access with Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) interfaces, delivering three subscriber access lines that support simultaneous voice, data, and image transmission to the Navy's Demarcation Point at the FSSC ROTHR Premont site. Key contract requirements include 24/7 service availability with defined response times for catastrophic outages (two hours), major outages (four hours), and minor outages (next business day), Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS), Government Emergency Telephone Service (GETS) including 911 emergency access, and personnel with minimum five years' telecommunications experience holding appropriate security clearances. Evaluation will utilize a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) methodology, assessing proposals across nine factors including technical approach, infrastructure and equipment compliance, reliability and emergency services, quality of service history, cost completeness, management capability, solicitation compliance, corporate experience, and transmission media validation by Level II BICSI-certified installers. The deadline for quote submission is March 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST, with quotes to be sent to Robert Joas and Kathryn Santos at the Naval Supply Systems Command.

This solicitation is not designated as a set-aside and represents a continuation of services, with Frontier Communications identified as the sole-source incumbent based on proprietary infrastructure rights and critical operational necessity to aircraft safety and personnel life. The contract will be awarded as a Firm-Fixed Price agreement for commercial items under FAR Subpart 12.6, covering a base period from March 28, 2026 through March 27, 2027, followed by four one-year option periods extending through March 27, 2031, and a potential six-month extension through September 27, 2031. The pricing template indicates Option 1 contains a total value of $2,706.84, with other option periods and the extension period currently showing zero values pending contractor completion. The service will be performed at the remote ROTHR site location near Kingsville, Texas, with the contractor bearing full responsibility and cost for installation of Points of Presence (POP) at building Demarcation points, including racks, equipment, facility services, and all support infrastructure. This procurement falls under NAICS 517810 (All Other Telecommunications) and PSC DG01 (IT and Telecom - Network Support Services).