Notice of Intent to Sole Source ATIS and 3GPP Annual Membership
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- AA-NTI-SE-O-26-00102
- Agency
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 813920 Professional Organizations
- Place of performance
- Reston, Virginia, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), operating under the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration, issued a Notice of Intent to award a sole source purchase order on November 21, 2025. This special notice announces FirstNet's intention to procure annual membership fees for the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) without competitive bidding. The procurement is justified under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b), which allows sole source awards when only one source is reasonably available. ATIS and 3GPP are identified as the only standards bodies responsible for developing and evolving LTE and 5G technologies mandated by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 for FirstNet's public safety wireless broadband network.
Interested parties must submit capability statements by December 8, 2025, demonstrating their capacity to provide the required services through email submission to the designated contracting officer. The capability statements must include management and technical data along with detailed cost information sufficient to convince the government of the contractor's capabilities; inquiries that only ask questions will not be considered responsive. While this notice is not a competitive solicitation, the government reserves discretionary authority to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with a sole source award based on the responses received. ATIS serves as the sole North American gateway for 3GPP membership and manages critical Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) IDs essential for FirstNet's network operations, making these memberships integral to FirstNet's mission of providing standards-based telecommunications infrastructure for first responder communications.
Notice text
THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) intends to award a firm-fixed-price sole source purchase order under FAR 13.106-1(b)– Only one source reasonably available to Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, Inc. for a yearly membership to Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, Alliance for Telecommunications Next G Alliance, and Third Generation Partnership Project.
ATIS and 3GPP is the only standards body that is responsible for the creation and evolution of LTE (“4G”) technology mandated by legislation for use by FirstNet and where mission critical services are being defined and standardized for the LTE and 5G.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation documents exist for this requirement and telephone and/or email requests will not be honored. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes management and technical data along with cost, in sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability of the services. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely within the
discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source purchase order. If no responses are received, the Contracting Officer will proceed with a sole source award to the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, Inc.
Capability statements shall be submitted by email only as a MS Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Kimberly Luke at Kimberly.Luke@FirstNet.gov by 3:00PM (EST), 8 December 2025. The email subject line shall state, “FirstNet Special Notice AA-NTI-SE-O-26-00102”.
TELEPHONIC INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| ATIS Sole Source - R.pdf |
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