R3 LEC Services - Limited area - Verizon Federal

United States (U.S.) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Service Delivery and Engineering (SDE)

VA118-16-N-0893



The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Acquisition Operations (OAO), Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown, New Jersey, intends to award a sole source contract to Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., 22001 Loudoun County Pkwy, Ashburn, VA 20147 pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1 entitled, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The contract will maintain coverage for Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) Telecommunications voice and data services in a limited area for VA Region 3 Telecommunications Business Office (R3 TBO). The period of performance is 12 month base period with two, 12 month option periods. The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) for this effort is 517110. The service delivery points (SDP) are attached.



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Submittal Instructions:



If your company is capable of providing the abovementioned services by January 15, 2016, please submit a Vendor Capabilities Statement, limited to five pages for your company, to include a cover page which indicates your company's full name, point of contacts and your size standard for NAICS 517110. All interested parties shall respond no later than 12:00 Noon EST on November 23, 2015 via email to Eleanor Slocum, Contract Specialist at Eleanor.Slocum@va.gov and Iris Farrell, Contracting Officer at Iris.Farrell@va.gov. In the subject line, please put, VA118-16-N-0893 - R3 LEC limited area.