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THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Branch, Denver, Colorado, intends to negotiate a single source contract with Lumen.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) currently has an existing network between critical infrastructures (i.e., Hoover Dam) that provide connectivity for networking services to support mission systems. Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), in a shared use agreement with Reclamation, operates a joint Fiber Optic Transmission System (FOTS) between the Hoover Dam, Davis Dam, Parker Dam, the Lower Colorado (LC) Regional Office and various substations and pumping plants that traverse the government-owned network to Western Headquarters and the Reclamation Phoenix Area Office.

Reclamation¿s LC Region has a requirement for backbone network services to be delivered to the Denver Corporate office through existing network infrastructure operated and maintained by Reclamation and WAPA in the LC Region.

The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 USC 2304 (c) (1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Responsible sources may submit technical capability statement along with business profile to Contract Specialist, Melissa A Corum at mcorum@usbr.gov by 1700 ES, March 9, 2021, which shall be considered by the Agency. Any information received will be treated as market research information for future of same or similar requirements. The Contracting Office reserves the right to pursue the single source negotiation or compete the requirement based on information received. Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTES.