Solicitation for Telecommunication Services, U. S. Embassy Lima, Peru

This solicitation requests quotations for telecommunication services for the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru. Required services include digital telephone links, off-premise extensions, local and long distance calling plans, dedicated internet networks for embassy agencies, tail circuits to remote sites, OpenNet VPN services, and IP circuits for NAMRU-6. The base period is one year with four one-year option periods. Offerors must submit pricing for the base year and all option years. The Department of State is the contracting agency seeking these services and will evaluate quotations using a comparative evaluation method with award being made to the responsible offeror representing best value. The submission deadline is April 10, 2023.

The solicitation does not designate any set-asides. Required services are to be provided at the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru and must include two circuits with HSRP redundancy, Cisco routers and data media devices to be provided by offerors, and a network switch to be provided by the customer. Internet service providers must demonstrate round trip times less than 100ms for internet and 7ms for local data. The period of performance is one base year with four one-year options. Electronic responses must be submitted prior to the response date of April 10, 2023.