Telecommunication and Data Circuits

The Indian Health Service, Billings Area, Crow Service Unit, Crow Agency, Montana, 59022, intends to award a non-competitive, sole-source contract to Nemont Telephone Co-Operative, Incorporative, Scobey, Montana, 59263, for Wired Telecommunication and High-Speed Internet (data circuit) Services for the Crow Service Unit; Crow/Northern Cheyenne Hospital, Crow Agency, Montana, and Lodge Grass Clinic, Lodge Grass, Montana. 
Nemont Telecommunications Inc is the only telephone service and data circuit provider in the geographical area of Crow Agency, MT and Lodge Grass, MT.
The contract shall comprise of a 12 month period for local and long distance wired telecommunication and high speed internet (data circuit) services.
This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive quotes.  There will not be a solicitation availible for competitive quotes.  Phone calls, facsimilies, or standard mail responses will not be accepted.  Any response to this noice must show clear and convincing effidence that competition would be advantagous to the government.  If no affirmative written resonse is received by response date listed, the contract will be issued without further notice.  A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed proucurement based upon response to this notice is soley within the discretion of the Government.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.

Responses may be emailed to Ron.Juneau@ihs.gov by the deadline stated.  All potential vendors are hereby notified that if your response is not received by the dte and time specified in this notice,it will not be considered.