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Sole Source Telecommunications and Data Services Contract for Alaska Army National Guard

This notice details the Alaska Army National Guard's intent to award a sole source contract for telecommunications and data services: - The United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO-AK) will contract with GCI Communication Corp. for commercial telecommunications, analog emergency landlines, mobile internet, and data circuit services. - Services support 19-22 active accounts across Fort Richardson, Camp Denali, and other AKARNG facilities statewide. - Coverage includes voice (landline, mobile, VoIP), internet (broadband, mobile, satellite, fiber), television/video (IPTV, cable TV, streaming), and business solutions (PBX, cloud, networking, equipment, customer support). - GCI Communication Corp. is the only provider due to its ownership of the physical infrastructure directly connected to AKARNG facilities. - The contract is justified by the need to avoid cost duplication and operational delays, especially for critical life-safety systems (911 call boxes, elevator emergency phones, fire/vault alarms). - The contract includes a base period and one option period; implementation is expected to be rapid, with possible extensions. - No specific product part numbers or quantities are listed; the opportunity is not open for competition. - Estimated contract value is not specified, but scope suggests a moderate annual spend for telecom/data services across multiple sites.

Description

Contracting Office: United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO-AK) for Alaska National Guard Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER)

Proposed Vendor: GCI Communication Corp., 2550 Denali St., Suite 1000, Anchorage, AK 99503

Requirement Description

The United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO-AK), on behalf of the Alaska Army National Guard Network Enterprise Center (AKARNG-NEC), intends to award a non-competitive, firm-fixed-price contract to GCI Communication Corp.

The scope of this action covers commercial telecommunications, analog emergency landlines, mobile internet, and data circuit services across 19 active accounts supporting Alaska Army National Guard personnel across Fort Richardson, Camp Denali, and state-wide facilities.

The proposed contract action has an period of performance as follows:

Base Period: 01 November 2026 – 31 October 2027  Option Period 1: 01 November 2027 – 31 October 2028 

Statutory Authority

This statutory authority permitting sole source contracting is 41 U.S.C. 1901(e)(1)(A)(ii), as implemented in FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii)—Sole Source (including brand name) under the authority of Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items.

Justification for Sole Source

Awarding to any source other than GCI Communication Corp. would result in a substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, as well as unacceptable operational delays in maintaining critical telecommunications and life-safety systems.

GCI Communication Corp. owns the physical telecommunication infrastructure, state-wide wiring, and hardware connected directly to AKARNG facilities. Transitioning to a new vendor would require extensive infrastructure construction, new hardware installation, and significant operational delays across 19 active accounts, directly impacting life-safety emergency analog lines (including 911 call boxes, elevator emergency phones, and fire/vault alarms).  

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS.   

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