USBP El Centro Multiprotocol Label Switching Circuits & Internet Services

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AMENDMENT 1 to Notice ID 20149724 is issued for the following purposes:

1. Provide answers to solicitation questions received by uploading a question and answer (Q&A) document titled ‘2.4.1_Sol_A1_QA_20149724’.


2. Provide a revised Statement of Work (SOW) titled ‘2.4.1_Sol_A1_Att 1_SOW_20149724’. This version of the SOW supersedes the previous version of the SOW provided and incorporates an answer from the Q&A in to section 4a.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 20149724 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03. This requirement is being solicited on an open-market unrestricted (no set-aside) basis. The associated NAICS code for this acquisition is 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers) with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), United States Border Patrol (USBP) El Centro Sector (ELC) is requesting quotations for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Circuits & Internet Services for 4 locations within ELC as outlined in the attached Statement of Work (SOW: Solicitation Attachment 1).

A. QUESTION DEADLINE:

Please submit any questions concerning this solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Government to respond. Questions must be submitted directly by email only to benjamin.j.dorgan@cbp.dhs.gov. No phone calls. Questions not received by the question submission deadline of Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 5:00PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) may not be considered.

B. QUOTATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

The deadline for receipt of quotations for this requirement is: Monday, April 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Quotation submissions must be submitted by email only to Contracting Officer Benjamin Dorgan at: benjamin.j.dorgan@cbp.dhs.gov. Subject line of the email should read: 20149724 Quotation Submission: USBP El Centro Multiprotocol Label Switching Circuits & Internet Services. All pricing submitted must be valid for at least 30 calendar days after close of the solicitation.

THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH EACH QUOTATION:

1. Quoters must provide their business name and System for Award Management (SAM) Unique Entity Identification (UEI) number. A business point of contact with name and email address shall also be provided.


2. A completed copy of solicitation Attachment 2 (Quotation Pricing Sheet). Pricing must be provided for all requirements and performance periods indicated. Pricing may be submitted in an alternative separate document; however, pricing must match the structure of the quotation pricing sheet and alternative structures will be rejected.


3. A typed summary must be provided that addresses the technical and management approach to meet the requirements listed within the SOW.

Relevant past performance information should also be submitted including three (3) references for the same or similar work performed for Federal, State, and local government, and private clients.

Each quoter must provide any relevant NON-PRICING responses (e.g., technical quotation, staffing plan, specifications, representations and certifications, etc.) so that they are received no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. A quoter must submit sufficient information for a technical evaluation to be made by the Government to determine if the quoter's quotation meets the minimum requirements of the SOW. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for acquiring any additional information. If description/technical data/specifications are not sufficient to make a technical acceptance decision, the quotation may be determined technically unacceptable.

Emailed submissions must be in separate attachments and clearly indicate what is being provided. The following criteria must be followed when submitting quotation attachments:

1. No more than ten (10) single-sided pages total for. TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH.


2. No more than three (3) single-sided pages total for PAST PERFORMANCE.

Due to restrictions on the size of email, ensure that all emails submitted are less than 35MB. If the quotation exceeds 35MB, please separate the submission into multiple emails and include in the subject line the solicitation number and # of # emails. Any electronic submission determined to contain a virus will be deleted and not viewed or accepted for consideration under this solicitation.

C. AWARD CRITERIA:

Quotations that do not respond to all requirements in the solicitation may be rejected without further evaluation, deliberation, or discussion. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. The Government will award a Purchase Order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government and whose quote is the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA). The quote with the lowest evaluated price will be evaluated for technical acceptability and acceptable past performance. Only if that quote is found to be technically unacceptable or to have unacceptable past performance will the evaluation proceed to the quote with the next lowest evaluated price. This process will continue until the lowest priced technically acceptable quote, with acceptable past performance, is found. For this solicitation, the evaluation factors are: TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH (non-price), PAST PERFORMANCE (non-price), and PRICE.

Please see solicitation Attachment 2 for all commercial item terms/conditions as well as the provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition including but not limited to FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-2, 52.212-3, 52.212-4 and 52.212-5.

NOTICE: System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation, 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraphs (d) & (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Additional examples include 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services). Components shall not consider or use these representations.

Contracting officers will not consider the following representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements:

1. Paragraph (d) and (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services;


2. Paragraphs (b)(33), (b)(34), (e)(1)(ix), and (e)(1)(x) of 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Additionally, per this deviation, in paragraph (b)(46), E.O. 14057 does not apply;


3. Paragraphs (e)(1)(ii)(I) and (e)(1)(ii)(J) of Alternate II of 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services; and


4. Paragraphs (a)(1)(vii) and (a)(1)(viii) of 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services). Additionally, per this deviation, in paragraph (b)(1)(xvii), E.O. 14057 does not apply.

Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

D. SOLICITATION ATTACHMENTS:

1. Statement of Work (SOW)


2. Quotation Pricing Sheet


3. Applicable Contract Clauses and Solicitation Provisions

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