D--Portable Satellite Units Bandwidth and Maintenance Services

Amendment 0001 to EPA Solicitation number PR-HQ-08-12068, is hereby issued on September 3, 2008 for Portable Satellite Units (PSU) Bandwidth and Maintenance Services. Amendment 001 made minor changes to the Statement of Work and the PSU QuickStart Guide as well as provided responses to the technical questions that were due by August 28, 2008.The RFP is issued utilizing full and open competition procedures. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 517410, Satellite Telecommunications, with a size standard of $15.0 million. EPA?s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, (OSWER), Office of Emergency Response (OER) requires EPA requires a contractor to provide base bandwidth service to all satellite units identified in this contract with options for: 1) Additional new NARFCOM PSUs to be added later; 2) Additional Mobile Command Post (MCP) satellite units to be added later; 3) Additional EPA regional satellite units to be added later; and 4) Increased bandwidth on any number of satellite units during times of emergency response. Additionally, EPA requires a contractor to provide the following types of maintenance services: 1) Help desk support services to end users who may be encountering connectivity or maintenance issues; 2) On-site service calls for any damaged or malfunctioning satellite units including all travel, parts, and labor; and 3) Emergency service calls for any emergency situation in which multiple satellite units must be sent to a response site and may require servicing after transit including all travel, parts, and labor. Award of a hybrid-type contract with a one-year base period and three (3) 1-year option periods is anticipated. The solicitation, any amendments and all further information regarding this procurement will be available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm#solam.