The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, intends to award a sole source purchase order to the current provider, AVAYA, Inc. for continued maintenance on EPA's National Decontamination Team's (NDT) satellite broadband service in the Mobile Communication Center (MCC). It has been determined that this acquisition be awarded sole source based on the fact that down time and additional costs would be incurred by EPA in terms of replacement equipment, training personnel for new equipment, etc. if a new vendor were to be chosen. Market research has also shown that other companies offer service-only options but charge additioanl fees for service if their equipment is not utilized. This would not be cost effective to the government. EPA's NDT is requesting satellite broadband service in the MCC for the next twelve (12) months. This service is necessary to maintain its spe cialized and redundant voice communication system. There are six (6) objectives to this maintenance agreement: (1) Dedicated bandwidth at least ten days per month; (2) VOIPport configuration; (3) Twelve (12) month nationwide shared plan with unlimited call within the United States; (4) Service to four (4) lines in the MCC; (5) Data dedicated services with a minimum of 768 kbps up to Mbps and (6) Maintain continuity of current system operation and be compatible with the F-3 Datastorm satellite dish. The National American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is:811213. The period of performance for this award shall not exceed twelve (12) months. EPA has only one known source for this procurement that is in the Government's best interest. If there are other potential sources, please submit your capability statement no later than 12 noon, October 22, 2010 EST. to
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