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[email protected]. TDS dba Tennessee Telephone Company, Incorporated is currently providing monthly local telecommunications exchange carrier services and circuits for VAMC Tennessee Valley Healthcare Systems, National Office of clinical Consultation and Compliance, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. The telecommunication services provided by TDS dba Tennessee Telephone Company, Incorporated are existing services for this location. These services are scheduled to be transitioned over to a Region 3 OI&T Regional Contract at the beginning of fiscal year (FY) 2015. Substantial duplication of cost to the Government is not expected to be recovered through competition and Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements would occur. Under the authority FAR Part 8.405-6(b)(1), it allows for the procurement of items through other than full and open competition; applicable when "only one source is capable of responding due to the unique or specialized nature of the work." TDS dba Tennessee Telephone Company, Incorporated is the only known local source available to satisfy this current need.