Description
The U.S. Coast Guard intends to solicit, negotiate and award a sole-source procurement using those procedures under FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Item to TKC Communications (TKCC), 711 H. Street, Suite 510, Anchorage, AK. The procurement is for electronics maintenance support to the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) Aids to Navigation, Automated Identification System (AIS) Ports and Water Ways Safety System (PAWWSS) in Prince William Sound, Alaska. TKCC currently maintains the existing VTS VHF radio system and the digital microwave backbone that supports the VTS in Prince William Sound. TKCC is currently under contract with the Coast Guard to provide electronic maintenance support for the National Voice Distress System (NDS) located throughout Alaska, which includes the current VTS and related remote sites in Prince William Sound. The AIS/PAWWSS shall be incorporated into the VTS. The two systems (NDS and VTS) share the same resources, infrastructure (radios, towers, power supplies, control centers, microwave and high sites), and Coast Guard customer (System Operators). The system is so integrated that it would be very difficult to isolate or distinguish maintenance responsibility between multiple contractors. TKCC is in the best position to most effectively integrate the maintenance of the AIS - PAWWSS of the VTS into their current NDS workload which would thereby eliminate the possibility for overlapping preventive and corrective maintenance calls, and potential claims and dispute between individual contractors. The VTS is composed of 6 remote sites (Pt. Pigot, Cape Hinchinbrook, Naked Island, Potato Point, Valdez Spit Site, Reef Island) and the Vessel Traffic Center in Valdez, AK. The Contractor shall provide to the Vessel Traffic Center (VTC), for that segment (approximately 1/3 of the total VTS) of the AIS PAWWSS 98% system availability for that area of responsibility. The Contractor shall provide a 24 hour/ 7 days a week Point of Contact, with an 800 number, to respond to any and all system outages by the Coast Guard. The Contractor shall be responsible for arranging all transportation services to and from system sites under contract. The Contractor shall provide preventive and corrective maintenance with a 1-hour response time, depot repair maintenance, computer network hardware maintenance, and property management of Government equipment. The Contractor will be responsible for troubleshooting associated microwave systems. The Contractor shall also be responsible for scheduling and purchasing all helicopter services, repair and replacement of failed equipment and assemblies. The period of performance is one base period of performance, approximately 7 months with two one-year options. This is not a request for proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to satisfy the Government’s requirement. A solicitation document is not available at this time. If no responses have been received within 15 days of this notice with sufficient information to determine that another responsible source is available, negotiations will be conducted with TKCC. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. This notice is for informational purposes only, Minority and Women-owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.