In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, the Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technical Laboratory (NETL) intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to LIGHTSPEED NETWORKS, INC (LSN) to purchase 100 Mb Point-to-Point Ethernet (ELINE) service from NETL Albany, OR to Oregon State University (OSU) Corvallis, OR. While other vendors may be able to provide such a service, to do so would require that they build a fiber infrastructure between the two sites. Therefore, this is considered a sole source to LSN because, to the best of the NETL?s knowledge, utilizing another provider would potentially involve significant expense to NETL in order to duplicate the fiber infrastructure that LSN already has in place. No known potential alternate sources exist which could satisfy NETL?s requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal. Any interested party that believes it is capable of meeting the NETL requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement being requested by 4:30 PM ET on May 05, 2015. Responses must be submitted in writing to
[email protected] no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be received. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.