Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Local Voice and Data Circuits for the Redstone Arsenal, AL.
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army (Aberdeen Proving Ground contracting center) wants a local phone company to provide and run the local voice and data circuits at Redstone Arsenal and nearby Huntsville, Alabama. It is a firm-fixed-price quote request with an installation/cutover period, a 12-month base year and four 12-month option years. It is not set aside for small business, and only state-certified local exchange carriers can bid, for the whole package. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Sep 1, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 5, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 6, 2026 to Nov 20, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 2 attachments weren't read (26QA063 Price Quotation.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Army (Aberdeen Proving Ground contracting center) wants a local phone company to provide and run the local voice and data circuits at Redstone Arsenal and nearby Huntsville, Alabama. It is a firm-fixed-price quote request with an installation/cutover period, a 12-month base year and four 12-month option years. It is not set aside for small business, and only state-certified local exchange carriers can bid, for the whole package.
Who can bid (6)
- Must be a facilities-based incumbent or competitive local exchange carrier certified by the State of Alabama to provide local exchange services
- No resellers, agents or brokers
- Must quote every circuit in Appendix 10 (all-or-none award)
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- Active SAM registration with a UEI
- Recent relevant past performance (contracts performed within the last three years)
- Open to large and small businesses; size standard is 1,500 employees and there is no set-aside
How to submit: Email to the Contracting Officer (the notice text does not give an address), due Nov 6, 2026, 10:00 AM MST · 12:00 PM Eastern (response deadline field). The text says to submit by the response date and time specified in the announcement.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (7)
- Serious: Only certified local exchange carriers can bid. A typical small business that is not a state-certified, facilities-based phone carrier cannot quote, and resellers are explicitly excluded.
- Serious: All-or-none award. You must price and deliver every listed circuit, including many specialized data links, or your quote is not considered.
- Worth checking: Notice contradicts itself. The text refers to solicitation W91RUS25QA015 (the header says W91RUS26QA063) and asks for certification in the State of California while elsewhere requiring Alabama, so confirm the correct requirement with the contracting officer.
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- Worth checking: Short installation window and tight service levels. Cutover must finish within 120 days of plan approval, with 24/7 support and outage response within one hour.
- Worth checking: Diverse paths from two central offices. The design needs two serving central offices and physically separate routes, which is expensive to build if you do not already own the network there.
- Minor: Transition support without termination charges. You must help hand off to a successor at no termination liability, which adds end-of-contract cost.
- Minor: Deadline time zone looks off. The deadline field shows 10:00 in Mountain time (-07:00) although the work is in Alabama, so confirm the exact cutoff before relying on it.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. 1 of 2 not read. Show which files.
- 26QA063 Statement of Work.pdf (read)
- 26QA063 Price Quotation.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Local exchange access service: commercial phone lines, CENTREX lines and ISDN PRI trunks (41 PRI trunks listed) to Redstone Arsenal
- Direct-inward-dial number blocks (60,500 numbers listed) with number portability
- Data circuits listed in Appendix 10: 16 Gigabit Ethernet, 13 100-Mbps Ethernet, 1 T-1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet circuits (two with circuit IDs still TBD), many for the Missile Defense Agency cloud network
- Install and cut over all circuits within 120 calendar days after the Government accepts the cutover plan, then disconnect the incumbent provider's orders
- Diverse routing: service from two central offices over two physically separate paths, with overflow PRI service
- E911 access, operator assistance, circuit testing, service records, and a 24/7 outage contact with set restoration times (4 hours for catastrophic outages)
- Provide future services on request (1, 5 or 10 calendar day install times) and help transition to a successor at the end
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, commercial RFQ under FAR Parts 12 and 13; award on an all-or-none basis
- Period of performance
- Installation/Cut-Over (CLIN 0001), Base Year 12 months (CLIN 0002), then Option Years One to Four, 12 months each (CLINs 0003 to 0006)
- Place of performance
- Redstone Arsenal and Huntsville, AL
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value (price and other factors considered): firm-fixed-price award to the offeror whose conforming quote is most advantageous. Technical capability and past performance are each rated Acceptable or Unacceptable.
- Offers due
- Nov 6, 2026, 10:00 AM MST · 12:00 PM Eastern (response deadline field). The text says to submit by the response date and time specified in the announcement. (from the version posted Sep 1, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to the Contracting Officer (the notice text does not give an address)
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: total of the base year and all option years from the pricing schedule
- Technical capability: Acceptable if the quote clearly meets the minimum requirements (must include all circuits)
- Past performance: Acceptable or Unacceptable, based on how recent (within 3 years), relevant and good the work was
What to include when you submit
- Include your UEI number from SAM.gov
- Include proof that you are a facilities-based carrier certified for local exchange service, with the Army as customer of record
- Complete the attached price quotation spreadsheet with all taxes, fees and surcharges; unit prices to two decimal places; mark non-priced SLINs NSP or NC
- Include a detailed technical narrative and network diagram showing how you will deliver all circuits to the demarcation locations
- Include past performance on recent contracts (last 3 years) with contract number, type, period, achievements or problems, and program manager and contracting officer contacts
- Hold prices firm for 90 days after the quote due date
- Complete representations and certifications in SAM or include FAR 52.212-3
Current contractor
An incumbent provider is implied: the SOW says the contractor must issue disconnect orders to the incumbent provider after each circuit is activated, and many circuits already have existing circuit IDs. The incumbent is not named.
Not in the notice text
- Estimated contract value
- Pricing schedule and quantities by CLIN (in the price quotation spreadsheet, not read)
- The Contracting Officer's email address for quotes
- Which solicitation number applies (W91RUS26QA063 or W91RUS25QA015) and whether the State of California wording is an error
- Exact response deadline time zone
- Circuit IDs for two of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet circuits (listed as TBD)
- Whether more circuits will be added as VMOD 2.0 work completes (the SOW says some numbers and PRI trunks change after VMOD 2.0)
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the notice text limits who can bid:
- The notice text says this is set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov lists no set-aside. Ask the contracting officer which one applies before you bid.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to the Contracting Officer (the notice text does not give an address). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- W6QK ACC-Apg Contr CTR, Fort Huachuca, AZ
- Product/service code
- DG11 · IT and Telecom – Network: Satellite Communications and Telecom Access Services
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 517111)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 20, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 1, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 6, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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