Solicitation
DLA Disposition Services- HDIFC Cable and Internet Services Battle Creek MI
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is buying internet wi-fi and basic cable TV service, with equipment installed, at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan. It is open to all businesses (no set-aside) and runs 1 base year plus 4 option years. Quotes go by email and are due November 17, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern; the lowest-priced quote that is technically acceptable wins. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 3 attachments weren't read (Price Schedule.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is buying internet wi-fi and basic cable TV service, with equipment installed, at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan. It is open to all businesses (no set-aside) and runs 1 base year plus 4 option years. Quotes go by email and are due November 17, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern; the lowest-priced quote that is technically acceptable wins.
Who can bid
- Open to all businesses; no set-aside is used
- Representations and certifications (FAR 52.212-3) must be submitted with the quote
- Active System for Award Management (SAM) registration; the clause list includes the SAM clauses 52.204-7 and 52.204-13
How to submit: Email to derrick.hill@dla.mil (email only). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Worth checking: Install within 10 business days of award. All equipment must be in place about two weeks of working days after award, so a bidder needs stock and installers ready before winning.
- Worth checking: Email-only submission, bidder bears the risk. A quote that is late or only partly received can be rejected, and the buyer encourages sending a day early.
- Worth checking: Price schedule attached but not read. The line items and quantities to price are in a spreadsheet that was not read here, so check it on SAM.gov before quoting.
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- Minor: Contract type wording is mixed. The PWS calls the contract firm-fixed-price and also time and materials; ask the contracting officer how the price schedule is paid.
- Minor: Cybersecurity maturity clause listed. The clause list includes the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirement; ask the contracting officer whether a level applies to this telecom service.
- Minor: Possible after-hours work. Some service may be needed on weekends or holidays, with the COR's approval before the work.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. 1 of 3 not read. Show which files.
- RFQ - Final.pdf (read)
- PWS HDIFC Internet Service.pdf (read)
- Price Schedule.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Provide internet service over wi-fi with a minimum one (1) Gigabit (Gb) download speed at listed spots in Buildings 1A, 2 and 2B (placement set with the contracting officer's representative, COR, the agency's on-site contact)
- Provide basic cable television service and boxes in listed offices in Buildings 1, 1A and 2 (one to four boxes per area, including one new requirement in the Building 2 security office)
- Contact the COR to schedule installation within five (5) business days after award
- Install all required equipment within ten (10) business days after award
- Replace inoperable TV boxes, remote controls and internet routers within five (5) business days of the COR's notice
- Provide a primary and a secondary representative to work with the on-site COR
- Bill monthly through the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) electronic invoicing system
- Contract type
- Combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services, using simplified acquisition procedures. The performance work statement (PWS) calls it a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) time and materials contract.
- Period of performance
- 1 base year (12 months) + 4 option years (12 months each); total not to exceed five (5) years
- Place of performance
- Hart Dole Inouye Federal Center (HDIFC), 74 Washington Ave. N., Battle Creek, Michigan 49037
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA): the lowest-priced quotes are checked for technical acceptability in order, and award goes to the lowest-priced acceptable quote
- Offers due
- November 17, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to derrick.hill@dla.mil (email only)
What they'll judge offers on
- Completed representation and certification: FAR 52.204-24 (certain telecommunications and video surveillance equipment)
- Price
- Technical: acceptable if the quote clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation and specifications
What to include when you submit
- Email the quote to the designated contracting officer; the bidder bears the risk if an email is not received
- Make sure all pages of the quote are received before the deadline; the RFQ encourages emailing one business day early
- Send complete first-round pricing and technical terms: award is made on the initial evaluation
- Complete the representations and certifications (FAR 52.212-3); if already complete in SAM.gov, complete only paragraph (b)
- Return the FAR 52.204-24 representation; any yes answer in paragraph (d) is reviewed and can make the quote ineligible
- Fill in the bid schedule and the vendor information block (name, tax ID, CAGE code, business size, contact); the price schedule is a separate spreadsheet that was attached but not read
After award, you must have
- Contractor staff must meet installation access and background check rules and arrange their own base access From PWS HDIFC Internet Service.pdf:
The Contractor shall coordinate base installation access for all their employees.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The Security office (Building 2, Room 2-2-62) cable TV box is labeled a new requirement.
Not in the notice text
- The Price Schedule spreadsheet was attached but not read, so the line items, quantities and units to be priced are not in this brief; check the price schedule on SAM.gov.
- The Government's estimated value is not given; the PWS sets a contract minimum of $500.00 and a maximum of 150% of the estimated value.
- No question deadline is stated in the notice or the RFQ.
- Whether wi-fi equipment, TV boxes and routers are bought or leased is not stated; the contractor furnishes all equipment.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to derrick.hill@dla.mil (email only). 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
- Oct 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Disposition Services - Ebs, Battle Creek, MI
- Product/service code
- DG10 · IT and Telecom – Network as a Service
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 517111)
- 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
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Information Operations has a requirement to install equipment and provide recurring monthly telecommunication services that provides internet wi-fi and standard television at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center (HDIFC) in Battle Creek, Michigan. Please see attached PWS (Performance Work Statement) for more details. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items/services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This is a 5-year contract: 1-year base with 4 option years. The solicitation is being issued using simplified acquisition procedures. The following clauses will be included into the award: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Item; Far 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required to implement statutes or Executive Orders Commercial items. Offeror must submit Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3). If an offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically the offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision. Click on first fill in clause at web address and fill out form. Copies of the FAR/DFAR clauses can be found on the internet at https://www.acquisition.gov.
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