Solicitation
Telecommunication Services
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA301027Q0001
Due in 11 days
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The Air Force's 81st Contracting Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi wants a telephone carrier to provide local phone service for the base and its hospital (81st Medical Group), running 24 hours a day, every day. The work includes 20,000 direct-dial phone numbers, SIP trunking, E911 emergency call service, and a cutover to the new service within 30 days. No set-aside is used. Offers are due 19 October 2026 at 10:00 AM Central, but the main solicitation file could not be read, so pricing, term and evaluation details are missing.
Watch out for
- Main solicitation file was not readable. The solicitation document is a scanned PDF with no text, so the pricing schedule, contract term, evaluation factors, due-date details and submission method are not known from the text provided.
- 100% availability and 1-hour outage response. The service summary sets 100% availability and 100% timely response, which is a very tough standard for a small carrier or reseller.
with 100% availability
- Short cutover window with a plan due at proposal. You must submit a detailed cutover plan with your offer and finish the switchover in 30 days or less on a live base and hospital system.
the Government with their proposal, and a final plan shall be provided NLT ten days after
- Life-safety E911 requirements. The carrier must supply CAMA trunks and ALI circuits and support E911 call transfer to the base answering point to meet a Mississippi mandate.
Requirement is three (3) CAMA trunks, two (2) ALI/ANI circuits each, and
- Site visit and base access timing. Attendee names were due 06 October 2026 and the site visit is 07 October 2026, so the chance to attend may be closed or very close; participants need a base pass.
An organized site visit will be conducted on 07 October 2026 at 9:00 a.m.
- Local carrier capability needed. The work requires access to the local exchange, interconnection with other carriers and 20,000 phone numbers, which usually means being or partnering with an established telephone carrier.
perform and provide local access to the designated circuit
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. 1 not read in full.
- Attach 1- Performance Work Statement (PWS) Dated 14 Jul 2026.pdf
- Solicitation FA301027Q0001.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
Full brief
What they want
- Provide local phone service to the base and the 81 Medical Group 24/7/365 with 100% availability
- Deliver 20,000 direct-inward-dial numbers, (228) 376 and (228) 377 exchanges, plus 2 commercial lines
- Provide SIP trunking converted to T1-PRI circuits that can carry 150 concurrent calls, handed off in Building 2801
- Provide E911 service: three CAMA trunks and two ALI/ANI circuits each, plus E911 database upkeep for commercial numbers
- Support Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) by having the 710 area code in the switch
- Install and connect carrier equipment at Government-provided rack space; no aerial cable installation allowed
- Submit a cutover plan with the proposal, finish cutover in 30 days or less, and give a final plan within 10 days of award
- Respond to outages within one hour and restore service within set times (8 hours emergency, 24 hours serious, 2 days routine)
- Provide customer service records, public and cross-reference listings, and an annual PDF local phone directory
- Place of performance
- Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, MS (Building 2801, 712 Chappie James Ave)
- Offers due
- 2026-10-19 10:00 AM Central (-05:00), per the notice fields
What to include when you submit
- Include a cutover plan with the proposal showing timeframe, implementation plan in working days, required support, and key contact list
- Include a service routing diagram and/or description in the technical quote
- Include configuration diagrams showing access to 911/E911 services
- Site visit attendee names must be emailed to Stacey Zawalski and Priscilla Brown by 06 October 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CDT
You must have
- No set-aside is used, so any qualified company may bid
- Carrier must be able to support the 710 area code (GETS) in its switch
The Contractor shall have NPA (710)
- Personnel must hold the manufacturer (OEM) qualifications and certifications needed to maintain, install or operate the equipment
those required by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to maintain, install, and/or
- Site visit attendees need a base pass and REAL ID-compliant identification; no more than 2 representatives per company
Participation is limited to NO MORE THAN 2 representatives from a company.
Not in the notice text
- Contract type, base period and option years (the PWS mentions an option year but no length)
- Estimated value and the pricing schedule (the PWS says quantities will go into the Pricing Schedule)
- How offers will be evaluated and the factors and their order
- How and where to submit the quote, and any page limits or required forms
- Whether the 07 October 2026 site visit and 06 October attendee deadline are still open
- Who the current service provider is, if any
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 19, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- FA301027Q0001
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA3010 81 Cons CC
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 517111
- Product/service code
- DG11
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom
- Place of performance
- Biloxi, MS, 39534
- Contracting contact
- Stacey Zawalskistacey.zawalski.1@us.af.mil2283771829
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Keesler Air Force Base Telecommunication Services in accordance with (IAW) Performance Work Statement (PWS) 06 Oct 2026 - Post Amendment 0001 and add questions and answers. Site Visit. An organized site visit will be conducted on 07 October 2026 at 9:00 a.m., Central Daylight Time (CDT). Site Visit POC: Stacey Zawalski Address: 712 Gen Chappie James Ave, Building 2801, Keesler Air Force Base (AFB), MS, 39534 Telephone: 228-377-1829 All site visit participants must have a base pass in order to attend. Unless you already have base access i.e. retired military ID card or have a current badge/pass due to an ongoing contract held on Keesler AFB, a pass must be obtained from the Keesler AFB visitor center. Participation is limited to NO MORE THAN 2 representatives from a company. An email containing the full name (as it appears on their REAL identification card) of each site visit attendee must be sent to Stacey Zawalski at stacey.zawalski.1@us.af.mil and Priscilla Brown at priscilla.brown.5@us.af.mil no later than 06 October 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. In order to gain access to the base to attend the site visit you must have a form of REAL ID-compliant identification, and if driving, a vehicle registration and vehicle proof of insurance document. Participants may pickup their pass from the visitor center at Division Street Gate entrance to Keesler AFB at least two (2) hours before the site visit is scheduled. Visitor Center hours of operation are Monday - Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CDT and Friday 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CDT. It is highly recommended to arrive at the visitor center at least two (2) hours before the scheduled start time of the site visit, as the average wait time at the visitor center can range from 45 to 90 minutes. The visitor center is normally the least busy between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. CDT. Please plan to get your base pass early, as we do not want to delay the site visit start time due to waiting on participants to get their pass. Participants will meet at Building 2801, Keesler AFB, MS, 39534 on the specified date and time of the scheduled site visit.
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