Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Amend 0001: Provide, Install and Maintain a 100MPS Minimum Up and Down Ethernet Circuit From Pa to Egypt.
Department of Defense · Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
AI summaryThe Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) wants quotes to provide, install and maintain an Ethernet circuit (a leased data line) of at least 100MPS up and down between "PA" and Egypt, per the title. Access to the attachments is limited to firms with a DITCO Basic Agreement. Quotes are judged on lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest price among quotes that meet the minimum requirements), and SAM.gov shows quotes due November 7, 2026, 11:00 AM Central (12:00 PM Eastern), but the latest attachment's dates take precedence. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) wants quotes to provide, install and maintain an Ethernet circuit (a leased data line) of at least 100MPS up and down between "PA" and Egypt, per the title. Access to the attachments is limited to firms with a DITCO Basic Agreement. Quotes are judged on lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest price among quotes that meet the minimum requirements), and SAM.gov shows quotes due November 7, 2026, 11:00 AM Central (12:00 PM Eastern), but the latest attachment's dates take precedence.
Who can bid
- A DITCO Basic Agreement is needed to get the attachments; access requests must include the requester's UEI or CAGE code
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 14, 2026.
- Serious: DITCO Basic Agreement needed to see the attachments. The solicitation documents are controlled access, so a business without a DITCO Basic Agreement cannot get the requirements and instructions.
- Worth checking: Service reaches Egypt. The circuit runs to Egypt, and the text says nothing about local presence, host-country licenses, currency, taxes or labor rules; those are not stated in the text.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Provide, install and maintain a minimum 100MPS up and down Ethernet circuit from PA to Egypt (the title's wording)
- Price all items as monthly recurring charges and/or non-recurring charges
- Set out CLINs (contract line item numbers: the priced lines of the order) with item descriptions, quantities and units of measure as in the IQO Deskbook
- Contract type
- Request for quotation (RFQ) for commercial telecommunications services under FAR Part 12; priced as monthly recurring and/or non-recurring charges
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- DITCO Basic Agreement (needed to get the attachments)
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA)
- Offers due
- November 7, 2026, 11:00 AM Central (12:00 PM Eastern) per SAM.gov; the most recent attachment's dates take precedence
What to include when you submit
- Request access to the controlled attachments with your UEI or CAGE code; requests without them are rejected
- Identify all quoted prices as monthly recurring charges and/or non-recurring charges
- CLINs include item descriptions, quantities and units of measure as in the IQO Deskbook
Not in the notice text
- The RFQ, quote due date, service date, requirement details, place of performance and points of contact are in attachments available only to firms with a DITCO Basic Agreement (also downloadable from the IDEAS site) and were not read
- How to submit quotes is not stated in the text
- Whether Egypt requires a local presence, licenses, currency terms or tax handling is not stated in the text
- What Amendment 0001 changed is not stated
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 and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Telecommunications Division- HC1013, Scott AFB, IL
- 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.
- Oct 14, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 7, 2026
- Oct 8, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 7, 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
Similar open opportunities
- Amend 0002: Provide, Install, and Maintain a 10GB Ethernet PT to PT Service Between TX and TX.The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) wants quotes for a 10 gigabit Ethernet point-to-point telecommunications service, which its title says runs between Texas and Texas.
- Provide, Install, and Maintain a Commercial Business Line (CBL) Service at 128 KB at Al.The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) wants a telecom carrier to provide, install and maintain a commercial business line (CBL) service at a site identified as 128 KB AT…
- Local voice and data circuits and domestic long distance access for the Presidio of Monterey, CA.The U.S. Army (Contracting Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground) wants one carrier to supply and run the local phone and data circuits for the Presidio of Monterey, CA, plus long…
- RFQ: Reaward a 100MB commercial circuit Intra-SWA.The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA/DITCO Europe) wants quotes to re-award a 100MB commercial telecommunications circuit within the SWA area.
- RFQ: Start a 100 MB commercial circuit Intra-SWA.DISA/DITCO Europe wants quotes from telecommunications providers to start a 100 MB commercial circuit within the Southwest Asia (SWA) area.