Department of the Interior

Project 25 Digital Radio Contract Awards

AWARDED NOVEMBER 8, 2002 AND EFFECTIVE THROUGH NOVEMBER 7, 2003
WITH FOUR OPTION YEARS

The Department of the Interior has awarded multiple contracts to satisfy the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) requirement for narrowband radios. These contracts meet DOI’s requirements for Project 25 compliant narrowband, VHF high-band and UHF land mobile radio systems.

The contracts are indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type (IDIQ) and may be used by any federal agency. Contract prices are on a firm fixed priced basis, but the contracts either allow for ordering agency negotiations or contain scheduled reductions for large quantity orders. The contracts also include price adjustment clauses, which allow vendors to unilaterally lower its pricing for specific order, grouping of orders, or for a specific period of time. Equipment purchased under these contracts are supported with three years of software upgrades at no additional cost.

The contracts have been negotiated with each vendor and contracts have been awarded to all vendors having Project 25 compliant equipment as of the closing date of the solicitation. Each contract contains an ordering procedures clause allowing for placement of orders on a low cost technically acceptable or best value basis. Therefore, orders may be place against them without further competition either based on low price or justification as to why a particular vendors product constitutes the best value, notwithstanding a higher equipment price.

Some items offered for sale under the contracts may contain technical deviations from the specifications. Technical deviations and any vendor corrective action plans (136KB PDF) should be reviewed before ordering. The identified technical deviations and corrective action plans will be updated as items are improved to resolve the deficiencies or to identify revisions to the corrective action plans.

The duration of the contracts is one base period through November 7, 2003, with four option years. The contracts include relatively small individual minimum amounts. The maximum amount for all contracts, in aggregate, is $1,000,000,000 of which $500,000,000 is reserved for DOI use.

Agencies may issue their own orders against the contracts. The BLM contracting office performs administration of the contracts and monitors contract usage through semiannual reports provided by the contractors. Ordering offices do not need to provide copies of orders to the BLM contracting office.

Ordering activities are encouraged to take advantage of prompt payment discounts offered by the vendors Motorola, IDA, and Daniels Electronics.

Technical questions concerning the contracts should be directed to Noel Newberg at 303-275-2401 or Noel_Newberg@FWS.gov.

Contractual questions concerning the contracts should be directed to Charles Glover at 303-236-9452 or Charles_Glover@BLM.gov.

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