The Government intends to award a noncompetitive acquisition to Bell South using simplified commercial item acquisition procedures authorized by FAR Parts 12 and 13 for a local ISP access circuit (DS3) with unlimited usage, providing Internet access to the Florida Regional Center, 4000 N. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309. Required features include: 1. Circuit bandwidth: DS3, 3 MB 2. Two static public IP addresses for VPN equipment, network mask, and default gateway IP address. 3. ISP interface connectors: RJ-45 with 10/100 Base-T interface. 4. ISP availability: always on. 5. ISP connection must not use network address translation (NAT). 6. ISP must permit all IP protocols to include, but not be limited to, UDP, TCP, and IPSEC to transit without filters or proxies; unfiltered access to the Internet without ISP firewall blocking. 7. ISP must permit installation of customer VPN encryption devices on circuit. 8. Service must include Internet port, DS3 local loop, and router with maintenance. The Government intends to award a purchase order of one year in duration starting July 13, 2007 solely for the purpose of allowing time to transition to the upcoming Networx contract to be awarded by the General Services Administration, which is expected to include this circuit, so that it will no longer be necessary after one year to obtain DS3 service separately. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations; this acquisition will be processed using the authority in FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). See note 22 with the exception that the time period is 8 days instead of 45 days. Solicitation is not available at this time. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to change the acquisition strategy.

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