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Intent to Sole Source - LTS Telecommunications System Upgrade

DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE · Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, 72099

Response status

Due in 3 days

Sep 5, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

The response window is short.

Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Archive date
Sep 20, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as Small Business Set-Aside - Total.
  • The place of performance is Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.
  • The notice uses NAICS 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
a29fae11848649d0839105e1e5915dd5
Solicitation
FA446026Q0046
Base type
Special Notice
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
FA446026Q0046
Set-aside
Small Business Set-Aside - Total
Set-aside code
SBA
Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Responses due
Sep 5, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 20, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
AGENCY
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 2, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Department code
Subagency
DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Subagency code
Office
DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
Place of performance
Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, 72099
City code
State
Arkansas
State code
AR
Postal code
72099
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

The 19th Communications Squadron (19 CS) at Little Rock Air Force Base (LRAFB) intends to award a sole-source contract to Blue Plains for an LTS Telephone Communications System upgrade and associated Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) services. If you believe your company can fulfill this requirement, you MUST demonstrate the legal authority and technical capability to provision these services utilizing the proprietary telecommunications infrastructure owned and controlled by BrightSpeed Communications at LRAFB, as Blue Plains is currently the exclusive authorized partner on this infrastructure. This purchase will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures as authorized by FAR 13.106-1(b). Please note that this is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believe they are capable of meeting the requirements are invited to submit, in writing, complete information describing their ability to provide the product/services listed above. Information is to be submitted to TSgt George Ordonez at george.ordonez@us.af.mil and Camille Ezugwu at camille.ezugwu@us.af.mil. The deadline for submittals is 5 September 2026 at 10:00 AM CDT. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$6,381
Median$21,779
High end (p75)$32,735
Comparable awards
50
Median
$21,779
Computed
Aug 25, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
MOD 3 IS TO EXERCISE OPTION YEAR 3: SCINET NETWORK SERVICE BASE + 4 OPTION YEARSSOUTHERN LIGHT RAIL INC$96,000.00Jul 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LANDLINE TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR PINE RIDGE AGENCYGOLDEN WEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE INC$50,720.43May 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LANDLINE & INTERNET SERVICE FOR BLACKFEET DETENTION CENTERSIYEH COMMUNICATIONS CO$34,803.96Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO 14398 - BILATERAL MOD TO ADD FAR 52.222-90NEMONT TELEPHONE CO-OPERATIVE INC$19,116.00Jul 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TELEPHONE SERVICES FOR BIA, BRANCH OF NATURAL RESOURCES, WESTERN NAVAJO AGENCY. MOD TO DEONAVAJO COMMUNICATIONS CO., INC.$19,527.47May 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
WIRED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - EASTERN NEVADA AGENCYLUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC$1,286.00Apr 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LANDLINE VOICE SERVICES FOR BIA & BIEAOC CONNECT, LLC$25,120.57Apr 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
BIE/NMNC/FM/HOUSING/COMM SERVICESNAVAJO COMMUNICATIONS CO., INC.$16,303.22Jun 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PHONE/FAX SERVICES FOR KAYENTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLNAVAJO COMMUNICATIONS CO., INC.$31,054.08Jun 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH UPDATED FEDERAL GUIDANCE ANDAT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$684,445.58Jun 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD 1 MET-TEL POTS WIRED PHONE COMMUNICATION GOMRMANHATTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION LLC$62,702.86Aug 4, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OH-OTTAWA NWR-FIBER OPTIC INTERNETAMPLEX ELECTRIC INC$27,950.82Jun 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FORT YUKON PHONE LINESTELALASKA, INCORPORATED$1,500.00Apr 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO 14398 THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO UPDATE THE GOVERNMENTS POINTS OF CONTACT ACOMCAST GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$5,539.55May 21, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INTERNET AND PHONE SRVCS LUMEN/CNTRYLINKLUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC$237,679.36Sep 8, 202552Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INTERNET AND PHONE SRVCS LUMEN/CNTRYLINKCENTURYTEL OF EAGLE INC$27,300.00Apr 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INTERNET AND PHONE SRVCS LUMEN/CNTRYLINKCENTURYLINK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$1,400.00Apr 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INTERNET AND PHONE SERVICES VISIONARYVISIONARY COMMUNICATIONS LLC$6,691.58Apr 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INTERNET AND PHONE SERVICES METTELMANHATTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION LLC$6,973.46Apr 27, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MODIFICATION TO EXERCISE OPTION YEAR ONE AND UPDATE THE COUNIQCLI LLC$20,488.55May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Special NoticeAug 23, 2026Sep 5, 2026, 3:00 PM UTCd01d31dc6f80e3cc
2Special NoticeAug 28, 2026Sep 5, 2026, 3:00 PM UTCd8ea4d2a5e4be976

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 2, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 25, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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