Microwave Wireless Internet and IP Network for Burning Man Event 2024
BLM Nevada State Office
140L3924R0010

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada State Office has a requirement for services to provide commercial microwave wireless internet and IP Networks in support of the 2024 Burning Man Recreational Event. The Burning Man Recreational Event is an international art festival and an experiment in a ¿temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and self-reliance¿. The temporary community of Black Rock City is created for eight days and becomes the seventh largest city in Nevada. The event takes place on the Black Rock Desert within the Black Rock/High Rock NCA, managed by the Winnemucca District Office. A Special Recreation Permit (SRP) is issued to Black Rock City LLC, which is responsible for all activities within Black Rock City.
The BLM¿s operational mission is to ensure public safety and resource protection through the enforcement of the event closure order, the SRP stipulations, and other Federal laws/regulations. In addition, BLM assists local law enforcement with enforcement of Nevada state law. To accomplish this mission the BLM has adopted the Incident Command System (ICS), integrating multiple agencies and functions. The event ICS structure includes command, operations, and support positions. The operation covers all three event periods of the detail: Pre-Event; Main Event; Post-Event (8/19 - 9/5: 18 days). The Contractor shall build, deploy, test, maintain, and support a commercial Microwave Wireless Internet and IP Network, to include technical support.
The Contractor shall provide a fully functional FCC Licensed carrier class microwave network and associated Wireless Internet Service, technical services, technical support, software applications and hardware to ensure a fully functional, operational and reliable Law Enforcement Data network and Incident network at the Joint Operations Center (JOC).
The Contractor shall provide a fully functional computer network, technical services, technical support, software applications and hardware to ensure a fully functional, operational and reliable Law Enforcement Data network and Incident network at the BLM Headquarters (BLM JOC) and other nearby locations in ¿Black Rock City, Nevada.¿
The BLM intends to issue a solicitation as a Small Business Set Aside, The BLM anticipates issuing a single firm fixed price award from this solicitation for one Base Year and Two Option Years. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 517810 - All Other Telecommunications and the size standard is $40M.
A Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation package will be available electronically on or about April 22, 2024, through the Government Point of Entry (GPE) website located at www.sam.gov. Proposals will be due no later than May 8, 2024. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring www.sam.gov for the release of the solicitation package, for any other pertinent information, and for downloading a complete copy of the solicitation package. The government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered, and currently active, and complete the online Representations and Certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) data base via website: http://www.sam.gov.
Award will be based on Best Value, Trade Off process in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror(s).
This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract, nor does it obligate the government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. The primary Point of Contact is Tyler L. Johnson, Contracting Officer, at TLJohnson@blm.gov . All questions must be submitted in writing to Tyler L. Johnson. Only written questions will be addressed.

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