Xtera to Run Fiber Optic Cable System Between Guantánamo Bay and Puerto Rico

Xtera Communications Incorporated, in Allen, Texas, has been awarded a non-competitive, firm fixed price contract for the Guantánamo Bay to Puerto Rico Submarine Fiber Optic Cable System. The face value of this action is $36,540,732 over the two-year base period and is funded by fiscal year 2016 procurement funds. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $43,139,763. Performance will be between Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and a government-operated landing site in Puerto Rico. Because only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services would satisfy agency requirements, the solicitation was issued on the basis of other than full and open competition. The base period of the contract is August 22, 2017 through August 21, 2019, with five one-year options. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, is the contracting activity (HC1013-17-C-0002).