Federal Aviation Administration Colocation Services
Overview
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace, has issued a Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source contract to Equinix, Inc. for essential colocation and connectivity services. This Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract will support the FAA Office of Information & Technology (AIT) Cloud & Hosting Services Division. The NAICS code for this service is 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Responses from interested sources are due by May 20, 2026, at 4:00 PM EST.
Scope of Work
The contractor will provide all labor, material, and facilities for Data Center Colocation and Interconnection Services. These services are critical for delivering secure, reliable, and efficient computing infrastructure solutions to meet the FAA's mission-essential applications and telecommunications infrastructure, currently provided by Equinix as a subcontractor to General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT).
Contract & Timeline
- Type: Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source (Firm-Fixed-Price)
- Anticipated Duration: Five (5) years
- Set-Aside: None (Sole Source Intent)
- Response Due: May 20, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
- Published: May 11, 2026
Evaluation
This notice is not a Request for Proposal. The FAA intends to award on a sole source basis to Equinix, Inc. due to significant infrastructure presence, the substantial time and financial investment required for transitioning to a new provider (including FTI lines, system relocation, potential downtime, and extensive security authorization/risk assessment processes), and the FAA's plan to migrate all colocation customers to the cloud within the five-year period of performance. However, the FAA will consider all responses received to this notice. A determination not to compete this requirement is solely within the FAA's discretion.
Additional Notes
Interested sources must provide their organization name, address, point of contact, phone number, email, business size, taxpayer identification number, DUNS number, CAGE Code, and a summary of their company's capabilities. The FAA operates under its own Acquisition Management System (AMS) Policy 3.2.2.4, Single Source Selection, and AMS Guidance T3.2.2.4, Single Source, not the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). No additional follow-on contract for colocation support is anticipated beyond this timeframe, as the FAA plans to migrate to cloud services.