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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 24, 2002 FBO #0234
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- Businesses'' Use of Telecommunication

Notice Date

7/22/2002
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Small Business Administration, Office of Administration, Office of Procurement and Grants Management, 409 Third Street, S.W., 5th Floor, Washington, DC, 20416
 

ZIP Code

20416
 

Solicitation Number

SBAHQ-02-Q-0025
 

Response Due

8/23/2002
 

Point of Contact

Billy Jenkins, Procurement Specialist, Phone (202) 205-7077, Fax (202) 481-0487, - Billy Jenkins, Procurement Specialist, Phone (202) 205-7077, Fax (202) 481-0487,
 

E-Mail Address

billy.jenkins@sba.gov, billy.jenkins@sba.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

There were 22.4 million small businesses in the United States in 2001 (Office of Advocacy, SBA). Of those, a considerable 72.6 percent or 16.3 million can be safely viewed as sole proprietorships (Economic Census, 1997). The use of telecommunications should be documented, given the intensity of current debates (Tauzin-Dingell Bill before Congress, and the universal service and local competition proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission, for example) and the enormous impact that telecommunications has on small businesses. Small businesses consume an enormous amount and variety of telecommunications services, including local landline, long distance, and wireless technologies. Small business use of telecommunications must be accurately documented, as they are the businesses most vulnerable to the negative effects of ongoing proceedings. Only through understanding small businesses telecommunications usage can effective advocacy on their behalf occur. As an example, it would be useful to know what types of telecommunications services a small business uses: landlines, cellular, etc? Within landlines, one can imagine a small business having phone lines, DSL lines, or even T1 or T3 lines. It would be useful to know how telecommunications services are dispersed and how they differ by size (number of employees) and by location (rural or urban).
 

Place of Performance

Address: 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 5000, Washington DC

Zip Code: 20416

Country: US
 

Record

SN00122833-W 20020724/020722213719 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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