SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Local Telephone Exchange Services for Redstone Arsenal, AL and the surrounding areas, to include ownership of the entire Redstone Arsenal outside cable plant.
- Notice Date
- 10/30/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- ACA, Fort Huachuca, ITEC4 Contracting, Bldg. 61801, Room 3212, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-5000
- ZIP Code
- 85613-5000
- Solicitation Number
- DAAB32-02-R-0031
- Archive Date
- 1/3/2003
- Point of Contact
- Peggy Hurst, 520-538-7857
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to ACA, Fort Huachuca
(peggy.hurst@hqasc.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA This is a Sources Sought Market Research Synopsis for vendors certified by the Alabama Public Services Commission to provide local telephone exchange services. The primary service requirement is local access, switching, transport, related functions at Reds tone Arsenal and the Huntsville, AL vicinity. These exchange services do not include residential or business services for non-government entities located on Redstone Arsenal. Services are currently being provided by BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. BellSouth currently provides Redstone Arsenal and the surrounding area with approximately 76 Digital Trunks, 30 ISDN PRIs, 1,381 private line data/voice, 10 FDDI Circuits, 19,423 Analog ESSX/Centrex circuits, and 2,680 Digital ESSX/Centrex circuits. The switches (5ESS and 4 PBXs) and the outside cable plant are all owned by BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Local exchange services are required to enable Government users to access the following: local and intra-LATA exchange areas, and interconnecti on with inter-LATA exchange carriers. The local exchange service shall include trunking, business lines, and private line service. This contract also entails all adds, moves, and changes related to the Redstone local telephone exchange. At completion of the proposed contract, the Government shall acquire all ownership/rights to the entire Redstone outside cable plant. The government is not interested in acquiring BellSouth?s 5ESS switch. The vendor shall provide number portability for the current directory numbers. Requirement for new directory numbers shall be within the existing NXX until exhausted. Access to the local exchange shall include Emergency 911 services and functions. The v endor shall provide access to directory number information, e.g. NPA-555-1212 and/or 411. The vendor shall provide access to operator services for subscriber line verification or barge-in, extend to long distance providers, and assistance with other excha nge access functions. The vendor shall provide and arrange billing in monthly increments itemized by directory number. Billing shall be provided in paper and CD-ROM format. Firms interested in providing local exchange services for Redstone Arsenal, AL a nd the vicinity are requested to provide a summary of technical and financial information concerning their certifications by type i.e., facility or non-facility based by service area, applicable tariffs, capabilities, experience (current services or contra cts to include points of contact), hardware assets and access to switched services and corporate background in the telecommunications industry. Vendors must provide specific information as to how the services listed in this synopsis would or could be sati sfied. Responses should be limited to approximately 25 pages or less. All questions and replies should be forwarded to the G4 Acquisition Office, ATTN: NETC-LOA (Peggy Hurst), Bldg 61801, Suite 2121, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-7070, Ph 520-538-7857 or e-ma il peggy.hurst@netcom.army.mil. Responses are due no later than 12 noon MST, 4 November 2002.
- Record
- SN00196322-W 20021101/021030213409 (fbodaily.com)
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