SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Lease of DS1 & DS3 Lines
- Notice Date
- 3/10/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, (648/P4CONT), 3710 SW Veterans Hospital Road, Box 1034, Portland, Oregon 97201
- ZIP Code
- 97201
- Solicitation Number
- 648-55-05
- Response Due
- 3/21/2005
- Point of Contact
- Contracting Officer - Guinevere Peterson, Contract Specialist, Ph:360-759-1607, Fx:360-905-1797
- E-Mail Address
-
Guinevere Peterson
(guinevere.peterson@med.va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 20 is seeking a commercially available leased point-to-point (dedicated) telecommunications network to be installed to connect their facilities in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. This solicitation is proposed as 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS Code 517110; Size Standard of 1,500 employees applies. The requirement shall be a commercial, fixed-price services-type contract. This is a sources sought notice, with the intent of identifying all interested and capable small businesses. Sources responding to this requirement must indicate in writing, on company letterhead, whether they are small, disadvantaged, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, 8(a), and/ or woman owned small businesses. Responses to this sources sought notice are required to be faxed or mailed to the Contracting Officer listed in this announcement no later than 2:00 PM PST on 3/21/2005. Please mark all correspondence with _RFP 648-55-05._ All questions related to this notice must be addressed in writing, fax (360) 905-1797 or e-mailed to the Contracting Officer. Period of performance will be a base year consisting of one year from the date of award and four additional one-year option years. This telecommunications network will consist of multiple DS1 and DS3 services connecting 10 specific locations throughout the VISN. The required quantity and specifics for this telecommunications network will be specified in RFP 648-55-05. Contractor must have the entire telecommunications network operational within 30 days from receipt of the notice to proceed. DS1 Services must meet the standards of Extended Super Frame (ESF) and Clear Channel B8ZS for the purpose of running voice, video, and data (IP) traffic. DS1 Services must terminate on contractor-provided Channel Service Units/Data Service Units (CSU/DSU). DS3 Services must meet the framing standard of c-bit parity. DS3 Services must terminate on DSX panel (copper) or OC-3/12 (fiber) terminating equipment. Contractor must provide 24-hour status monitoring of entire network at the contract price. Contractor must coordinate with VISN 20 and equipment providers to ensure compatibility with existing equipment. Contractor/vendor must have tariffs to provide both intra- and inter-state traffic. This procurement is being conducted as a commercial procurement using FAR parts 12 and 15. Award will be made to that proposal which is most advantageous to the Government taking into consideration price, technical factors, and past performance. The solicitation is anticipated to be released on or about April 1, 2005 and may be obtained at no cost from the following URL:http://www.va.gov/oa&mm/busopp/sols.htm. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (10-MAR-2005); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
-
RFI 648-55-05
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/VA/PoVAMC/VAMCCO80220/648-55-05/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Vancouver, WA
- Zip Code: 98661
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 98661
- Record
- SN00766478-F 20050312/050310213720 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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