SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Local Telephone Exchange Services located in Pittsburgh, PA
- Notice Date
- 10/21/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 517110
— Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), Acquisition Services Division (3TS), 20 North 8th Street, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107
- ZIP Code
- 19107
- Solicitation Number
- GST0306R0001
- Response Due
- 11/7/2005
- Archive Date
- 11/22/2005
- Description
- PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS SUBPART: SERVICES CLASSCOD: D--Information Technology Services, including Telecommunication Services OFFADD: U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, Attn: Code 3TE, 20 N. 8th St., 10th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 SUBJECT: D--LOCAL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SERVICE, Pittsburgh PA Metropolitan Area. SOL GST0304R0003 DUE 11/07/2005 POC: James B. VanAllan: 215-446-5843 (james.vanallan@gsa.gov) Description: (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Commercial Items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) This solicitation is issued as a request for proposal (RFP), GST0306R0001. (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-05. (iv) This is a full and open procurement under NAICS 517110, ?Wired Telecommunications Carriers?. The Small Business Size Standard is 1,500 employees. (v) There are 16 contract line item numbers (CLINs). Eighteen (18) existing in-place ISDN-PRI services with 5,250 existing DID numbers and, three (3) local T-1 tie lines will be transitioned to this contract. The Offeror will be responsible for porting the existing DID station line numbers to this contract. Local Number Portability (LNP) via Remote Call Forwarding will not meet the reuse requirement. The existing ISDN-PRI services and T-1 tie trunks terminate in 8 PBXs owned by GSA-FTS and other Government agencies (See Attachment 1). Offeror's premises equipment, features, maintenance, and coverage shall be at least equal to that provided to the Offeror's commercial customers. The ISDN-PRI local exchange services must be configured to enable Government users to access the Pittsburgh local and suburban exchange areas, intra-LATA toll areas, inter-LATA areas and, toll-free numbers (800, 888, etc.). Access to the local exchange shall include TTY Relay and Emergency 911 services. Offerors shall provide access to operator assisted services. Offerors must provide access to local and long distance directory assistance, e.g., NPA-555-1212. Offerors are responsible for the issuance of telephone directory orders, as necessary, for additions, removals and changes to the Federal Government listings in the blue pages of the local Verizon printed telephone directories. The Offeror?s ISDN-PRI serving central office(s) must be located within the geographical boundaries of the City of Pittsburgh and/or Allegheny County, PA. In their proposals, Offerors must provide both the addresses and types of central offices (e.g., AT&T 5ESS, Nortel DMS 100, etc.) to be used for the provisioning of the proposed ISDN-PRI service. The Government reserves the right to order future ISDN-PRI services, under this contract, at Government agency addresses within the geographical boundaries of the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, PA. Any future services required under the resultant contract shall be priced no higher than the contract pricing for current locations; and will be incorporated through the negotiation of a contract modification. However, there is no Government forecast for ISDN-PRI service requirements in these areas for the period of this contract. (vi) The Offeror shall appoint a Project Manager responsible for project management and coordination of ISDN-PRI implementations. The Project Manager shall be the Government?s prime point of contact for the duration of each implementation and for 30 days following each implementation. After the 3rd successful business day following an implementation, the Project Manager shall provide a toll-free telephone number to receive trouble and maintenance calls from the Government and the Government?s PBX vendors. Project Management for each transition includes the presence of the Offeror?s qualified technician on the premises of the Government?s PBX site and, qualified central office technician(s) for central office programming and testing until the implementation is completed. The transitions will occur after normal business hours. The Project Manager is responsible for the coordination of activities with the Government?s PBX contractors and, the incumbent local exchange carriers (i.e., AT&T and X/O) for each implementation. This includes direct telephone and email communications with the PBX contractor?s on-site technicians and the PBX contractor?s remote test center technicians. There are several PBX contractors. The Government will provide PBX contractor points of contact after the contract award. The Project Manager is responsible for the establishment of a teleconference bridge for all parties for the duration of each ISDN-PRI transition. The transition of existing ISDN-PRI services at location numbers 1 through 6 must be completed within 120 days of the contract award date. The transition dates for existing ISDN-PRI services at location numbers 7 and 8 will be negotiated after the contract award date. Attachment 1 provides the existing locations. Offerors planning to use a subcontractor must attach to their proposal, a written description of their contractor/subcontractor relationship. The Offeror must be the prime contractor. (vii) CLIN items and any other applicable charges are to be proposed at nonrecurring prices and/or monthly recurring prices for the base years and each of the three option years. Offerors shall use the Government provided pricing spreadsheets (See Attachments 2 and 3). Additionally, Offerors shall include local usage prices using one of the following three options. -Option 1) local usage at per minute prices (See Attachment 2); -Option 2) local usage at per call prices (See Attachment 2); -Option 3) local usage not separately priced, i.e., flat rate ISDN-PRI prices that include local usage at no additional cost to the Government (See Attachment 3). Offerors shall include additional necessary items, if any, by incorporating additional items to new rows on the Government provided spreadsheet. Any additional required items not addressed within the offeror's proposal will be considered to be provided at no additional price to the Government. The base period of this contract will be for twenty-four (24) months, starting the day after the contract award date. GSA shall have the option to extend this contract, at the Offeror?s proposed prices, for up to three 12-month option periods. GSA will notify the Offeror of its intent to exercise an option 30 days prior to expiration of the contract. (viii) Solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1, ?Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial Items? (JAN 2005) is hereby incorporated by reference. (ix) Offerors are advised that the Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, is determined to be the best value to the Government, where technical proposals will be considered more important than price. The technical factors of "Demonstrated Ability" (as described in the next paragraph) and "Past Performance," are of equal value. Offerors are further advised that the Government intends to make an award on the basis of initial proposals. As a result, offerors shall be certain to present their most advantageous proposal that clearly meets all requirements of this combined synopsis/ solicitation and complies completely with all proposal submittal requirements. Should the Government determine that written and/or oral discussions are advantageous to the Government a competitive range will be established to identify those Offeror?s with which written and/or oral discussions may be conducted. Each Offeror within the competitive range will be given an opportunity to submit a revised proposal after these discussions. Within their technical proposal, and under the technical factor of "Demonstrated Ability," the Offeror shall describe its capabilities, experience, and current local service installations to demonstrate their ability to successfully provide and perform the ISDN-PRI services described in this solicitation. Within their technical proposal, and under the technical factor of "Past Performance," the Offeror shall provide references from two local service customers for whom ISDN-PRI local exchange services have been installed within the past 12 months within the City of Pittsburgh or Allegheny County, PA. The customer contact names, phone numbers and a description of the ISDN-PRI services, shall be included in the Offeror?s proposal. Proposals shall not exceed 30 pages. Pages from PA-PUC tariffs, if applicable, shall be included as an attachment to the proposal but will not count toward the 30-page limitation. Pages describing the contractor/subcontractor relationship, if applicable, shall be included as an attachment to the proposal but will not count toward the 30-page limitation. The Government provided pricing spreadsheets will not count toward the 30-page limitation. (x) Offerors are reminded to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, ?Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items? (MAR 2005), with their proposals. (xi) Clause 52-212-4, ?Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items? (OCT 2003), is hereby incorporated by reference. (xii) Clause 52-212-5, ?Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items? (JUL 2005), is hereby incorporated by reference. The following paragraphs of this clause apply to this solicitation and any resultant contract: (b) (1) (2) (7) (8) (9) (14) (16) (17) (18) (19). GSAM Clause 552.212.71 "Contract Terms and Conditions Applicable to GSA Acquisition of Commercial Items" (JUL 2003) applies: with 552.229-70 "Federal, State, and Local Taxes" and 552.232-78 "Payment Information" also applying. (xiii) A firm fixed price contract will be awarded. (xiv) Signed and dated proposals (one original/one copy) shall be submitted to: General Services Administration, FTS, Mid-Atlantic Region, 20 N. 8th Street, 10th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, ATTN: James B. VanAllan, no later than 12:00PM (Local Time) on 11/07/2005. (xv) Contact Mr. VanAllan, Contracting Officer, at 215-446-5843. EMAILADD: james.vanallan@gsa.gov EMAILDESC: click to contact the contracting officer via e-mail. EMAILADD: joseph.Caulfield@gsa.gov EMAILDESC: click to contact the contracting officer?s technical representative via e-mail.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Pittsburgh, PA
- Record
- SN00919487-W 20051023/051022080635 (fbodaily.com)
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