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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 07, 2005 FBO #1472
SOLICITATION NOTICE

J -- Operations and Maintenance Services Base Telecommunications System

Notice Date

6/15/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

517110 — Wired Telecommunications Carriers
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 38 EIG/PK, 4064 Hilltop Road, Tinker AFB, OK, 73145-2713
 

ZIP Code

73145-2713
 

Solicitation Number

FA8773-05-R-0006
 

Response Due

8/4/2005
 

Point of Contact

Cynthia Dates, Contracting Officer, Phone 405 734-9922, Fax 405 734 9220, - Cynthia Dates, Contracting Officer, Phone 405 734-9922, Fax 405 734 9220,
 

E-Mail Address

cynthia.dates@tinker.af.mil, cynthia.dates@tinker.af.mil
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

The 38th Engineering Installation Group/PKL, Contracting Division, has a requirement for non-personal services for operations, maintenance and recurring support services of the Base Telecommunications Systems (BTS) at Minot AFB, ND. A Pre-Proposal Conference is tentatively set for the week ending 15 July 2005. The proposed contract is for a base year of 12 months with 4 one-year options. Contractor shall perform operation and maintenance on the switching system(s), transmission equipment, ancillary equipment, customer premise equipment (CPE), and the inside and outside cable plant and perform recurring support services. The Dial Central Office Voice Switching System is a Lucent Technologies Definity System G3r, with software Release 11. The G3r is equipped with approximately 4,665 lines and have approximately 4,442 assigned lines. Foreign participation is permitted only at the subcontractor level. Copies of the solicitation will be provided to foreign firms only in order that they may pursue subcontracting opportunities. This acquisition is competitively set aside 100% for small business concerns. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under North American Classification System (NAICS) code 517110 with Size Standard 1,500 employees. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in this solicitation for the described supplies or services. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Joseph P. Maryeski, Director, Commander’s Staff, (781) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. No telephone request for the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be accepted. The RFP will be paperless and will be released using Electronic Posting System (EPS) via (www.eps.gov). The RFP will contain files in MS Word 2000 and MS Excel 9.0. Do not request any documents in writing. Offerors should submit all questions or comments relative to the solicitation electronically via e-mail. All proposals must be submitted in a hard copy per the proposal preparation instructions in Clause L-800 of the solicitation. Vendors are required to be registered in Central Contractor Registration (http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp). NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (15-JUN-2005). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 05-DEC-2005, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/38EIGPK/FA8773-05-R-0006/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Minot AFB, ND

Zip Code: 58705

Country: us
 

Record

SN00945117-F 20051207/051205212756 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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