SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Telecommunications Reseller Services - Package #1
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 517919
— All Other Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Office of Procurement and Property Management, Procurement Operations Division, 300 7th Street, S.W., Room 377, Reporters Building, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024
- ZIP Code
- 20024
- Solicitation Number
- AG-3142-S-11-0064
- Point of Contact
- Ellery R Taylor, Phone: 202-720-8309, Philip Rasmussen, Phone: 202-720-4179
- E-Mail Address
-
ellery.taylor@usda.gov, Philip.Rasmussen@usda.gov
(ellery.taylor@usda.gov, Philip.Rasmussen@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Solicitation AG-3142-S-11-0035 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Chief Information Office (OCIO), Telecommunications Operations Management (TSO), is issuing this solicitation for receipt of proposals to accomplish a significant reduction in the cost of our approximately 26,000 to 36,000 USDA Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) lines (quantity will be based upon USDA agency participation), located across the United, into a one-stop shop environment to be managed by a single Enterprise Wholesaler Local Exchange Carrier (EWLEC). Consolidation and management of POTs lines must be achieved electronically without a need for any physical change or alteration to the incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) networks. The Government intends to award a contract to a single offeror, to offer this service to ALL USDA Agencies and Offices as a Managed Services overseen by TSO COTR. This award will be to the offeror determined by the Government to provide the best value offer in meeting/exceeding the performance objectives defined herein. The successful offeror must be a telecommunications reseller engaged in purchasing access and network capacity from networks and reselling to businesses and government, and must have an established and proven relationship with major telephone networks and LECs necessary to meet the full scope of these requirements. Specific instructions for submitting offers are provided in Section I of this solicitation and the evaluation factors for award are provided in Section II of this solicitation. The contract period will include the following: (1) Phase I - Limited (One-State) Rollout, and (2) Phase II - Complete Rollout based upon successful completion of Phase I. Each phase will include specific milestones and deliverables to be provided by the Contractor. The contract has a potential five-year life. The base period will be from date of contract award through completion and acceptance of Phase I. There will be options to exercise five additional periods of performance of one year each.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/OPPM/POD/AG-3142-S-11-0064/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20250, United States
- Zip Code: 20250
- Zip Code: 20250
- Record
- SN02407251-W 20110325/110323234244-5c8952cf8d0ffd8298d4af55ce60cbe1 (fbodaily.com)
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