SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Schools and Libraries (E-rate) Industry Day
- Notice Date
- 2/6/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 561422
— Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers
- Contracting Office
- Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20554, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20554
- Solicitation Number
- SL-18-024
- Archive Date
- 3/6/2018
- Point of Contact
- Noor Jalal,
- E-Mail Address
-
rfp@usac.org
(rfp@usac.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted on its website, a notice and agenda that USAC intends hold an industry with professional services firms to achieve the following goals: 1) Educate "industry" on the E-rate Program and future acquisitions supporting Program administration, 2) Gain an understanding of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) professional services firms capabilities and best practices, and 3) Incorporate "industry" feedback into our RFP development process. The agenda is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. This is a pre-solicitation issued in accordance with Part 13 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (known as the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; no separate written solicitation will be issued. The pre-solicitation number is SL-18-024. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The Agenda and Announcement provides instructions on how to respond. BACKGROUND: USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Lifeline (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. USAC's Schools and Libraries Program will be holding an industry day with professional services firms to achieve the following goals: 1) Educate "industry" on the E-rate Program and future acquisitions supporting Program administration, 2) Gain an understanding of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) professional services firms capabilities and best practices, and 3) Incorporate "industry" feedback into our RFP development process. The date of the E-rate Program industry day will be February 21, 2018 from 8:30 am to 6 pm at USAC Headquarters. The attached flyer contains the agenda and additional information related to the event. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT OR PRE-SOLICITATION BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. ANY CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. Registration is complimentary. Please RSVP @ rfp@usac.org requesting in person or Webex attendance no later Monday, February 19, 2018. Responses must be submitted by e-mail (rfp@usac.org).
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/FCC/FCCOMD/FCCCPC/SL-18-024/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 700 12th Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
- Zip Code: 20005
- Zip Code: 20005
- Record
- SN04812712-W 20180208/180206232023-738b135e97470d2ea317231368d5aa91 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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