SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Federal Telecommunications Relay Services
- Notice Date
- 2/3/2021 1:10:05 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 517919
— All Other Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20899
- Solicitation Number
- NB182000-21-00784
- Response Due
- 2/17/2021 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 03/04/2021
- Point of Contact
- Robert J. Singman, Phone: 3019756388
- E-Mail Address
-
robert.singman@nist.gov
(robert.singman@nist.gov)
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Sprint/T-Mobile to provide the Federal telecommunication relay services. NIST has an on-going requirement for telecommunications services (Federal Relay) for individuals with hearing & speech disabilities on the Gaithersburg, MD campus.� The Contractor shall provide accessible services to individuals with disabilities.� To meet requirements for compliance with the Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, it is necessary for the contractor to provide the following services which allow individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities to conduct official business.� Text Telephone - A deaf or hard-of-hearing person uses a TTY or personal computer to type a conversation. A relay operator voices the typed conversion to a hearing person and then types the hearing person�s spoken response to the TTY user. Service is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Speech to Speech - A person with a speech disability or voice synthesizer speaks directly to the called person. A specially trained relay operator acts as the speech-disabled user's voice by listening and repeating the speech-disabled user's dialogue if necessary. Service is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Captioned Telephone Service (CTS) - A deaf or hard-of-hearing person dials another party using a captioned telephone. The CTS phone automatically connects to a captioning relay service center where a specially trained relay operator transcribes the called party's responses into text (captions). Captions appear on a display on the CTS phone. Service is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. IP Relay - This is a web-based version of TTY/ASCII service. Service is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Relay Conference Captioning - Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals can participate in teleconference calls. Real-time text is streamed to the user�s Internet-connected computer. Service is available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time with a reservation 24 hours in advance. Video Relay Service (VRS) - A deaf person signs to a video interpreter using a video camera. The video interpreter voices the conversation to a hearing person on a standard phone and then the video interpreter signs back to the deaf person on a computer or television screen. Service is available from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday Eastern time. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 517919, and the size standard is $35.0 Million. No solicitation package will be issued.� This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement.� The Government will consider responses received by 11:00 p.m. (EST) on February 17, 2021.� Inquiries will only be accepted via email to robert.singman@nist.gov. No telephone requests will be honored.�� A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.� Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.�
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN05906839-F 20210205/210203230107 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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