Electronic Systems Center/AVK, Contracting Division, Command & Control Systems, 20 Schilling Circle, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2816

58 -- VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM SOL F19628-95-B-0002 POC Thomas F. Murphy, Contract Manager, 617-377-6609; Stephen Meehan, Contractng Officer, 617-377-7391. The Air Force anticipates the release of a specific make/model invitation for bids (IFB) for multipoint video teleconferencing (VTC) systems. This is a follow-on synopsis to the sources sought synopsis that was published in the Commerce Business Daily Issue No. PSA-1222, Tuesday, November 15,1994 under section 58 titled VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEMS. Additional information was given in issue No. PSA-1226, Monday, November 21,1994 under the same section and title. The systems being acquired are manufactured by Compression Labs, Inc., San Jose, CA., Video Telecom, Inc., Austin, TX and PictureTel, Inc., Danvers, MA. The IFB will include complete systems including products needed to connect the above systems such as inverse multiplexers, CSUs/DSUs/CODECs multipoint bridges and controllers and peripheral equipment such as documents cameras. The Government contemplates a three-year firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. Multiple awards may be made. The IFB will be available on the Hanscom AFB Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) (617) 274-0500 (TELNET 129.53.1.36). A MODEM and commercially available communications software are all that is needed to access HERBB. A copy of the IFB will also be available in hardcopy format at the Phillips Research Laboratory at Hanscom AFB, MA. Procedured for using the library may be obtained from Mr. Fred Santino at (617)377-4518. The closing date will be contained in the IFB. Firms having interest, adaptability, and background may access the IFB by HERBB instructions. The IFB will be distributed on HERBB only. Paper copies will not be distributed. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear from offerors or potential offerors during the bid development phase of this acquisition of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in evaluation of bids. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Thomas Mackey at (617)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 contracting officer and could be satisfactorily resolve at that level. See Numbered Note(s): 12. (0033)

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