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60 -- 72 STRAND FIBER OPTIC CABLE SOL F34608-95BA023 DUE 041795 POC Lt Conrad (405)734-9773, Contracting Specialist or Paula Maggard (405)734-9582, Contracting Officer. Fiber Optic Cable, 72 strand singlemode, gel filled, armored loose tube for outside plant applications. Cable must meet requirements of REA CFR 1755.900, formerly PE-90. Outside diameter: not to exceed 18mm. Siecor Optical P/N 072R15-11101-21, Sumitomo P/N SE-3GE0720-B--QTY 10000 MR--All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered. Sources responding to this synopsis must indicate, in writing. whether they are large or small, disadvantaged or women-owned business and U.S. or foreign-owned/controlled (must state which country). Only companies who provide all required information will receive a copy of this solicitation. For this synopsis, a concern will be considered small if its number of employees does not exceed 1000. No telephone requests. Only written requests received directly from requester are acceptable. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The propose 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 Thomas J. 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 the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. Foreign participation is permitted. (0058)

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