Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21207 Attn:/Edwin G. Casswell Jr

58 -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT POC Edwin G. Casswell Jr tel: (410) 965-9490 The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a competitive requirement to upgrade Government owned Fujitsu 9600VS switching systems and their accompanying Centigram Voice Memo II automated attended/voice mail systems. Ten (10) of these systems are located at the Chicago, Illinois Program Service Center (PSC) and fifteen (15) are located at the Kansas City, Missouri PSC. SSA also requires onsite maintenance support through an on-site telecommunications technician for the principle period of maintenance at each location through the life of the contract. The contract will provide training, telephone relocations including cabling and the acquisition and installation of additional telephone equipment and accessories. To be acceptable, offerors must have access to associated equipment, accessories and spare parts, be able to provide onsite technicians who are fully trained and knowledgeable of each system component. Only written request for solicitation number SSA-RFP-96-2520 will be accepted 21 days from the date of this publication. Fascimilie requests may be sent to (410) 965-9560. The RFP is scheduled for release on or about May 15, 1995 with proposals due 45 days after issuance of the RFP. The resultant contract will contain a basic one year period with four one year option periods. The Government will consider all offers from responsible sources. See Note 12. (0101)

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