38LS/LGCX, 4022 Hilltop Rd Ste 211, Tinker AFB OK 73145-2713

D -- COMPETITIVE LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE VIA OPTICAL, COAXIAL, WIRELESS AND/OR MULTI-MEDIA TECHNOLOGY SOL F34608- POC Points of contact are Mr Darrell Davis or Mr Robert O'Day Sr at (405) 734-9907. This is a sources sought market survey synopsis and request for industry comment concerning the feasibility and use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions to provide reliable and competitive telecommunications services for US Air Force bases within the United States and it's territories. Vendors are requested to provide comments and available information on potential solutions (systems hardware and software products) which will give ''on-base' customers access to a competitive local telecommunications market. Vendors should identify industry standard and non-proprietary interfaces, interconnection systems, and information management systems to be used in providing for a competitive and dynamic multi-faceted environment. Vendors should describe their concept of operations which will provide for the ability to segregate government, commercial, and individual (residential) services, which must include segregation of billing and diversification of individual service requirements. Vendors should describe how they would provide/integrate access to local exchange carriers and commercial communications services, both switched and non-switched services to include but not limited to, dial services and features, private line point to point services both analog and digital, cable television services, wireless access, wide Area Calling, access to 800 (FTS 2000), 900, and 911 emergency response phone numbers etc. Also, the procedures for interoperability with other commercial communications vendors on a base should be identified. Vendors should identify the extent of integration or management that is anticipated or that will be required (i.e., how much government involvement will be required for maintenance and management of telecommunications systems to include: trouble reporting, fault isolation, operator assistance, circuit record maintenance, and service order processing (etc.)? How will residential and commercial customers on a base obtain maintenance as opposed to on-base government customers who report outages to the base communications squadron or other centrally designated base location? Vendors should describe their capability to provide access on a competitive basis to Directory Assistance, Inter-Exchange and intra-LATA Long Distance and private line Carriers, and other types of service providers. Vendors should describe their capability to provide analog/digital data and/or video services they can provide and the connectivity to individual subscribers for access to other high speed data, video, and/or multi-media services. Vendors should describe the type of infrastructure required to support their proposed systems and/or services, what pieces of the infrastructure they can provide, and what infrastructure must be provided by the Air Force. Vendor recommendations are requested on the best means of transitioning agencies to a competitive environment while ensuring customer support through service order status/tracking and verification of vendor production, delivery, service capability. Responses may include information or comment on any portion of or all of this RFI. Multiple solutions are acceptable provided sufficient detail is provided on each solution proposed. The US Air Force does not anticipate that a single vendor will provide all information on all services at all Air Force sites. Vendors should indicate if their proposed solution or capabilities are limited to any specific geographic region or by: technology, resources, or regulatory restrictions (and if so state where). Individual responses should indicate whether the firm is large, small, small-disadvantaged, and/or a woman-owned business. Information on currently installed systems and experience data and location of installations would be helpful. The US Air Force will not assume responsibility for any expense generated as a result of participation in this survey. No Request for Proposal (RFP) or formal solicitation will be issued resultant to this synopsis. This market survey is for information and planning purposes only. Submit response and any technical data to 38 LS/LGCX, Attn: Mr Darrell Davis or Mr Robert O'Day Sr., 4022 Hilltop Rd, Ste 212, Tinker AFB OK 73145-2713. (0104)

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