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J -- J-MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND RECURRING SUPPORT SERVICES OF BASE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AT O'HARE IAP RESERVE BASE IL SOL F34608-95-R-0015 DUE 081695 POC Tomma Burba, Contracting Specialist, (405)734-9399; Janice Olson, Contracting Officer, (405)734-9399. The 38 LS/LGCVO, Contracting Flight, has a requirement for nonpersonal services for operation, maintenance and recurring support services of the base telephone system at O'Hare IAP Reserve Base IL. The proposed contract is for one year with four option years. The system consists of a NTI SL-1XT with Release 19 software, main distribution frame, inside and outside cable plants, ancillary equipment, and customer premise equipment. The NSI SL-1XT is equipped with approximately 7,000 lines and 160 trunks and is expendable to 10,000 lines. There are both FTS2000, hot lines, data circuits, radio circuits, key systems, and crash nets. This acquisition is being conducted under a specific agency delegation of GSA's exclusive procurement authority for FIP resources. The specific GSA DPA case number is KAA-95-AD001. Competition is open to domestic and foreign sources. 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 a women-owned business. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under SIC 7378 with size standard of $18,000,000.00. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose 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. Only companies who provide all required information will receive a copy of this solicitation. No telephone requests. Only written requests directly from requester are acceptable. (0150)

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