Phillips Laboratory, Directorate of Contracting, Operational Contracting Division/PKOE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5606

D -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINK SOL F29650-95-R9002 POC Elizabeth H. Sanchez, Contract Specialist, (505)846-2989, Mhynard Wink, Contracting Officer, (505)846-6898. The Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, intends to acquire services to be used on a terrestrial, 128kpbs state-wide telecommunications link between Phillips Laboratory (PL) and New Mexico educational institutions, state-wide industries and the New Mexico State government. The service, besides providing state-wide connectivity, also provides connectivity to Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, educational institutions within the state of New Mexico (including the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University) and the Internet. The contractor shall provide gateway access to the state-wide network and maintenance during the period of performance, as well as evaluated optional features (EOFs) which could be acquired at any time during the contract to provide greater capability. One EOF is to obtain additional bandwidth, the the 128Kpbs link would be replaced with a T1 or 1.544Mpbs link. Another EOF would allow the laboratory to upgrade to ''full node'' status on the network, which would provide expanded services, such as video, to users of the network. The proposed contract is for a one year basic period and four one year option periods. The contractor shall provide a minimum 128K circuit to PL. The contractor shall provide the Channel Service Unit/Digital Service Unit (CSU/DSU) equipment and the circuit. The equipment shall use RS449 or V.35 standard interfaces and shall allow direct connectivity of government owned Data Terminating Equipment. PL shall provide a Cisco IP router at PL building 498, the contractor shall provide a port on the Cisco IP router at the contractor's facility. The service shall have a login service to authenticate users and allow access into the network. A menu shall direct PL users to resources reachable via the network. Telnet and FTP protocols shall be available menu items. The gateway shall also provide audit trails and log files of users connecting to the contractor's resources, networks, and other gateways accessible by the network. PL shall provide the contractor with user identification informatio. The contractor will set up all accounts on the gateway. The gateway shall support a minimum of 32 simultaneous users and a minimum of 100 user accounts. The contractor shall also provide Internet connectivity to the National Network Infrastructure (NNI). The contractor's connectivity to the NNI shall be greater than or equal to 10 Mb/s. The contractor shall provide routing through the Phillips Laboratory connection to the NNI for any and all networks so requested by Phillips lab. Maintenance of the minimum 128K circuit and the CSU/DSU shall be the responsibility of the contractor. The contractor shall provide a hot-line service in order to respond to trouble calls during the period 0700-1700, Monday through Friday, excluding Friday, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays observed by the government. The contractor shall maintain all equipment at the acceptable level of performance. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, and any other items or services necessary to perform maintenance. Response time shall not exceed two hours. A sources sought synopsis was previously published in the Commerce Business Daily on 17 May 95 under the title of F29650- 95-R-0128 and based on those responses this acquisition has been determined to be full and open, competition. Those companies which previously responded to the sources sought synopsis need not respond again. Any new sources responding to this synopsis must request solicitation F29650-95-R-9002. Please note the solicitation number referenced in the 17 May 95 synopsis as F29650- 95-R-0128 is changed to F29650-95-R-9002. Responses should be sent to Phillips Laboratory, Directorate of Contracting/PKOE, ATTN: Ms Elizabeth Sanchez, 2000 Wyoming Blvd SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117- 5606 no later than 23 Sep 95. For the purposes of being considered a small business the following applies: SIC Code 7379, Size Standard 18.0 million. Foreign owned firms will not be precluded from participating in this acquisition. DPA # KAA-95-AD001. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to address concerns during the proposal development phase of the acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to requst information, pose questions, and voice concerns before contacting the Ombudsman. For serious concerns only, potential offerors are invited to contact the primary PL Ombudsman, Col James D. Ledbetter, Director of Operations, at 505/846-4964 or the alternate PL Ombudsman, Bruce Grunsten, in the Directorate of Contracting at 505/846-8273 or at 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5777. (0249)

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