US Army CECOM, C4IEW Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

58 -- SUPPORT FOR NORTEL ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SWITCH SYSTEMS POC Contact Point, Gloria Hoffman, Contract Specialist, 908-532-2510 Contracting Officer, Dennis J. Bradley. The U.S. Army is planning to execute a modification to increase the contract ceiling price by $9.65 million on Contract No. DAAB07-92-D-E026 with GTE Government Systems Corporation. The U.S. Army is interested in other sources for iterim continuation of support for NORTEL (formerly Northern Telecom Inc.) Electronic Digital Switch (EDS) systems and associated equipment. Interim support is required to permit uninterrupted service while the follow-on Long Term Life Cycle Support (LTLCS) contract, to support NORTEL EDS systems, is being solicited (See CECOM Electronic Bulletin Board for Solicitation No. DAAB07-96-R-L259). The follow-on competitive LTLCS contract will be worldwide and DOD wide with an estimated contract value of $188 million. Award of the follow-on LTLCS contract is planned for June 1996. The EDS systems requiring interim support are NORTEL models SL-100, SL-1 and DMS-100. Other vendor equipment to be supported includes telephone management systems, operations and management systems, dial assistance management systems, ISDN applications, and peripherals. Equipment is located in Korea, Japan, Europe, Southwest Asia and the United States. Offerors must be NORTEL distributors and be able to obtain subcontract agreements with numerous vendors supporting the telephone management and dial assistance management subsystems. Vendors responding to this notice must be capable of providing seamless transition of existing field service support and extended service plan support for Korea, CONUS and Southwest Asia locations until the follow-on LTLCS contract is awarded. Services required include: Depot level support; Short Term and Long Term Field Service Support as well as Emergency Field Service Support, 24 hours a day 7 days a week including Holidays; Software Support; Software Upgrades; Remote Diagnostics; Training; Technical Data; and extended service plan. Two copies of pertaining literature inclusive of product/service descriptions, or copies of catalogs should be furnished within 10 days to the following address: ISMA Logistics Directorate, ATTN: ASQM-LGS, Bldg. 283, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5605. (0324)

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