Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21207-0696

58 -- MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED EXECUTONE IDS 108/228 TELEPHONE SWITCHING SYSTEMS DUE 031396 POC Rita J. Carter Tel: 410-965-8789 The Social Security Administration (SSA) is seeking sources capable of fulfilling a fixed-price per call maintenance requirement for Government-owned Executone IDS 108/228 telephone switching systems. Maintenance will be for approximately 350 field offices located throughout the continental US and its territories. This will be a five-year contract beginning in Fiscal Year 1997. Maintenance and support service shall be provided for systems that consist of but not limited to, switching devices, station equipment, InfoStar/VX voice mail/auto attendant (up to 8 ports/systems), automatic call distributors, battery back-up systems, power supplies, voltage protection devices, power failure systems, T1 carrier cards, multiplexer interfaces, CRTs printers answer/record devices, data interface equipment, as well as cable distribution from the demarcation point established by the local serving regulated telephone company to the system. In addition, maintenance and support service shall also include riser, feeder, station equipment and ancillary equipment cable. Maintenance shall include labor, documentation, repair parts, supplies, tools, test equipment, transportation and other related maintenance services to keep all equipment in good operational condition. Maintenance requirements shall consist of remedial (routine and emergency call-out) on-call maintenance to be performed on a fixed-price per call, preventive (scheduled) on-site and remote programming, service observation, remote diagnostics, replacement of equipment that can't be repaired, system relocation and modular furniture installation. This is not a request for proposal and the Government does not intend to pay for the information solicited or received. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation of the source data received, but sources deemed qualified will be solicited when the request for proposal is issued. Any interested organization must submit appropriate data in duplicate within fifteen (15) days of the date of this announcement. Requests for the solicitation will not be acknowledged. (0052)

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