National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123

M -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TELEPHONE) SYSTEM SOL 1443RP-8140-96-014 DUE 063096. Contact Point, Linda Wong, (415) 556-2488. The National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA, has identified a requirement to procure services of a qualified firm to operate and maintain a telecommunications/telephone system principally located at the Presidio of San Francisco. Other areas of Golden Gate NRA, such as, but not limited to, East Fort Baker, Fort Cronkhite, Fort Barry, Fort Mason, and Fort Point, may be added to the coverage area at the discretion of Golden Gate NRA and subject to availability of funds. It is anticipated that contract award shall be for a base period and four (4) 1-year options, exercisable at the sole discretion of Golden Gate NRA, subject to availability of funds. The base period shall be from date of contract award through September 30, 1996. The stated purpose of this operation and maintenance service contract shall be to provide all on-site resources including staffing and equipment necessary to operate the telecommunications/telephone system, including a service desk, voice mail and billing system. In addition, the successful offeror shall be required to provide routine and non-routine, emergency maintenance as necessary to assure continuation of uninterrupted service to serviced clients. Elements to be serviced and maintained include switching system equipped with AT&T 5ESS version 9.5 switch and associated ORMS, outside cable plant including fiber optic and metal cabling, LAN, instrument and equipment installation and repair, and transmission equipment infrastructure including SONET and SLC2000 systems. The following criteria, in descending order of importance, will be used in the evaluation of proposals: (1) Professional qualifications of the project site manager and proposed staff, including experience in the telecommunications field; (2) Documentation of professional certification requirements for staff; (3) Specialized and recent experience of the firm including expertise with projects similar in scope and technical requirements; (4) Capacity to manage and staff multiple telephone system projects; (5) Past performance on telephone operations and maintenance projects with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, customer service, quality of engineering and technical work, conformance with disruption of service response times; (6) Capability of drafting operating procedures and technical reports; (7) Demonstration of financial capability necessary to staff and perform a project of this scope; and (8) local office within 100 miles of the Telecommunications/Telephone Center, Building 67, Presidio of San Francisco, Golden Gate NRA. The applicable SIC Code is 8744. This solicitation is an unrestricted procurement inviting full and open competition. The National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, welcomes and encourages small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned business concerns to participate. Solicitation documents will be available o/a 04/24/96. There is a non-refundable charge of $25.00 for the solicitation. Payment may ONLY be made by money order or cashier's check payable to the National Park Service. Requests for the solicitation MUST be submitted in writing to the address contained herein. Subcontracting plans may be required from all large business concerns with their initial offers which will identify percentage goals for using small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned business concerns. NOTICE TO OFFERORS: FUNDS ARE NOT PRESENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. NO AWARD WILL BE MADE UNTIL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE PAYMENTS UNDER A CONTRACT. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS SOLICITATION, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE RFP CLOSING, WITH NO OBLIGATION TO THE OFFEROR BY THE GOVERNMENT. All responsible sources may submit a offer which shall be considered. (092)

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