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58 -- TRUNKED LAND MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS SOL 52SBNB6C9058 DUE 080296 POC Debra A. Hoffman (301) 975-4648/Pauline E. Mallgrave, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6330 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT PREVIOUSLY APPEARED IN THE 25 JANUARY 1996 COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY (CBD). This amendment to that notice is to give potential sources the ability to submit a capability statement to be received within forty-five (45) days after the date of publication of this synopsis. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to enter into a Sole-Source contract with Motorola for the operation and maintenance of a Trunked Land Mobile Radio System at NO COST to the Government for a period of four (4) years with three (3) three year option periods. The value of these services is estimated at less than one hundred thousand dollars per year. The authority of this sole source action is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1)--Only One Responsible Source. Since 1989, Motorola has designed, engineered, and implemented a trunked radio communication system that now services approximately six hundred (600) subscribers representing more than (12) different Federal Government agencies in the greater Washington, D.C. area. The overall system represents an infrastructure valued at several million dollars. It was designed, engineered, and installed for the Federal Government at no initial cost by Motorola, Inc. The majority of all subscriber units (who subscribe to this service from Motorola at rates negotiated under this contract) are located within buildings housing various Federal Government agencies. Each agency using the service within a building has invested in separate two-way repeater amplifiers that are used to provide extensive in-building penetration of the radio signal via inside and outside antenna systems. These numerous in-building systems require periodic maintenance by Motorola, Inc. to ensure satisfactory radio communication service within the designated building areas. This proposed contract action is for services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. Interested parties must be able to install or convert a trunking system that is compatible with current subscriber systems. This effort must be completed at no cost to the Government and provide for no break in service to the subscribers. Potential offerors must also have knowledge of each specifically designed in-building systems housed in various Government agencies. See Numbered Note 22. (0166)

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