DISA/DITCO/DTS6 2300 East Drive Scott AFB IL 62225- 5406

D -- PAGING SERVICE SOL DCA200-96-R-0154 DUE 091196 POC Contact, LINDA GOFF, 618-256-9486 Synopsis number 96243. ACTUAL SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ELECTRONICALLY; THEREFORE, THERE IS NO NEED TO RESPOND IN WRITING WITH REFERENCE TO THIS CBD NOTICE. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (DITCO), Scott AFB, IL, will procure through an electronic bulletin board, the Information Technology Acquisition Bulletin Board System (ITABBS), the following items: Paging services for the Defense Investigative Service (DIS) Region 11 (Northeast Region and Puerto Rico), Region 41 (Southeast Region), Region 42 (Central Region) and Region 53 (Pacific Region). Voicemail may be required and personalized greetings will be required. When 800 service is requested, personal 800 numbers will be required. Pagers will be delivered to individual DIS offices throughout the United States by 1 Oct 96. The anticipated RFP release date is 12 Aug 96 with proposals expected to be due on 11 Sep 96. Vendor proposals in response to this RFP must be received in hard copy. Vendors will be able to dial into the electronic ITABBS, and download the RFP, check the status of the RFP, submit questions, receive amendments and other RFP related correspondence. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered. Information from the electronic bulletin board system will either be in ASCII or Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 format. RFPs are usually a compressed (PKZIP) MS Word file requiring you to have compatible software to extract the file. The ITABBS can be accessed by any FIP vendor through standard hardware and software. To access ITABBS, the necessary communications parameters are 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, with modem speeds of 1.2 - 14.4 KBPS. ITABBS requirements will remain posted until the deadline has passed for submission of vendor proposals. Interested vendors are encouraged to access the ITABBS via telephone number (618) 256-9200 to view all public information. If you experience problems or have any questions, please contact the System Administrator at (618) 256-9380 or the Contract Specialist point of contact listed above between 0800 and 1630 Central Time, Monday thru Friday. (0205)

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