DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, BUILDING 1001, 761ST TANK BATTALION AVE, FORT HOOD TX 76544-5059

N -- VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM SOL DAKF48-96-Q-0559 DUE 091896 POC Purchasing Agent Valerie Evans (817) 287-2329 (Site Code DAKF48) The Directorate of Contracting, Fort Hood, Texas, Intends to issue a sole source contract to GTE Operations, Irving, Texas, to provide a Video Teleconferencing System, for the Army Education Services Program, Fort Hood, Texas. This is a firm fixed price contract to be issued under simplified acquisition procedures. This system will expand training and education courses through the use of distance learning, specifically, the Trans Texas Video Network (TTVN). TTVN is a Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) delivery network using T-1 lines as the backbone for a teleconferencing system, configured by GTE using VTEL video conferencing systems. The connection for Fort Hood will encompass Darnall Army Community Hospital (DACH) and the Ovetta Culp Hobby University Center. The University Center will feed from a T-1 line connecting DACH with TAMUS. Interfacing connectivity between DACH and the University Center will be accomplished by the Directorate of Information Management, Fort Hood, Texas. In order for both DACH and the University Center to connect to TTVN/TAMUS for program delivery, total compatibility with TTVN must occur, thus T-lines, and the TAMUS dictated GTE configuration for delivery of instructional diagnostics is essential. The installation of the distance learning system is complicated by the use of an existing Army system which was not designed by TAMUS and GTE for use on TTVN. To successfully reconfigure the Army System to a TTVN compatible system, the contractor must be an expert on the TTVN system designed by TAMUS and GTE. This office expects contract performance to begin on 30 September 96. See Note 22(0243)

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