U.S. Department of the Interior, Interior Service Center, Acquisition Services, 1849 C Street, NW, Mail Stop 1324, Washington, D.C. 20240

99 -- PURCHASE, INSTALLATION, ETC. OF TELECONFERENCE BRIDGE POC Ni'mat A. Shakoor, Contracting Officer, (202) 208-5106. The U.S. Department of the Interior is soliciting written quotations for the purchase, installation, etc. of a digital teleconference bridge to support nationwide dynamic multi-party teleconferencing. The teleconference bridge must be capable of the following: must be a high quality digital full duplex switching system fully wired to support 128 ports and equipped to support an initial 56 ports; must be installed with administration, scheduling, and maintenance software with one each. Maintenance, administration, and attendant terminals; must be fully automated and capable of dynamically allocating all ports within the switching matrix without ``bridge linking'' leaving all unassigned ports capable of assignment and use at all times; must support T-1 digital trunks and analog loop start/ground start trunks; must be standard 19'' rack mountable; must be installed with two 2400 baud modems for remote maintenance access by manufacturer and customer; must be capable of interfacing with any digital PBX platform; must provide custom tailored attendant training with 3-week follow-up training; must provide full service 2-year warranty at no additional charge; system hardware and software must be produced by a single manufacturer; the offeror must provide a written corporate statement guaranteeing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts or replacement parts for a 10-year period and to begin upon completion of installation and operational certification of all system hardware and software; installation and repair of the bridge must be performed by the equipment certified installation and maintenance technicians; the offeror must have local warehousing for parts, installation, and repair; equipment must be shipped F.O.B. Destination with delivery within 60 days after purchase order award. The contractor must cite cost breakdown of items and service along with a technical proposal regarding system configuration demonstrating operation of system and must provide prompt payment discount terms in the price quotation. A technical and price proposal must be submitted. Award shall be made to the contractor that offers the best overall value to the Government based on the following evaluation criteria which is listed in the order of importance: (1) Degree of technical comprehensiveness in addressing all aspects of the system configuration, installation and maintenance; (2) Demonstrate at least 2-years proven system reliability and provide 2 separate customer references including contact names, installation dates and telephone numbers; (3) Qualifications and experience (2 years) in the organization, engineering and installation of digital teleconferencing systems; (4) Qualifications (2 years) of key personnel to be involved with this installation after award and ongoing maintenance of the system; (5) Price. This acquisition is reserved for small business, unless the contracting officer does not receive quotations from two or more responsive small businesses that are competitive with regard to this announcement. Contractors must state in the quotation whether they are a small or large business concern. All quotations from small businesses will be considered. All responsible sources may submit a written quotation consisting of a technical and price proposal to meet the entire requirement and it must be received in this office no later than September 23, 1996. Anticipated award date is September 25, 1996. Telephone quotations will not be accepted. (247)

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