Federal Emergency Management Agency; Acquisition Operations Division; Operations, Recovery & Preparedness Branch; 500 C Street, S.W. Room 408; Washington DC 20472

D -- FEMA AGENT FOR CENTRALIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL EMW-97-SOL-7000 DUE 013097 POC Lois Cleveland/Contract Specialist, (202) 646-3836 - H. Robert Weiss/Contracting Officer, (202) 646-3748 This Synopsis announces the issuance of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicitation for a contemplated contract with a Service Provider/Contractor who will serve as the FEMA Agent for multi-agency Federal/State/Local Federal Government Emergency Management telecommunications related duties for which FEMA has overall responsibility as part of its mission.The solicitation calls for centralized acquisition, provisioning and billing of local telephone services related to the deployment of equipment, and engineeringsupport and administration of information systems used in support of this requirement. FEMA requires Contractor support for establishing and managing local telecommunications and information systems network related services to itsfull range of facilities, and the administration of information systems used to provide this centralized function. The solicitation will be divided into separate tasks which range from centralized acquisition, ordering and coordination of local telecommunications services; centralized ordering of telecommunications equipment; telecommunications bill consolidation and vendor payment; administration of FEMA's Telecommunications Information Management Accounting and Control Systems (TIMACS); telecommunications systems integration and engineering support. FEMA may require international efforts on occasion. The Offeror must provide support for all of FEMA's emergency telecommunications requirements within 24 hours of receipt of an order. In order to meet the requirements of this contract the FEMA agent must procure and pay for all services directly from each service provider and consolidate all billing data and present a consolidated bill to FEMA. This process shall of necessity require that the agent employ and utilize a sufficient quantity of working capital to ensure that services are retained without disruption on a continuing basis. Services provided through the Contractor as the FEMA Agent shall be fullycompliant with the provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The periodof performance of this requirement will be one year with four one year option periods. The anticipated RFP release date is on or about December 3, 1996. To obtain a copy of the RFP, please submit your request in writing to the above address or fax your request to (202) 646-3761. No telephone requests will be accepted. FEMA may make multiple awards from the solicitation. The anticipatedcontract will be awarded to the offeror(s) providing the greatest value to the Government. NOTE: All requests received in response to our previous April 5, 2996, Commerce Business Daily announcement, Issue No. PSA 1567, will be honored.Do not resubmit your request. (0312)

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