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99 -- POST-FTS2000 NETWORKING SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT Sol EU-96-0002. Due 120296. Contact Point, Ernest Woodson, 202-501-1400. The General Services Administration (GSA) is hosting its 3rd in a series of networking sessions for the purpose of enhancing subcontracting opportunities for small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business under its POST-FTS2000 acquisition. The FTS-2000 program is the voice/data communications system for the Federal Government. Competing prime contractors include; AT&T Government Markets, Bell Atlantic Federal Systems, Bell South Corporation, The Boeing Company, Computer Sciences Corporation, EDS Government Services, IBM Government Systems, Sprint-Government Systems Division, and TRW Systems Integration Group. The estimated dollar value of the procurement is $25 billion. It is anticipated that approximately 5 prime contracts and up to 100 subconstracts will be awarded under this procurement. The GSA networking sessions will allow the proposed competing prime contractors and several groups of small, minority, and women-owned businesses the opportunity to come together and exchange business interest with the hope of establishing a contracting relationship under the POST-FTS2000 acquisition. Subcontracts currently in place under the existing FTS2000 contracts include: Local network arrangement, implementation and maintenance, Data capture/processing, Word processing, Business information analysis, Training programs, ADP, networking, and telecommunications support, Communication installation and wiring, System integration support application systems, Systems engineering and integration. The networking sessions will be held on an on going basis up to the time of contract award. The session will include approximately 8 proposed prime contractors and 40 to 80 small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses. To allow the maximum number of small businesses to participate, small business representatives that attended the previous networking session will not be allowed to attend this event. To ensure that the potential prime contractors and the small business representatives have effective communications for establishing partnerships, only the first 80 firms to register will be allowed to participate in this networking session. Only one representative from each firm will be admitted. The second networking session is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., December 4, 1996 at: JW Marriott Hotel At National Place, Capitol Salon F, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004-1796. If hotel accommodations are necessary for the even, please contact the JW Marriott at 202-393-2000. If you wish to participate in the networking session, contact Ernest Woodson at (202) 501-1400 or FAX to (202) 208-5938, no later than close of business December 2, 1996. (318)

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