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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 3,1997 PSA#179338 LS/LGCX, 4022 Hilltop Rd Ste 211, Tinker AFB OK 73145-2713 D -- LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE FOR F.E.WARREN AFB WY 82005-2688 DUE
040197 POC Jackie Catrow, Contract Specialist, 405 734-9759 This is a
sources sought market survey synopsis for vendors certified by the
Wyoming Public Utility Commission to provide local commercial
communications services. The primary service requirement is local
access trunking, commercial business lines, transport channel services,
and related functions at F.E. Warren AFB located in Laramie County,
state of Wyoming. These local exchange services do not include
residential or business services for non-government entities or
customers such as residential service for service members and their
families or non-government contractors co-located with F.E. Warren AFB.
F.E. Warren AFB, WY is presently serviced by exchange (307) 775-XXXX
provided by U.S. West. F.E. Warren AFB currently uses 5,000 direct
in-dial numbers within (307) 775-XXXX. The local exchange service shall
include city trunks interfacing to the Government digital switching
systems, Nortel DMS-100, equipped with business centrex software and
features. The current quantity of direct in-dial, direct out-dial and
two way exchange access trunks serving the F.E. Warren AFB is 72. These
city trunk quantities may expand due to additional service
requirements. Local calling access for F. E. Warren AFB is needed to
the exchange located in Cheyenne and its metropolitan areas. Local
exchange services are required to enable Government users to access the
following: local exchange areas, intra-LATA exchange areas, and
interconnection with inter-LATA exchange carriers. Access to the local
exchange shall include Emergency 9-1-1 services and functions. The
vendor shall provide access to directory number information; e.g.,
NPA-555-1212, and/or 411. The vendor shall provide access to operator
services for subscriber line verification or barge-in, extend to long
distance providers, and assistance with other exchange access
functions. The vendor shall provide number portability for the current
exchange DID numbers and directory number. Requirements for new
hundred DID numbers shall be within the existing NXX until exhausted.
The vendor shall have the ability to acquire additional DID station
numbers. Interconnection of the local exchange service shall be
provided by analog and digital trunks. Trunking connections for 4-wire
E&M Type 1 or 2-wire dial repeating, digital (1.544 Mbps) to provide
E&M or ISDN PRI, and foreign exchange/local exchange loop and/or ground
start are required. The vendor shall provide analog business lines,
digital business lines, and ISDN BRI digital line terminations. The
vendor shall provide transport channel services within the local
exchange area at data rates expected to range from low speed analog
voice bandwidth to conditioned data channels supporting 56 Kbps, and
digital stream ranging from DS1, DS3 to SONET OC-1. ATM, SS7, and
migration of SONET to next higher transmission rates (OC-3 and OC-12)
is an expected growth plan. Transport services may be provided to the
designated demarcation point or may be extended to the end users.
Termination of lines and trunks (analog and digitalfacilities) shall
meet via network loss constraints to maintain an acceptable engineered
transmission level to the user. Reliability of facilities and
equipment are concerns of the vendor. The Government may require
periodic traffic study data. The quality of these channels shall meet
or exceed industry standards for maximum noise levels, loss and echo.
Demarcation of exchange access lines, private line channels, and trunks
shall be at the switching system room. Termination of digital circuits
shall permit craft personnel to access by patch cords. Demarcation of
business lines shall be on the distribution frame including ISDN BRI
U-Loop. The vendor shall provide and arrange billing in monthly
increments itemized by pilot directory number, by service type and area
codes. Billing shall be provided in paper format and magnetic media
formatted for sorting and printing by the Government to distribute to
tenants for verification and certification. The billing shall be
separable by grouping of directory numbers or by individual directory
numbers for distribution by these users. Firms interested in providing
local exchange services for F.E. Warren AFB are requested to provide
a summary of technical and financial information concerning their
certifications (by type; i.e., facility or non-facility based by
service area), applicable tariffs, capabilities, experience (current
services or contracts to include points of contact), hardware assets
and access to switched services and corporate background in the
telecommunications industry. Offerors must provide specific information
as to how the services listed in this synopsis would or could be
satisfied. Only firms submitting acceptable technical and financial
statements or resumes will be solicited or considered for competitive
proposals or evaluation and selection under multiple tariffed services.
Responses should be limited to approximately 25 pages or less. All
replies should be forwarded to the contracting officer. Sources Sought
announcements are placed on the 38EIW Homepage,
https://www.eiw38.af.mil/contracting/lgcx/lgcx.htm under the
Specialized Contracting Section, CSA Branch. All questions and replies
should be forwarded to the contracting officer 38LS/LGCX, Attn: Ms
Cathy Summers, 4022 Hilltop Road, Suite 204, Tinker AFB, OK 73145-2713,
Telephone: (405) 734-9297, Fax: (405) 734-9537, or e-mail:
Cathy.Summers@mailgate.eiw38.af.mil. Responses to the synopsis are due
by 1 Apr 97. (0057) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0046 19970303\D-0015.SOL)
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