FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, 700 Robbins Ave., Bldg. 2B., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5084

D -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL N00140-97-R-1637 DUE 041597 POC Bill Woodring, Contract Negotiator, (215)697-9643. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Detachment Philadelphia intends to acquire on an other than full and open competitive basis, the services, equipment, and software/firmware from Mid-Alantic BellCom, Inc. required to provide engineering support to the United States Atlantic Command Joint Training, Analysis and Simulation Center (USACOM JTASC), Suffolk, VA for the specialized development, administration, and maintenance of an existing Lucent Technologies Definity G3r V4 telephone switch with Audix voice mail and an Emerald call accounting system. The requirement is for four months of services, commencing 1 June 1997, with two option years. The mission of JTASC is to provide a training environment where Joint Task Force Commanders can learn to develop and implement joint force doctrine, tactics, and procedures in a realistic facility, using computer-simulated scenarios instead of actual troop deployment. JTASC supports Mission Integration and Rehearsals for assigned forces, where tactics and procedures are developed and practiced in the event of a real-world crisis. These military exercises require expedient and ongoing reconfiguration and reprogramming of the Definity system to adapt to building populations that can vary from less than 500 to nearly 2,000 in a matter of days. The system includes the secure transmission of voice and data and must interface with a variety of analog and digital commercial, strategic, and tactical telecommunications systems, video teleconferencing circuits, and foreign systems and circuits belonging to allied nations. Interfaces of the JTASC Definity system with modeling and simulation systems, such as the Synthetic Theater of War, must be re-engineered as the model/simulation evolves. Furthermore, the system is being integrated into the Navy's Base-Level Information Infrastructure. This effort includes analysis of exercise traffic loads to determine optimum trunk configurations for commercial and Defense Switched Network (DSN) access, and interfaces to tactical systems such as the GTE Compact Digital Switch (CDS) and DSS-1 Red Switch. The JTASC Definity system is being developed into a unique state-of-the-art telecommunications architecture, unlike any currently existing in the entire Department of Defense. Mid-Atlantic BellCom, Inc., the incumbant provider of the requirement, is considered the only source with the corporate knowledge, technical expertise, and physical resources to provide JTASC with the necessary specialized engineering support it requires.This acquisition is being processed pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements." All other responsible sources may submit concise documentation for consideration regarding their ability to provide the required services, equipment, and software/firmware, as well as financial and technical information. No contract award will be made on the basis of information received in response to this notice. Furthermore, the Navy will not pay for any information provided. Such information, if submitted, should be forwarded to FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, to the attention of W. A. Woodring, Code 02P21E. If no affirmative written responses advantageous to the Navy are received within fifteen (15) calendar days after publication of this notice, Mid-Atlantic BellCom, Inc. will be solicited, pursuant to FAR 12.203, to provide the required services, equipment, and software/firmware. The award of a firm fixed price type contract is contemplated. SYN 121. (0064)

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