The Center for Comprehensive Telecommunications Acquisition (TQC), The General Services Administration, C/O Mitretek Systems, Inc., 7525 Colshire Drive (Stop Z397) Mclean, VA 22102-7400

D -- FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (FTS) WIRE AND CABLE (WAC) SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ACQUISITION CENTER (TQD) SOL TQD-JA-97-0001 POC Contact Jonathan Allen, Contracting Officer, 703-610-2830 WEB: FTS Service Development Acquisition Center, http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov. RELEASE OF SOLICITATION FOR THE WIRE AND CABLE (WAC) ACQUISITION: The General Services Administration intends to issue a solicitation to provide wire and cable services and support to federal agencies in the contiguous United States of America, including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The resulting contract will be a non-mandatory use contract, i.e., the use of this contract will be at an agency's discretion. Some of the services contemplated include: provisioning of copper, fiber optic and multi-functional, inside and outside plant wiring and hardware; engineering and design of voice/data/video wiring and cable systems to include hardware and electronics; outside conduit systems; hardware and software to support fiber optic and multi-functional distribution systems; and management and administration of cable plant, through software based systems, as may be required on Delivery Orders to satisfy specific user agency requirements. Multiple awards of identical scope requiring ubiquitous vendor response are anticipated. The resulting award(s) will be made as a fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract(s). The first three awards will be made irrespective of business size, based on the most advantageous responsive and responsible response to the RFP that is received. At least, one of any subsequent award(s) will be made to a small business concern, if said offeror submits an otherwise successful proposal. There will be a separate evaluation for said small business concern(s), and proposal(s) determined to provide best value to the Government may be awarded based on that evaluation. However, the Government reserves the right not to make any award that is not in the best interest of the Government. The contract will provide for three base years with two one year renewal options. All interested parties are invited to respond to the Request for Proposals (RFP). The RFP may be retrieved at Internet address: http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov. Instructions indicating how the RFP is to be responded to will be issued with its release. In addition to on line retrieval, the RFP will be available on 3.5 inch PC formatted diskettes in Microsoft Word 6.0 version. The diskettes will be mailed to those on the Bidders Mailing List. Interested parties who have previously requested to be on said list, need not reapply. GSA will issue the solicitation on or about 15 calendar days after the CBD publication of this synopsis. (0072)

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