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D -- VETERANS AFFAIRS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT SOL DE-RP26-97FT97419 DUE 070297 POC Raymond D. Johnson, Contracting Officer 412/892-6209 or Martin J. Byrnes, Contract Specialist, 412/892-4486 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer or contract specialist, johnson@fetc.doe.gov or byrnes@fetc.doe.gov. The Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, in conjunction with the General Services Administration's Federal Systems Integration Management Center (FEDSIM), intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) o/a June 2, 1997, which will result in the award of multiple, task-order contracts for the upgrade of telecommunication infrastructure at a number of Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Hospital and/or Clinical facilities across the U.S.. This acquisition is 100% reserved for small business. The SIC code is 4813 and the size standard is 1500 employees. Planned Venues to be serviced through DOE contracts include: Omaha, NE; Denver, CO; Bronx, NY; Phoenix, AZ; and Jackson, MI.. Possible sites within the Omaha venue include Des Moines, IA, Iowa City, IA, Knoxville, IA, Omaha, NE, Lincoln, NE and Grand Island, NE. Possible sites for the Denver venue include Denver, CO, Grand Junction, CO, FT. Harrison, CO, Ft. Lyon, CO, Cheyenne, WY, Sheridan, WY, Miles City, MT,Salt Lake City, UT and Billings, MT.. Possible sites for the Bronx venue include the Bronx, NY, Brooklyn, NY, New york, NY, Northport, NY, Montrose, NY, Castle Pt., NY, East Orange, NJ, Lyons, NJ, and Queens, NY.. Possible sites for the Phoenix venue include Phoenix, AZ, Prescott, AZ, Tucson, AZ, Albuquerque, NM, Amarillo, TX, Big Spring, TX, Lubbock, TX, Sun City, AZ, El Paso, TX and Williams AFB. Possible sites for the Jackson venue include Jackson, MI, Biloxi, MI, Gulfport, MI, Alexandria, LA, New Orleans, LA, Baton Rouge, LA, Shreveport, LA, Jennings, LA, Fayetteville, AR, Little Rock, AR, North Little Rock, AR, Houston, TX, Lufkin, TX, Texarkana, TX, Oklahoma City, OK, Lawton, OK, Tulsa, OK, Muskogee, OK, Mobile, AL, Mt. Vernon, MO and Pensacola, FL. Work may be required at sites not listed above as long as the site is located within the five primary venues. Offerors will be required to submit a single proposal which must identify each venue they are interested in, but if selected for a venue, will not be required to bid on all sites within that venue. Issuance of contracts for all venues is planned to occur simultaneously. Following contractor selection and contract award, individual task order requirements will be competitively bid among the selected contractors within each venue. ONLY organizations already under contract as a result of the RFP will be allowed to bid on the individual task orders. For each order, the successful bidder will: describe the existing cable infrastructure and electronics equipment; and outline and execute a plan for providing for upgrading to an acceptable level of technology with minimal impact to ongoing medical/clinical operations at each site. Conditions may vary substantially from site to site. Site visits are encouraged prior to the submission of any task order bid. Offerors will be evaluated on past performance, key personnel, similar project experience (with particular emphasis on hospital-based settings), their plans addressing logistics of geographic site dispersion within each venue of interest, and various other criteria which will be more fully described in the RFP. For a copy of the RFP, please mail or fax your name, organization's name, address, phone, fax, and e-mail address (if applicable) to Martin Byrnes or Raymond Johnson at Fax (412) 892-6216. Please refer to RFP No. DE-RP26-97FT97419. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. In all correspondence state which venue(s) are of interest. See Numbered Note 1.***** (0119)

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