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D -- LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR PITTSBURG IAP/ARS, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108-4413 SOL F34608 97 R 5000 DUE 081597 POC Debbie Speir (405) 734-9297, Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer is Cynthia J. The 38 Logistics Squadron has a requirement for nonpersonal services for local telephone exchange services at 911 Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh IAP/ARS PA. The proposed contract is for five (5) years. The local exchange service provider certified by Pennsylvania PUC shall provide local commercial communications service for Pittsburgh IAP/ARS PA. Local communications service shall include, as a minimum but not limited to, subscriber lines (analog, digital, and ISDN BRI), local exchange access trunks, transport channel services, (eg. Low data rate circuits, SS7, and higher bandwidth circuits, including Digital Signal up to Level 3, SONET up to OC-48, ATM, etc.), exchange (DID) and directory number and number portability, emergency 9-1-1 service, operator and directory assistance, local and Intra-LATA access, and interconnection with Inter-LATA exchange carrier. Local calling access for Pittsburgh IAP/ARS is required to exchanges located in Ambridge, Bethel Park, Carnegie, Coraopolis, Glenwillard, Imperial, Pittsburgh, Sewickley, Perrysville, Bridgeville, Fox Chapel, Glenshaw, Pleasant Hills, McKeesport, Monroeville, Oakmont, Penn Hills, Turtle Creek, Irwin and McKees Rocks property. Competition is open to domestic and foreign sources. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered. Sources responding to this synopsis must indicate, in writing, whether they are large, small, disadvantaged and/or woman-owned businesses. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under SIC 4813 with size standard of 1500 employees. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Lee H. Hughes, Commander's Staff, ESC/CX at (617) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. In order to be eligible for participation in this RFP, offeror's must have a Basic Agreement issued under the terms listed in CBD Notice Local Commercial Communications Services dated 24 Feb 97. Only companies who provide all required information will receive a copy of this solicitation. In order to ensure receipt of any solicitation amendments, all potential offerors must provide a written request to the contracting officer to be placed on the acquisition source list. The request must include the following information: Contractor address; phone and fax numbers; business size (large or small); indicate if the business is a small disadvantaged business; indicate if the business is women owned (greater than 50% ownership); indicate if the business is foreign owned or controlled and reference the solicitation number. All parties interested in receiving a solicitation should forward written requests for the solicitation via mail or FAX (405) 734-9537. (0167)

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