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D -- LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR THE 337TH RECRUITING STATIONS AT THE FOLLOWING CITIES IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA: GREENVILLE, JACKSONVILLE, NEW BERN, ROCKY MT, AND FAYETTEVILLE SOL F34608-97-Q-5010 DUE 081697 POC Hope Foreman (405) 734-9297; CONTRACTING OFFICER: Cynthia J. Obermeyer (405)734-9297 The 38 Logistics Squadron has a requirement for nonpersonal services for local telephone exchange services at 337 RCS/RSSL at Shaw AFB SC. The proposed contract is for five years. The local exchange service provider certified by North Carolina PUC shall provide local commercial communications service for 337 RCS/RSSL and the primary place of performance will be at the following recruiting office sites: Greenville, Jacksonville, New Bern, Rocky Mt, and Fayetteville. Local communications service shall include, as a minimum but not limited to, local access for commercial business lines, analog subscriber lines, 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. 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 a women-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 Col Lee H. Hughes, ESC/CX, Director, Commander's Staff,(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 potential award of this RFQ, offerors must have a Basic Agreement issued under the terms listed in CBD Notice Local Commercial Communications Services dated 24 Feb 97. No telephone requests. Written requests delivered via mail or telefax (405)734-9537 directly from requester are acceptable. 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 Solicitation will be issued on or about 14 Jul 97. 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. (0168)

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