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D -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES DUE 071197 POC Laura Zotian (202)273-8091; James Shumate, Contracting Officer, (202)273-8115 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requests information/comments from industry about replacing the existing VA Wide Area Network. VA anticipates a procurement for replacement of its Integrated Data Communications Utility (IDCU) Wide-Area Network by July 1998. The IDCU is a "utility" type service to VA agencies. It provides connectivity, capacity, and network support for the entire department. Current plans call for a competitive solicitation for a full servcice, single source, network service manager. It is anticipated that the network service manager will employ one or more transport suppliers as well as commercially availalbe network management services. Inforemation about the WQide Ares Netwrok Services REquirements follows: (0175)

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