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D -- LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR THE 345 RECRUITING OFFICES IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS SOL F34608-97-Q-5023 DUE 091297 POC Jackie Catrow (405) 734-9759; CONTRACTING OFFICER: Cathy D. Summers (405)734-9759 The 38 Logistics Squadron has a requirement for nonpersonal services for local telephone exchange services at USAF Recruiting Offices in Alton IL, Fairview Hgts IL, Mt Vernon IL, Belleville IL, Springfield IL, Decatur, IL, and Edwardsville IL. The proposed contract is for five years. The local exchange service provider certified by the Illinois PUC shall provide local commercial communications service for USAF Recruiting Office listed above. 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 participation in this RFQ, offerors must have a Basic Agreement issued under the terms listed in CBD Notice Local Commercial Communications Services dated 14 Mar 97. Only companies who provide all required information will receive a copy of this solicitation. No telephone requests. 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 734-9537. (0197)

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