NETWORKING SESSION In a continuing effort to enhance General Services Administration (GSA) procurement oportunities for small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses, the Office of Enterprise Development (OED), in conjunction with the Federal Telecommunications Service, FEDCAF, will be conducting a networking session under the Solicitation Number TFF-97-014, for the management, operation, and maintenance of desktop computing and its associated network ifrastructure for Federal agencies throughout the contiguous United States. These services include the entire suite of hardware, COT's software, connectivity, and support services required to support desktop computing. The successful offeror must be capable of providing the following functions: asset and infrastucture management, installation, maintenance, end usersupport, training, and design. The government desires to acquire these services as utility and intends to pay on a "per seat" basis. Multiple awards and various subcontracting opportunites are anticipated under the acquisition. The networking session will allow potential prime contractors, large, small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses the opportunity to come together and exchange business interest with the hope of establishing relationships under the Seat Mangement acquisition. Seat Management is anticipated to be a multibillion dollar procurement. To provide maximum opportunity for small businesses to participate and receive award consideration for the acquisition, the Standard Industrial Classification code for the procurement is 4813. To ensure that the potential prime contractors and the interested large and small business representatives have effective communications for establishing partnerships, teaming arrangements or subcontracting agreements, only the first 100 firms to register will be allowed to participate in this networking session. The networking session is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., October 7, 1997, at: Westin City Center Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 429-1700. All businesses wishing to participate in the networking session should register via Internet at Oscar.Watson@GSA.GOV no later than c.o.b., October 6, 1997. Any potential prime contractor interested in making a presentation at the networking session should contact Oscar Watson at (202) 501-2590, October 6, 1997. All interested forms are notified that the networking session is not a "Pre-Proposal Conference" and that no technical questions regarding the solicitation will be addressed at the networking session. If hotel accommodations are necessary for the event, please contact the Westin Center City Hotel at (202) 429-1700. There is no cost for attending the Networking session. Session agenda: 9:00 am -- 9:15 am, Registration, 9:15 am -- 9:20 am, Welcome and Opening Remarks, Dietra E. Ford, Associate Administrator, Office of Enterprise Development, 9:20am -- 9:25 am, Introduction of Speakers, Oscar Watson, Small Business Advocate, Office of Enterprise Development, 9:25am -- 9:30 am, current Contracting Status, Jean Davis, Contracting Officer, Federal Computer Acquisition Center, Office of Information Technology Acquisition Integration, 9:35 am -- 9:45 am, Current Technical Status, Wanda Smith, Director, Federal Systems Management Center, Office of Information and Integration, 9:45 am -- 10:00 am, Introduction of Potential Prime Contractors, Oscar Watson, 10:00 am -- 10:05 am, Closing Remarks, 10:05 am -- 12:00 noon, Networking.

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