Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Midstates Procurement Operations Branch, 4050 Alpha Rd., 1800MSRO, Dallas, Texas 75244

D -- SMARTTRUNK TELEPHONE SERVICES IN DALLAS, TEXAS POC Kristen West, Contract Specialist, (972) 308-1882 The IRS intends to issue a purchase order under the Simplified Acquisition process to Southwestern Bell Telephone for the continued usage and maintenance of SmartTrunk telephone trunks installed at the IRS building at 4050 Alpha Road in Dallas, Texas. Southwestern Bell is the sole provider of local telephone service at this location. Therefore, this procurement is a SOLE SOURCE and NO solicitation is available. Letters and telephone requests for a copy of a solicitation will not be accepted and are considered non responsive to this announcement. However, contractors with this capability may submit a PROPOSAL with PRICING to be considered by the Government no later than 15 DAYS after the date of this announcement. See Numbered Note 22. (0279)

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