U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, National Place, Suite 1000, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530

D -- WASHINGTON AREA SWITCH PROGRAM FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT DUE 122297 POC Dave Collins (202)307-1959 WEB: Business Opportunities, http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/pss/proposal.htm. Washington Area Switch Program Follow-on Contract (WASP2). The DOJ has a contract with Bell Atlantic for telecommunication services in the Washington, D.C. metro area which expires in 1999. Under this contract, DOJ obtained under a Lease to Ownership Plan a perpetual right to use exclusively a Northern Telecomm DMS 100 digital central office (this is not a PBX) located on Bell Atlantic premises in Washington, D.C. DOJ has a requirement for a new ten year contract to continue these services and provide upgraded services beyond 1999. Requirements for the follow-on contract include: 1) continuation and capability to provide 25 thousand full featured existing centrex lines at 41 locations with growth potential to 50 thousand lines over the life of the contract; 2) system compatibility with existing station equipment which are primarily Meridian business sets; 3) All-in-one systems integration which includes responsibility for One System and the continued operation of a a System Management Center (SMC). OneSystem includes the SMC personnel, the operations and control system, the DMS100 central office, associated existing and future remote modules, cable and wiring installations. Cable installations include outside plant underground, riser, and horizontal; and 4) Complete maintenance and administrative management of the system. Interested parties may obtain more details by reviewing the "WASP2 Requirements Summary" available at the DOJ web site www.usdoj.gov (click on Topical Index, then Business Opportunities) or by sending a written request to the Contracting Officer at the address specified above. The summary will provide instructions for providing technical/management and cost/business information to the DOJ in order to assist the Department in making a determination whether or not to seek full and open competition for this requirement. If the DOJ determines not to seek full and open competition, it will proceed to negotiate with Bell Atlantic under the authority of FAR 6.302, based on their ability to provide continuous high quality services at all locations and to avoid duplication of costs including cut-over, transition, implementation, and infrastructure costs. The DOJ believes only Bell Atlantic can provide these services technically and economically and we will conduct a competition only if respondents provide clear and convincing information they can compete on a technically and total cost basis. In making this determination, the DOJ will assess contractor and Government borne transition, cut-over, and implementation costs. The determination to seek full and open competition or to limit competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. There is no RFP available for this requirement. See Notes 12, 22, and 26. (0307)

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