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58 -- MAINTENANCE AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT FOR THE SSA INTERACTIVE VIDEO TELETRAINING NETWORK SOL SSA-RFQ-98-3485 DUE 031898 POC Edwin Casswell, 4109659490 WEB: download the solicitation, http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm. E-MAIL: contracting officer, ed.casswell@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a requirement for ongoing maintenance and ancillary equipment for the SSA Interactive Video Teletraining (IVT) network. SSA's IVT network consists of 221 sites/locations (224 classrooms), two broadcast studios, the Visual Communications Control Center (VCCC) and the Video Wall at the National Computer Center (NCC) network control area. The broadcast studios, the VCCC and the NCC are located in Baltimore, Maryland. The classrooms where services are to be performed are located in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each classroom is equipped with a TV monitor, a video cassette recorder, a One Touch site controller and One Touch viewer response units. The broadcast studios are equipped with a host One Touch computer and all the necessary electronics for the instructor to conduct an effective training session. The computers collect data generated from the students, such as test results. The VCCC manages all SSA video based services, including satellite services, troubleshooting and fault isolation. The VCCC is also responsible for the SSA campus cable TV network and controls the reinsertion of video signals which provides closed circuit services to SSA Headquarters campus in Baltimore. Offerors must be able to provide maintenance and support services including ancillary equipment during the principle period of maintenance (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM) with a four (4) hour response time for emergency maintenance. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this acquisition is 4899. This procurement is a Set-Aside for Small Business concerns whose average annual receipts for each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years did not exceed $11 million. Qualified small business firms are encouraged to review the solicitation. Only written requests received within 15 days from the date of this publication for solicitation number SSA-RFQ-98-3485 will be accepted. Companies who responded to the sources sought synosis dated December 22, 1997 have been retained for the mailing list for the RFQ and need not submit a request. The RFQ is scheduled for release on or about February 18, 1998 with offers due by March 12, 1998. The Government will consider all offers from responsible small business sources. This solicitation is available for download in electronic form on SSA's Internet Home Page at URL "http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm". See note #1 and #12. (0030)

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