NETWORKING SESSION FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREA ACQUISITION (MAA) THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION METROPOLITAN AREA ACQUISITION (MAA) NETWORKING SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT The General Services Administration (GSA) Northeast and Caribbean Region Business Service Center, the Office of Enterprise Development (OED), and the Federal Technology Service, are hosting a networking session for the purpose of enhancing subcontracting opportunities for small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses for the Metropolitan Area Acquisition (MAA) procurement of the FTS2001 acquisition. The Metropolitan Area Acquisition will provide local telecommunications service consisting of voice, data, and other services for Federal Government agencies. Competing potential prime contractors and interested large businesses include: Ameritech; AT&T Government Markets; Bell Atlantic Federal Systems,Cook Inlet Communications; GTE Government Services; MCI; Pacific Bell Federal Systems; Heritage Telecommunications; Sprint-Government Systems Division; Teleport Communications Group; and World Com. Subsequent procurements are planned for Chicago and San Francisco. Additional metropolitan areas will be added at a later date. This networking session will allow potential prime contractors, interested large businesses, and several groups of small, minority, and women-owned businesses the opportunity to come together and exchange business interests with the hope of establishing a contracting relationship under the Metropolitan Area acquisition for the New York City area. Additional networking sessions will be scheduled for Chicago and San Francisco at a later date. THIS NETWORKING SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR 8:30A.M. TO 12:00P.M., MARCH 19, 1998, AND WILL BE HELD AT: FOLEY SQUARE COURTHOUSE 500 PEARL STREET, 8TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM NEW YORK, NY IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NETWORKING SESSION, CONTACT COLLEEN PAPPAS AT (212) 264-1236 or FAX YOUR REQUEST TO (212) 254-2760, NO LATER THAN C.O.B. MARCH 16, 1998. E-MAIL: ERNEST WOODSON, ERNEST.WOODSON@GSA.GOV.

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