WASHINGTON INTERAGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM -- 2001 (WITS2001) ACQUISITION 58. Notice of Intent to Issue a draft of the WITS2001 Request for Proposals. The National Capital Region (NCR) of the General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS) is about to request proposals for Washington Interagency Telecommunications Services. A draft Request for Proposals will be released on or about May 8, 1998. Comments and questions are due May 29, 1998. The resulting contract scope includes all existing local voice and data telecommunications services plus those that become commercially available in the NCR during the life of the contract. The WITS2001 contract is a hybrid services and operations, administration, and maintenance contract. The contractor will operate, administer, and maintain Government-owned WITS network assets that currently provide services to 170,000 WITS line subscribers. The contractor will be responsible for ensuring that these assets are used in the best interests of the Government for the provision of local telecommunications services. The contractor will also be responsible for providing services via the contractor's owned or leased assets on an Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery basis to all Federal clients in the NCR. GSA intends to work with the contractor to increase the WITS program's share of the Federal data services market in the NCR. To be placed on a bidders mailing list, please transmit a request to the attention of the WITS2001 Procuring Contracting Officer, Ms. Paulette Ward, at: General Services Administration, c/o Mitretek Systems, Inc., 7525 Colshire Drive (Mail Stop Z453), McLean, VA 22102-7400. Requests may also be transmitted via facsimile to (703) 610-2984. The draft Request for Proposals will be available in Microsoft Work 6.0 format on GSA's Internet mail address at http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov/wits2001. The Government will publish all future documentation on the WITS2001 website only and will not provide hardcopies or diskettes of the Request for Proposals unless specifically requested in writing. All bidders list requests should include company name, point of contact name and title, address, telephone number, fax number, and Internet E-mail address. Companies should also provide their DUNS number and business size, according to the size standard for Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 4813 -- Telecommunications Services. Comments should be addressed to: Ms. Paulette Ward at General Services Administration, c/o Mitretek Systems, Inc., 7525 Colshire Drive, Mail Stop (Z453), McLean, VA 22102-7400 or on Internet at paulette.ward@gsa.gov.*****

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