GSA/FTS/6TT, 1500 E. Bannister Road, Kansas City, MO 64131-3088

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL 6TSA-98-DJH-0125 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Gladys Sanderson by fax (816)926-6332 LOCAL TELEPHONE ACCESS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES -- POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT -- GSA/FTS is seeking to identify sources and prospective vendors to provide local telephone access in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area pending award of a Metropolitan Area Acquisition (MAA) for the St. Louis area. It is intended that on award of an MAA in St. Louis, services obtained as a result of this sources sought will be converted to the MAA. Vendors should be certified, or anticipating certification, by the State Public Service Commission to provide switched access services and intra-LATA private line channels. The service requirements include switched access service and dedicated intra-LATA private line telecommunications services including but not limited to DS-0, DS-1/T1, DS-3/T3, and facilities for the transmission of digital data at speeds varying between 56 Kbps up to or over 155 Mbps. Access technology includes analog (loop start and ground start) and digital (T1, ISDN BRI, and ISDN PRI) business lines and CO trunks. All equipment, features, maintenance, and coverage shall be, at least, comparable to that provided commercial customers. The equipment and services mentioned above will be used to provide telecommunications service between specific Government sites, between Government and commercial sites, and/or between a Government site and an inter exchange carrier (IXC) point of presence (POP). The locations to be serviced are primarily the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. Specific requirements include direct in dial (DID) trunks: 3 T-1's (72 trunks) for 314-539 and 2 T-1's (38 trunks) for 314-331 at 1222 Spruce and 2 T-1's (48 trunks) for 314-538 at 9700 Page; DID numbers: 4,000 for 314-539, 3,000 for 314-331 and 5,000 for 314-538; direct out dial (DOD) trunks: 1 T-1 (19 trunks) at 1520 Market, 2 T-1's (35 trunks) at 1114 Market, 1 T-1 (12 trunks) at 815 Olive, 4 T-1's (87 trunks) at 1222 Spruce, x T-1's (XX trunks) at 9700 Page and 1 T-1 (15 trunks) at 4300 Goodfellow; private line channels: 2 T-1's between 1222 Spruce and 1520 Market and 1 T-1 between 1222 Spruce and 815 Olive. Because of the diverse nature of the Federal Government's telecommunications needs and the rapid expansion of technology in this field, not all requirements may have been addressed. Parties interested in providing quotes should address correspondence to the address shown above Attn: Gladys Sanderson or sent by FAX to the number shown above. Interested parties should respond by June 12, 1998 in order to receive a detailed package outlining the Government's requirements. As a result of this notice, it is the intent of GSA to enter into a Blanket Purchase Agreement with qualified service providers for the St. Louis metropolitan area to provide the cited services and others which may be required prior to the award of an MAA contract. (AC0527052-02) (0147)

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