GSA, Center for IT Acquisition Planning and Management, 1800 F Streets, NW, Room 2034, Washington, DC 20405

D -- 56KBPS DIGITAL CIRCUIT SERVICE WITH DATA SERVICE UNITS BETWEEN NEW YORK, NY AND COROZAL, PANAMA SOL IPAP98-0001 DUE 070998 POC Contracting Officer, Reva Hutchinson, 202-501-1520/Contract Specialist, Rina Bodiford, 202-501-4428, FAX 202-501-4681 The General Services Administration (GSA) intends to procure through full and open competition, on an unrestricted basis, Data Communication Services which will involve the installation and lease of one circuit between GSA, Information Processing and Data Communications Support Staff, 2KR, Federal Office Building, 17th Floor, Room 17-102, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278, and GSA, Fleet Management Center, GSA Center, Main Floor, State Road #28 (Goya Road), Corozal Panama, CZ. A Firm-Fixed Price, Definite Quantity type contract with a base year beginning Oct 1, 1998, and two one-year option periods. The applicable SIC Code is 4899. Specifications for the circuit are as follows: Dedicated point to point service, digital grade, private lines, four wire, full duplex and 56 kbps. The contractor will be required to provide Data Service Units (DSUs) which will be used to terminate service. GSA operates an Information Processing & Data Communications Support Staff Facility in New York, NY which provides access to the GSA Backbone Network. The facility is equipped with a fiber infrastructure, Cisco Routers, and SL25 Switches, providing connectivity over an existing T-1 digital backbone data network. All existing Personal Computers which operate over the circuit use the TCP/IP protocol and are connected to Local Area Networks. The circuit shall provide connectivity between end to end locations at least 99.5 percent of the time each month. All circuit failures shall be repaired within 4 hours of notification to the contractor's designated reporting center. The contractor's working hours shall be scheduled between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time, unless otherwise coordinated and officially agreed upon. The contractor shall be responsible to the Government for establishing, operating, and restoring services. The contractor shall provide the Government with service parameter measurements and restoral activities as required. The contractor shall also be responsible to the Government in complying with service changes, additions, or deletions. The contractor shall provide a toll free number, operational 24 hours a day, 7 days per week including holidays to accept problem reports from the Government. Personnel that are assigned to the number shall be qualified to initiate corrective action and to provide status on previously reported problems. Lease Termination: Where the requirement for services is discontinued, transferred or otherwise changed to the extent that the original requirement no longer exists, the Government may cancel the service (prior to expiration of the specified time limitation upon thirty (30) days written notice to the contractor) without any liabilities on the Government. The vendor shall comply with all laws, regulations (Federal, State, County, City, or otherwise) covering work of this nature and shall include all costs, if any, or such compliance in the prices quoted in its offer. In particular, the telephone service provided, associated equipment, and distribution facilities shall comply with all Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations including, for the most part, any exemptions granted by the FCC. For any carrier service or equipment on Government premises, GSA will allow no exception to FCC rules unless the exemption is applied industrywide, not just to a specific group of suppliers such as telephone utilities. Tariff providers must file proposed tariffs with the appropriate State Regulatory Commission, or with the Federal Communications Commission within ten (10) business days after contract award. Tariffs proposed must cover the entire life of the contract. A prorated adjustment of the monthly contract charges shall be made when the use of service facilities furnished by the contractor is interrupted due to any cause other than negligence or willful act of the Government. Credit will be required for all circuit outages in excess of Thirty (30) minutes after notification of outage to contractor, in accordance with the tariffs if applicable, for private lineservice. Tariffs proposed must be consistent with, and in no way deviate from, the requirements of this solicitation. If deviations to the solicitation are contained in the proposed tariff, those deviations must be separately identified and justified. After contract award, any modifications to the tariff that are applicable to this contract must be approved by the Contracting officer. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.3 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The provisions at 52.212-1, 52.212-2, 52.212-3, 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 apply. The Government will award a contract to the responsible offer that is most advantageous to the Government in terms of price, technical capability of the services, and past-performance of the contractor. Hand-carried responses can be delivered to GSA/IPAP, Room 2034, 1800 F Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20405, Attn: Rina Bodiford, or facsimile responses can be sent to 202-501-4681. All responses are due by 3:30 p.m.(EST), July 9, 1998. (0159)

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