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D -- NOTICE!! THIS IS AMENDMENT 1 TO THE SOLICITATION REFERENCED BELOW!! THE DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS IS EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14, 1998, 4:30 P.M. EST. PROPOSALS ALREADY SUBMITTED DO NOT NEED TO BE RESUBMITTED. THE PURPOSE OF THE SOLICITATION IS TO PROCURE ALL COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SOL TQNHBC98-0003 DUE 091498 POC Contract Specialist: Rodger Hoover (703) 904-2893 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, 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. Solicitation number TQNHBC98-0003 issued as a request for proposal (RFP). Solicitation Instructions: Offerors shall submit brochures and descriptive literature for all commercially available offered services and equipment. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-06. This solicitation shall close on September 14, 1998, at 4:30 p.m., eastern standard time. GSA intends to award a base year contract from date of award through 09/30/99, with two 6-month priced options. Offerors shall submit pricing to support the above-described base award period as well as pricing for both 6-month option periods. The Contractor shall provide discounts for bundled services and service and equipment combinations which provide the best price advantages. The Contractor shall also propose a price management mechanism that will ensure that contractor prices remain equal to or lower that similar satellite based or competing long distance wire line rates. The GSA management fee shall be remitted to GSA (TOC) 7980 Boeing Court, Vienna, VA 22182-3988 by the end of the month following the billing date. It shall be calculated as 1% of revenues collected from authorized government users. The Contractor shall propose a delivery schedule for service and equipment, which shall be at a minimum equivalent to its commercial delivery schedule. Compliance with the latest versions of applicable standards, both national and international, shall be required throughout the period of the contract. The minimum Revenue guarantee is $100. The following applicable FAR & GSAR clauses apply: Instructions To Offerors-Commercial items Far 52.212-l (Aug 1998); Evaluation-Commercial Items 52.212-2 (Oct 1997), the significant evaluation criteria are, in descending order of importance: technical capability of the item/service offered to meet the Government requirement, especially world-wide coverage, past performance and price. Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial items, 52.212-3 (Oct 1998), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.212-4 (Apr 1998), Contract Terms And Conditions Applicable To GSA Acquisition Of Commercial Items (GSAR 552.212-71) (Mar 1998); Payment By Purchase Card (GSAR 552.232-80) (Dec 1989) (Variation I) (Mar 1998); Contract Terms And Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (FAR 52.212-5) (Oct 1998), under this clause the Contracting Officer has determined that the following clauses apply: Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, 52.203-6 (Jul 1995) with Alternate 1 (Oct 1995), Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity 52.203-10 (Jan 1997); Utilization of Small Business Concerns & Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns 52.219-8 (Jun 1997); Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan 52.219-9 (Aug 1998); Equal Opportunity 52.222-26 (Apr 1994); Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans 52.222-35 (Apr 1998); Affirmative Action for Workers With Disabilities 52.222-36); Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era 52.222-37 (Apr 1998); European Union Sanction for Services 52.225-19 (Jan 1996); Privacy or Security Safeguards 52.239-1 (Aug 1996); Women-Owned Business 52.204-5 (Oct 1995); Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number 52.204-6 (Apr 1998); Requirements for Cost or Pricing Data or Information Other Than Cost or Pricing Data 52.215-20 (Oct 1997) with Alternate III (Oct 1997); Requirements for Cost or Pricing Data or Information Other Than Cost or Pricing Data Modifications 52.215-21 (Oct 1997) with Alternate III (Oct 1997); 52.217-9 Option To Extend The Term Of The Contract (Mar 1989); Evaluation of Options 52.217-5 (Jul 1990). The contractor shall provide a completed copy of Offeror Representations and Certifications -Commercial Items, with it's offer. The provisions and clauses cited in this solicitation are incorporated by reference to the appropriate section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR). A review of these clauses and provisions will be necessary for you to understand all aspects of the solicitation. The full text of any FAR clauses, which are incorporated by reference in this solicitation, may be found at http://www.arnet.gov/far/. The full text of any GSAR clauses can be made available by the contracting officer. The contractor shall provide GSA a certification that 1% of the revenue generated by this agreement, shall be rebated. The SIC code for this acquisition is 4812. Statement of Work: GSA intends to award a Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract(s) which will allow direct ordering of the above described service and equipment on a nonmandatory basis by the agencies and activities named below, as a source of supply for the supplies and services described herein, for delivery either within the 48 contiguous States, and Washington, D.C., and contracts on a worldwide basis. Resultant contract(s) shall also be used for delivery to Alaska, Hawaii, the US Virgin Islands, the Marianas and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (1) All Federal agencies and activities in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; (2) Government Contractors authorized in writing by a Federal agency pursuant to 48 CFR 51.1; (3) Mixed ownership Government corporations (as defined in the Government Corporation Control Act); (4) The Government of the District of Columbia; (5) Other activities and organizations authorized by statute or regulation to use GSA as a source of supply. (Questions regarding activities authorized to use this contract should be directed to the Contracting Officer.) Articles or services may be ordered from time to time in such quantities as may be needed to fill any requirement, subject to the Order Limitations thresholds which will be specified in resultant contracts. Overseas activities may place orders directly with the Contractor(s) for delivery to CONUS port, a consolidation point, or as specified in each order. A highly desirable but non-mandatory feature shall be that the subscriber have one number, which can be called from anywhere dial service is available. Available features shall be voice, paging, voice mail, data, imaging, and facsimile. Switching among media (e.g. satellite to cell service or cell to cell) shall be transparent to the user. In its proposal, the offeror shall describe system to detect fraud and procedures for crediting customers for fraud and billing errors. Equipment types offered shall be hand-held, transportable (for emergency deployments or for use in isolated areas), vehicular mounted, sea borne, air borne, and any other commercially available types. The offeror shall propose all equipment commercially available at contract award, and shall propose new equipment when it becomes available. Security encryption of terminal devices shall be addressed as either service, equipment or both. Contractor shall secure radio frequency links to include communication channels and control channels. Service shall support government owned encryption equipment to ensure end-to-end security. Billing shall be direct to the individual ordering government entity as specified when the service/equipment is ordered, and will be in US Dollars. Billing format shall be as provided to commercial customers. Payment shall be by government credit card, electronics funds transfer, or check. Pricing shall embed a 1% General Services Administration management fee, which shall not be itemized. As an example, if a customer's total bill is $100, $1 will cover the service fee and $99 will cover the service/equipment. Pricing for service shall be provided as domestic, international, or a combination of domestic and international. Ordering shall be direct by the individual ordering government entity to the contractor. The means of ordering shall include all of the following: electronic data interchange, facsimile, online, electronic mail, or by telephone. Year 2000 compliance is mandatory. All systems, which interface in any way with the customer, such as billing systems, communications systems, ordering systems, and equipment, shall continue to operate unaffected by change of year, century digits, or leap year. The contractor shall provide customers the following customer service as a minimum: 24-hour per day, 7-day per week toll-free access to their customer service center; procedures for ordering service; procedures for payment; Government Sales contacts and telephone numbers; Pricing (with the GSA management fee embedded). The contractor shall maintain a presence on the World Wide Web (WWW) for access by government users. The WWW page(s) will provide the information above as well as a secure ordering page. Information which is not unique to the government may be referred by a hyperlink. The responsibility for marketing these services and features to government customers lies with the contractor. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered.***** Posted 09/03/98 (W-SN245953). (0246)

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