Department of the Treasury (DY), Financial Management Service, 401 14th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20227

W -- LEASE AND MAINTENANCE OF PAGERS SOL FHQ99R01245 DUE 020299 POC Betty Wallace (202) 874-7126 E-MAIL: Cathy Riddick@fms.sprint.com, Betty.Wallace@fms.sprint.com. This is a combined CBD synopsis/solicitation for a commercial services prepared inaccordance with the format specified in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This requirement was previously announced under Submission No. 286722 on January 11, 1999 (See Submission 286722, RFP-FHQ99R01238 for the cellular phone requirement). The cellular phone requirement amendment addresses previously submitted questions. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. FMS intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with MobileComm of Vienna, VA. This request for proposal is for pagers and maintenance service for the Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS). Pagers shall be delivered to 3700, East West Highway, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Proposals are due by 2:00 P. M. February 2, 1999, at the following location: Department of the Treasury, FMS, Liberty Center Building, 401-14th Street, S. W., Room 456F, Washington, DC 20227 Attn: Betty Wallace. I. DESCRIPTION -- FMS has a requirement to provide authorized personnel with pagers in order to maintain its' continuous operations. The minimum number of pagers to be leased and serviced shall be two hundred and sixty-six (266), of which one hundred and twenty five (125) shall be numeric, one hundred and forty one (141) shall be alphanumeric. Of the one hundred and twenty five (125) numeric pagers, one hundred and eleven (111) shall have local paging service and fourteen (14) shall have nationwide paging service. Additionally of the one hundred and forty one (141) alphanumeric pagers, ninety seven (97) shall have local paging services and forty four (44) shall have nationwide paging services. FMS may require additional pagers during the life of the contract. An inventory of 4% of the total number of pagers/spare parts shall be furnished by the contractor to the government and shall be kept on-site at Prince Georges Center II Building, 3700 East West Highway, Hyattsville, MD. II. PAGER MODEL TYPES The Contractor shall provide pagers that receive numeric (i.e. numbers) or alphanumeric messages (i.e. text and numbers) from the local coverage areas of Maryland, Virginia, Richmond, VA., Philadelphia, PA., and Washington, D.C. and/or within the continental of the United States (CONUS). III. ADDITIONAL PAGER REQUIREMENTS -- Pagers shall be in the telephone exchange of 301-973-xxxx. This requirement is necessary to minimize the transitional administrative costs by not having to notify customers/users/Federal Program Agencies (FPAS).If a pager is replaced for any reason, the pre-assigned telephone number shall remain the same. Pagers shall have the following features: digital and use frequencies in the 900 MHz Range, be able to display a minimum of 2 lines of data for alphanumeric pagers, a minimum of 7,350 Total Character Memory for alphanumeric pagers, a minimum of 20 Message Slots to allow for receiving/storage of numbers for alphanumeric pagers, able to show Time and Date, Message Time stamping to allow personnel to prioritize messages, by the date and time they were received, User Selectable Alerts so personnel can differentiate one pager device from another, a Vibrating Alert to make personnel aware of incoming messages in a noisy data processing environment, Message Lock to prevent lost or erased, Selective Erase to allow personnel to erase messages that are no longer needed, thereby keeping the pager's memory organized, Erase All to allow for memory slot organization by erasing all unlocked messages, Memory Retention for retaining messages when pager is off, Battery Backup to retain messages in memory when replacing the battery, Low Battery Indicator to notify personnel that battery is low and needs to be replaced, Reminder Alert to alert personnel that messages need to be reviewed, Duplicate Message to allow for duplicates to be stored in the same memory slot as the original message, Backlit Display to allow messages to be read at night or in a low light environment. IV. COVERAGE- The Contractor shall provide CONUS coverage for 14 numeric pagers and 44 alphanumeric pagers -- The Contractor shall provide local coverage to include but not limited to -- Richmond, VA, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, MD, Philadelphia, PA for 111 numeric pagers, 97 alphanumeric pagers. Coverage of service under this contract shall be for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. V. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS -The Contractor shall provide user guides and any associated documentation provided by the equipment manufacturer. VI. GOVERNMENT STANDARDS -- All pagers and support maintenance shall be Year 2000 Compliant. VII. MEETINGS -- At the request of the COTR and/or Contracting Officer, the contractor is expected to attend agree upon pre-arranged meetings. VIII. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE -- The period of performance under this contract shall be from March 1, 1999 through February 29, 2000, with four one year option renewals. IX. POINT OF CONTACT The COTR's name and address will be furnished at contract award. X. TRAVEL AND PER DIEM- The work under this contract does not require travel outside of the Washington Metropolitan area; therefore, no travel expenses are allowed. XI TYPE OF CONTRACT -- A fixed price contract will be awarded for this requirement. XII. EVALUATION CRITERIA -- The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: Technical capability- The Contractor shall meet all of the requirements in I thru VIII above.Past Performance -- The Contractor shall provide revelant corporate past performance in similar contracts for three locations, which shall include the following: (1) Name of client, point of contact and phone number (2) Estimated annual dollar value of contract (3) Type of services or supplies included in the contract (4) Date of contract award and term of contract. Price -- The price proposal shall be accurate and complete and shall consist of the offeror's price to furnish the pagers and the monthly rental and air time for pagers, pager activation fees (if applicable), rate plans/maintenance plans and pager replacement plans. The price proposal shall show pricing for each year separately. Technical, past performance, and price are in descending order of importance. All interested vendors may request copies of the 1449 form and all applicable Commercial Items clauses. XV. SIC CODE -- The SIC Code for this requirement is 4812, 1500 employees. Posted 01/22/99 (W-SN290652). (0022)

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