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D -- PAGING SERVICES SOL SSA-RFQ-99-3876 DUE 041599 POC LESLIE HYMAN, 410-965-9476 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, LESLIE.HYMAN@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a requirement for paging services that include airtime for nationwide alphanumeric, nationwide numeric, local alphanumeric, local numeric, campus numeric, international pagers and a Pagebridge System maintenance. Mandatory requirements are as follows: a monthly service charge to include pager and unlimited airtime for each type of pager. All pagers and all integral equipment associated with the paging systems/networks be Y2K compliant. The area of local coverage is the Baltimore metropolitan area, surrounding Maryland counties, Northern Virginia, Southern Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. The contractor must have the ability to provide additional pagers (1-200), of all types including airtime, for short-term projects and events within one week of notice from SSA. Each pager must have a minimum capacity of 30 messages with memory full notification when memory capacity has been reached, be able to operate on one single AA or AAA battery, have audible and vibrating alert modes, have a back-light for easy viewing in low-light conditions, have low battery alert, have overflow notification or notify the pager user when the number of unread messages is greater than the available message memory. Paging service shall be accessible to all authorized SSA users via toll-free 800 number 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Contractor shall provide operator dispatch of alphanumeric via toll-free 800 number 24 hours a day, seven days a week and a internet paging capability via a website that is also available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The contractor must provide a pager replacement program, an electronic detailed billing and on-site training and support. All other requirements will be described in detail in solicitation RFQ-99-3876. All interested parties can FAX their request at (410-965- 9560) or mail their request at the address above. Responses to the RFQ must be submitted by close of business April 15, 1999. Posted 04/01/99 (D-SN315148). (0091)

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