NETWORKING SESSION FTS2001 ACQUISITION The General Services Administration Post-Award Procurement Networking Session Announcement for the FTS2001 Acquisition. In a continuing effort to enhance General Services Administration (GSA) procurement opportunities for small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businessess, the Office of Enterprise Development (OED), in conjuction with the Federal Technology Service will be conducting a Post-Award Procurement Networking Session under the Federal Technology Service's acquisition. FTS2001 was awarded to two telecommunications service providers and will require support in many function areas. FTS2001 will provide multi-billion dollars worth of procurement opportunities to the two contractors that won the award. These contractors will be required to team and subcontract with various small, small disadvantaged, the women-owned small businesses in order to successfully compete for the aquisition and perform the work to be let under the contracts. The networking session will allow MCI WorldCom and US Sprint to come together with these small firms to discuss business interests with the hope of establishing a contracting relationship for FTS2001. To provide the maximum opportunity for small businesses to participate and receive award consideration for this acquisition, the Standard Industrial Classification code for the procurement is 4813. The FTS2001 Acquisiton is subject to the Small Disadvantaged Business Price Evaluation Adjustment factor. To ensure that the potential price contractors and the interested large and small business representatives have effective communications for establishing partnerships, teaming arrangements or subcontracting agreements, only the frist 125 firms to register will be allowed to participate in this networking session. The networking seesion is scheduled from 9:00am to 12:00pm., May 19, 1999 at the Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005 202-429-1700. All businesses wishing to participate in the networking session should register via internet at ernest.woodson@gsa.gov no later than close of business on May 14, 1999. There is no cost for attending the networking session. WEB: Networking Session for FTS2001 Acquisition, http://www.usa.gov.procurement.index.html. E-MAIL: ernest.woodson@gsa.gov, ernest.woodson@gsa.gov. Posted 05/03/99 (W-SN326736).

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