United States Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 38th LS/LGC, 4009 Hilltop Road, Tinker AFB, OK, 73145-2713

J -- MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, AND RECURRING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR BASE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AT GOODFELLOW AFB TX SOL F34608-99-R-0003 DUE 072699 POC Rita Blair, Contracting Officer, Phone (405)734-9399, Fax (405)734-9220, Email rita.blair@tinker.af.mil -- Rita Blair, Contracting Officer, Phone (405)734-9399, Fax (405)734-9220, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=F34608-99-R-0 003&LocID=982. E-MAIL: Rita Blair, rita.blair@tinker.af.mil. The 38 LS/LGCO, Contracting Flight, has a requirement for nonpersonal services for operations, maintenance and recurring support services of the Base Telecommunications System at Goodfellow AFB TX. The solicitation will be issued (available to download) approximately 24 Jun 99. DO NOT REQUEST a hard copy of this solicitation. The proposed contract is for a base period and four option periods totaling approximately 60 months. The switching system is a Nortel MSL 100, software release MSL-07, equipped with 2003 lines and wired for approximately 3200 lines. The switch is configured with 32 City IC trunks, 30 City OG trunks, and 10 FTS-2000 trunks. Included are the main distribution frame, inside and outside cable plant, ancillary equipment, and customer premise equipment. Foreign participation is permitted only at the subcontractor level. Copies of the solicitation will be provided to foreign firms only in order that they may pursue subcontracting opportunities. All responsible domestic offerors may submit proposals. Sources responding to this synopsis must indicate when registering electronically, whether they are large or small, disadvantaged or a women-owned business. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under SIC 7378 with a size standard of $18,000,000.00. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in this solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government_s requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Steve Sheldon, at (781) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. No telephone requests for this RFP can be accepted. The RFP will be paperless and will be released using the Electronic Posting System (EPS) via the WWW (http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;LocID=982). The RFP will contain files in MS Word 7.0 and MS Excel 7.0. DO NOT request any documents in writing. You may register on EPS to be notified of any amendments, changes, etc. Offerors should submit all questions or comments relative to the solicitation electronically via the solicitation Web page link or e-mail. (http://www.eig38.tinker.af.mil/contracting/lgcvo/102.htm). All proposals must be submitted in hard copy per the proposal preparation instructions in Clause L-800 of the solicitation. The RFP will include instructions for those offerors who have qualified for our Qualified Vendor List (QVL) as well as those who have not yet qualified. Posted 05/25/99 (D-SN335347). (0145)

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