EPA, ADP Placement Section (3803F), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

D -- EPA NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT SOL PR-HQ-16699 POC Sylvia Danley-Smith (202) 564-4753 WEB: Visit this URL for the lastest information reqarding, http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/adp_placement/natela/index.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, danley-smith.sylvia@epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protections Agency's intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) # PR-HQ-16699 for National Telecommunications Support Services as a competitive 8(a) set-aside. The decision was based upon responses received from the Sources Sought/Request for Information notice published in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) on June 4, 1999. Interested Parties should refer to the website at: http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/adp_placement/natela/index.htm, to view the Sources Sought/Request for Information CBD notice and other relevant information pertaining to this procurement. The RFP will be posted on the website on or about August 23 1999. HARD COPIES OF THE RFP WILL NOT DISTRIBUTED, THEREFORE FIRMS SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE BY REQUESTING TO BE PLACED ON A SOLICITATION MAILING LIST. Any requests for the RFP or other information that is available on the website will be disregarded. Interested parties are advised to monitor the website for further information on this procurement as it becomesavailable. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) for this procurement is 4813. The anticipated contract type will be a Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) with a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods totaling 60 months. The total estimated level of effort for the 60 months is 1,125,537 hours. Prime and/or Subcontractors on any of the previously awarded contracts in the Enterprise Technology and Systems Services (ETASS) Procurement Strategy -- Washington Telecommunications and Computing Services Contract (WTACs), National Telecommunications and Computing Services Contract (NTACs), Information Infrastructure and Architectural Support (IIASC), Mission Oriented Systems Engineering Support (MOSES) -- are eligible to compete in the National Telecommunication Support contract. Posted 07/15/99 (W-SN354865). (0196)

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