Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, Regional Contracts Dept, Attn: Bid Officer/Code 210A94, 937 N. Harbor Drive, Suite 212, San Diego, CA 92132-0212

S -- PAGER MESSENGER SERVICE SOL N00244-99-T-B127 DUE 083199 POC For General inquiries, Bid Officer at 619-532-2692 or fax at 619-532-2690; for technical information, P. Estrada, Contract Specialist at 619-532-2650 or via fax at 619-532-2347. WEB: Click here to link to the FISC San Diego website., http://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to send an email to the Contracts Specialist,, penny_a_estrada_@sd.fisc.navy.mil. This is a combined synopsis/Solicitation for Commercial Items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subparts 12.6 and 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION TO BE ISSUED; quotes are being requested and NO FURTHER WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. The solicitation number for this Request for Quote is N00244-99-T-B127 and closes on, 31 AUG 1999, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-12. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DFARS 252.204-7004 "REQUIRED CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION" APPLIES TO ALL SOLICITATIONS ISSUED ON/AFTER 6/1/98. LACK OF REGISTRATION IN THE CCR DATABASE WILL MAKE AN OFFEROR/QUOTER INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD. PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS REGULATION WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR QUOTE. CALL 1-888-227-2423 OR VISIT THE INTERNET AT HTTP://CCR.EDI.DISA.MIL FOR MORE INFORMATION. This solicitation is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Code is 4899. The Business size is $11.0 mil. The Federal Service Code is S113. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center intends to issue an award for a base year, (12 months) and four option years. Service to become effective 10/01/99. The place of delivery shall be the Construction Battalion Center, 1000 23rd avenue, Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4300. It is contemplated that a Firm Fixed Priced contract/order shall be awarded as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation. Purchase Description: The requirement is for Pager Messaging Services in accordance with the Statement of Work for a base year and four one year option years. Description: Base Year Period of performance 01 OCT 1999 to 30 SEP 2000. CLIN 0001; Base Year, Initial Start-up/ Re-crystalization of pager, (ONLY IF NECESSARY), in accordance with(IAW), Statement of Work(SOW), Quantity, (QTY) 415 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0002, Digital Pagers -- local IAW SOW. 0002AA Base Year, NUMERIC -- LOCAL IAW SOW QTY 100 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0002AB Base Year, ALPHA-NUMERIC -- LOCAL IAW SOW QTY 5 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0003 Base Year, DIGITAL STATE-WIDE Pagers. 0003AA Base Year, NUMERIC -- STATEWIDE IAW SOW QTY 80 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0003AB Base Year, ALPHA-NUMERIC -- STATE-WIDE IAW SOW QTY 20 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0004 Base Year, Digital Local Regional Pagers IAW SOW. 0004AA Base Year, Numeric pagers Local Regional Pagers IAW SOW QTY 1 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0004AB Base Year, ALPHA-NUMERIC -- Local Regional Pagers IAW SOW QTY 1 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0005 Base Year, Digital- Regional Pagers IAW SOW. 0005AA Base Year, Numeric pagers Regional Pagers IAW SOW QTY 2 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0005AB Base Year, ALPHA-NUMERIC -- Regional Pagers IAW SOW QTY 1 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0006Base Year, DIGITAL NATION-WIDE Pagers IAW SOW. 0006AA Base Year, NUMERIC -- STATEWIDE IAW SOW QTY 120 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0006AB Base Year, ALPHA-NUMERIC -- NATION-WIDE IAW SOW QTY 40 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0006AC Base Year, VOICEMAIL QTY 40 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0006AD Base Year, NUMERIC RETRIEVAL QTY 15 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. 0006AE Base Year, Personal 800 number, QTY 60 at $___ unit price per month X 12 MONTHS = $_____. OPTION YEAR ONE(1), CLINS 0007 through 0013AE, Period of performance 01 OCT 2000 to 30 SEP 2001. OPTION YEAR TWO(2), CLINS 0014 through 0019AE, Period of Performance 01 OCT 2001 to 30 SEP 2002. OPTION YEAR THREE(3),CLINS 0020 through 0025AE, Period of Performance 01 OCT 2002 to 30 SEP 2003. OPTION YEAR FOUR (4), CLINS 0026 through 0032AE, Period of Performance 01 OCT 2003 to 30 SEP 2004. Descriptions are the same as those for the Base Year, CLINS 0001 -- 0006AE respectively. STATEMENT OF WORK: 1.0 SCOPE: A. The Contractor shall provide all support services, materials, travel training and equipment necessary for: (1) service activation for up to 2000 government-owned digital numeric and alphanumeric pagers (local, statewide, local regional, regional, and nationwide). Maintenance and repair are not required for these pager units. (2) The Contractor shall provide the required and defined services according to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Regulations and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Licensing. 2.0 (1) Current Public Utilities Commission Regulations. (2) Current Federal Communications Commission (FSS Licensing. 3.0 Requirements: 3.1 Pagers: The Contractor shall: (1) Be in compliance with the current Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Regulations and the current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensing requirements. (2) Provide government-owned pagers with all common equipment, (i.e., terminal, repeater, etc.). (3) Provide government-owned pagers with licensing access. (4) Provide local, statewide, local regional, regional, nationwide and international digital numeric and alphanumeric activation, without service interruption, cost or charge in the existing pager access numbers, for government-owned pagers. There are approximately 1000 pagers currently in service. (5) Re-crystal pagers, if necessary, during the full term of the contract and at no cost to the government. (6) Provide voicemail, numeric retrieval, 800 number access and group dispatch/broadcast capabilities. (7) Provide international service capabilities packaged on a case-by-case basis (i.e. quarterly, semiannually, etc.). 3.2 Coverage: (1) Provide a map detailing the local, state-wide, local regional, regional, nationwide, and international service areas covered to the Contracting Ordering Officer. Local area coverage shall have an effective minimum rage of 35 miles form the Main Gate at the Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme and Point Mugu, California. (2) Provide coverage designated for local, statewide, local regional, regional, nationwide, and international access that has separately priced ranges. (3) Provide pager access by dialing through the Oxnard and Port Hueneme/Point Mugu Telephone exchanges at no cost to the government. (4) Provide a unique telephone number to each government-owned pager. (5) Provide special features such as voice mail, numeric retrieval, 800# access and dispatching capabilities. (6) Provide deactivation or cancel services at no cost to the government. (7)Provide international access capabilities at a minimum cost to the government and lower than any corporate rate. 3.3 Ordering: (1) Pager service shall be ordered as need by the designated ordering officer. (2) The contractor shall: The contractor shall: (a) Provide a single Point of Contact for ordering services. (b) Respond to service requests, technical questions, and questions regarding billing concerns within 2 hours. (c) Acknowledge verbal orders with a confirming document. The contractor shall list the pager service by type (local, statewide, local regional, regional, nationwide and international) and feature (voicemail, numeric retrieval, 800 number access, group dispatching or broadcast capability), the number of each type and/or feature in service, the unit price of each service type and/or feature provided and the total. The contractor shall attach a copy of the confirming document for each oral order received during the invoicing period to the monthly billing invoice. Note: Confirming documents include written acknowledgements of the government's verbal requests to the Contractor to activate pager access service; change service types or features, cancel pager access service, etc. (d) Activate orders of 10 pagers or less within 5 days of the verbal request and within 10 days for 11 or more pagers. (e) Make all deliveries to: (Location to be provided upon award of the contract). 3.4 Billing: The Contractor shall: (1) Provide an invoice with confirming documents in accordance with Section G on theaddendum of the Contract. (2) Incorporate into the billing information all customer codes and job order numbers provided by the government. Job order numbers may change annually and codes change as necessary. (3) Provide monthly billing information to the Government on CD-ROM and hard copy that includes as a minimum a. Government-owned digital pager service b type (local, state-wide, local regional, regional, nationwide. b. The number of each type in use by CLIN, c. The unit price of each pager by CLIN, d. Re-crystalization of each pager unit. e. Total. Submit first report on the first day of the month following the month in which service was provided, subsequent reports no later than 5 days after the end of the month. (4) No overcall charges. (5) Provide, at no cost to the government, PC based software necessary to produce reports and customer billing information form CD-ROM. 3.5 Contractor monitoring: The Contractor: (1) May utilize monitoring of their paging system as a business tool only to keep them abreast of any problems that might occur within the system. (2) Shall not, through this act of monitoring, infringe upon the rights of the systems user. (3) Shall not benefit from any information he hears through such monitoring. 3.6 Termination of Pager Service by the Contractor: The Contractor shall not terminate pager service without prior permission of the Contracting Officer Representative or the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall notify in writing, stating the specific causes warranting termination. The government will investigate and if appropriate, terminate the government user's privileges. 4.0 INSTRUSION: A. The Contractor shall not intrusively monitor a particular pager's transmission exclusively without first filing a report with the Construction Battalion Center Security Department (PS100) and obtaining a "Call Trap" permission from the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC). 5.0 SPECIAL CONSIDERATONS: (1) Security Classification. This requirement is UNCLASSIFIED. Evaluation: The government intends to issue a single award to the responsible Offeror whose offer is the most advantageous to the Government offering the greatest value considering price and other factors. Award will be made to the Offeror meeting the requirements stated in the above purchase description at the lowest overall price. The following clauses and provisions are applicable and hereby incorporated into the solicitation by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, FAR 52.212-3, Offeror representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-4, Contract terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-5, Statues and Executive orders- Commercial Items applies with the following applicable clauses for paragraph (b): FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; FAR 52.222-37, employment Reports on Special Disabled and Veterans, and Veterans of Vietnam Era, FAR 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity, FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services, FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Terms of the Contract (MAR 1989), FAR 52.219-6, FAR 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic funds Transfer Payment (Aug 1996), FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor sales to the Government with Alt I, FAR 52.219-14 Limitation on Subcontracting, FAR 52.225-18 European Community Sanctions for End Products, Far 52.239-1 Privacy or Security Safeguards, FAR 52.215-5 Facsimile Proposals, DFARS 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; DFAR 252.212-7001, Contract terms and conditions applies with the following clauses applicable for paragraph (b): DFAR 252-205-7000 Provision of information to Cooperative Agreement Holders, DFAR 252.225-7012 Preference for certain domestic commodities, DFAR 252-227-7015 Technical Data -- Commercial Items, DFAR 252.227-7037 Validation of Restrictive Markings on Technical DATA, DFAR 252.243-7002 Certification of Request for Equitable Adjustment, DFAR 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies. OFFERORS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND INCLUDE A COPY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS WITH THEIR PROPOSALS: FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, DFARS 252.212-7000, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL. Year 2000 Warranty -- Commercial Supply Items SEP 1996, The contractor warrants that each hardware, software, and firmware product delivered under this contract shall be able to accurately process date data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from into and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including leap year calculations, when used in accordance with the product documentation provided by the Contractor, provided that all products used in combination with product properly exchange date data used with it. If the contract requires that specific listed products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty shall apply to those listed products as a system. The duration of this warranty and the remedies available to the Government for breach of this warranty shall be as defined in, and subject to, the terms and limitations of the contractor's standard commercial warranty or warranties contained in the contract, provided that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in such commercial warranty or warranties, the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include repair or replacement of any listed product whose non-compliance is discovered and made known to the contractor in writing with ninety (90) days after acceptance. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract with respect to defects other than Year 2000 performance. Deliveries from a resulting contract shall be delivered F.O.B. Destination. Quotes from responsible Offerors to must be received no later that 3:00PM, local time, 31 AUG 1999. Quotes sent via the us Postal service should be mailed to the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, San Diego, Bid Officer, 937 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92132-0212. Quotes may be faxed to 619-532-2347. Contractors are responsible for all faxes. Hand carried offers must be delivered directly to and placed in the depository located at FISC Regional Contracts Dept., Building 1, 2nd Floor Bid Desk, room 207, 937 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92132. Direct delivery is only possible during weekdays, excluding Federal Holidays, between the hours of 8:00 am and 3:00pm Pacific Time. Posted 08/16/99 (W-SN368420). (0228)

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