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D -- LOCAL LEASED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT SOL DAAB32-00-R-0004 DUE 021400 POC Contract Specialist Duane M. Markham, (520) 538-6931 WEB: Interagency Interactive Business Opportunities Page, http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, markhamd@hqasc.army.mil. The Army Telecommunications Directorate, Army Signal Command has a requirement for nonpersonal services for local telephone exchange services for Fort Lewis, WA. The proposed contract is for one base year and four option years. The local exchange service provider certified by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission shall provide local commercial communications service for Fort Lewis, WA, Yakima Training Center, WA and selected locations in Vancouver, WA. Local communications service shall include, as a minimum but not limited to, local access for commercial business lines, analog subscriber lines, analog and digital trunks, foreign exchange access lines and trunks, transport channel services, directory number and number portability, emergency 9-1-1 service, local and Intra-LATA access, and interconnection with Inter-LATA exchange carrier. Competition is open to domestic and foreign sources. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered. Sources responding to this synopsis must indicate, in writing, whether they are large, small, disadvantaged and/or a women-owned businesses. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under SIC 4813 with size standard of 1500 employees. An Acquisition Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during proposal development. You should only contact the Ombudsman with issues or problems you cannot satisfactorily resolve with the program manager and/or contracting officer. The Ombudsman role is to hear concerns, issues, and recommendations and communicate these to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality if desired. The Ombudsman does not evaluate proposals or participate in source selection. You can contact the CECOM Ombudsman at (908) 532-4914. In order to be eligible for award of this Request for Proposal (RFP), offerors may be required to have a Basic Agreement with this office. Basic Agreement documents, the RFP and solicitation may be viewed and downloaded from the Interagency Interactive Business Opportunities Page located at http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. When you arrive at this site select CECOM Comm.& Elec. Comm. as the contracting activity. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format contained at FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. For assistance with the Fort Monmouth web site, call 1-888-414-2677. All questions related to this notice must be addressed in writing, by fax (520) 538-6701 to the Contracting Officer. Specify the RFQ number and include the complete name of the firm, street address, phone and fax number. Posted 12/20/99 (W-SN410139). (0354)

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