Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 38 EIG/PK, 4064 Hilltop Road, Tinker AFB, OK, 73145-2713

J -- MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, AND RECURRING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR BASE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AT MCCONNELL AFB KS SOL F34608-00-R-0003 DUE 051500 POC Chris Hampton, Contracting Officer, Phone (405) 734-9582, Fax (405) 734-9581, Email chris.hampton@tinker.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=F34608-00-R-0 003&LocID=982. E-MAIL: Chris Hampton, chris.hampton@tinker.af.mil. The 38 EIG/PKL, Contracting Flight, has a requirement for nonpersonal services for operations, maintenance and recurring support services of the Base Telecommunications System at McConnell AFB KS. DO NOT request a hard copy of this solicitation. The RFP will be electronically issued using the EPS Web Site. The proposed contract is for a base year and four option periods totaling approximately 60 months. The switching system consists of the following: SL-1 Option 81C and MSL-1 Option 11C, software version 22.46. There are both commercial and Defense Switched Network (DSN) trunks, access to FTS2001, hot lines, data circuits, radio circuits, key systems, and crash nets. The NTI SL-1 Option 81 Switch is equipped for approximately 4,063 lines with 226 trunks. The NTI MSL-1 Switch is equipped for approximately 290 lines and 28 trunks. Included are a main distribution frame, inside and outside cable plant, ancillary equipment, and customer premise equipment. Foreign participation is permitted only at the subcontractor level. All responsible domestic offerors may submit proposals. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under SIC 7378 with 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 ofthe concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Steven Sheldon, Commander's Staff, ESC/CX 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 EPS via the WWW. The RFP will contain files in MS Word 7.0 and MS Excel 7.0. DO NOT request any documents in writing. 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 02/28/00 (D-SN429123). (0059)

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