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 SERVICES SOL N00244-00-T-0584 DUE 030600 POC For general information contact the Bid officer at 619-532-2692; the Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Mrs. Estrada at 619-532-2650. WEB: Click here to obtain additional information about FISC, http://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to send an e-mail to Mrs. Estrada, Contract, 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 N00244-00-T-0584 and closes on, 06 MAR 2000, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-14. 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 period (date of award to 30 Sep 2000 and four (1) year option years. Service to become effective from date of award. 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 period and four one year option years. Description: Base Period of performance 01 OCT 1999 to 30 SEP 2000. CLIN 0001: Base Period, Initial Start-up/ Re-crystallization of pager, (ONLY IF NECESSARY), in accordance with (IAW), Statement of Work (SOW). 0002, Digital Pagers -- local. 0002AA Base Period, NUMERIC -- LOCAL. 0002AB Base Period, ALPHA-NUMERIC -- LOCAL. 0003 Base Period, DIGITAL STATEWIDE Pagers. 0003AA Base Period, NUMERIC -- STATEWIDE. 0003AB Base Period, ALPHANUMERIC -- STATEWIDE. 0004 Base Period, Digital Local Regional Pagers. 0004AA Base Period, Numeric pagers Local Regional Pagers. 0004AB Base Period, ALPHANUMERIC -- Local Regional Pagers. 0005 Base Period, Digital- Regional Pagers IAW SOW. 0005AA Base Period, Numeric pagers Regional Pagers. 0005AB Base Period, ALPHANUMERIC -- Regional Pagers. 0006 Base Period, DIGITAL NATION-WIDE Pagers IAW SOW. 0006AA Base Period, NUMERIC -- STATEWIDE. 0006AB Base Period, ALPHANUMERIC -- NATION-WIDE. 0006AC Base Period, VOICEMAIL. 0006AD Base Period, NUMERIC RETRIEVAL. 0006AE Base Period, Personal 800 number. 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 700 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 500 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 alldeliveries to: (Location to be provided on individual delivery orders). 3.4 Billing: The Contractor shall: (1) Provide an invoice with confirming documents in accordance with Section G on the addendum of the Contract. (2) Provide itemized billing by CLIN against all established Delivery Orders (DO's), incorporating customer codes and job order numbers provided by the Government. (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-crystallization 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 and a CD-ROM summarizing all billing by CLIN for all established DOs to the Ordering Officer. (4) No overcall charges. (5) Payments may be made via Customer Government Purchase Card and/or as specified on individual delivery order. It is anticipated that Payments via Government purchase card will be implemented by 01 October 2000. 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 and statement of work 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, 52.216-18 Ordering. As prescribed in 16.506(a), insert the following clause: ORDERING (OCT 1995) (a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shallbe ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from date of award through 30 SEP 2000. (b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control. (c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered "issued" when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or by electronic commerce methods only if authorized in the Schedule. ORDER LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995) (a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than (1) each the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract. (b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor -- (1) Any order for a single item in excess of 700 each; (2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of 1000 each; or (3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 5 days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (1) or (2) of this section. (c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216-21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) of this section. (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 5 days after issuance, with written notice stating the Contractor's intent not to ship the item (or items) called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the supplies or services from another source. (End of clause) 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity. As prescribed in 16.506(e), insert the following clause: INDEFINITE QUANTITY (OCT 1995) (a) This is an indefinite-quantity contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies and services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract. (b) Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. The Contractor shall furnish to the Government, when and if ordered, the supplies or services specified in the Schedule up to and including the quantity designated in the Schedule as the "maximum." The Government shall order at least the quantity of supplies or services designated in the Schedule as the "minimum." (c) Except for any limitations on quantities in the Order Limitations clause or in the Schedule, there is no limit on the number of orders that may be issued. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations. (d) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor's and Government's rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract's effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after 30 Sep 2000. 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. 5252.216-9402 ORAL ORDERS (INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACTS) -- OCT 1996- NAVSUP, 5252.216-9403 WRITTEN ORDERS (INDFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACTS) -- -- JAN 1992 -- NAVSUP. 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, 06 MAR 2000. 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 02/25/00 (W-SN428785). (0056)

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