Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

D -- AUTOMATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS SUPPORT SOL S-LMAQM-00-R-0051 DUE 050100 POC Kathleen Mejia, Contract Specialist, 703/875-6689 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist by email, MejiaKJ@state.gov. The Department of State (DoS) provides this notification to announce the upcoming solicitation S-LMAQM-00-R-0051 for the recompetition of contract S-OPRAQ-95-C-0589 in support of the Department's automated telecommunications systems. The DoS intends to issue an unrestricted, full and open competitive solicitation for a time-and-materials contract with a one-year base commencing on September 1, 2000 and four one-year options. The successful offeror shall provide: on-site engineering services 24 hours per day, 365 days per year at two Government locations located in the Metropolitan Washington D.C. area; back up engineering resources; on-site maintenance services; periodic preventive, routine maintenance; technical support consisting of troubleshooting/fault verification, corrective maintenance, and installation support; records control; system equipment upgrades; removal and installation of equipment; data record and site log maintenance; provision of spare parts; provision of system program assistance for interfacing with other network systems; and tracking and reporting. The message handling systems are identified as ATS (Automated Terminal Station) comprised of ATS-III (Automated Terminal Station, Host Processor) with associated subsystems (Analyst Workstations, HIPS (Hetra Input Processing System, and Traffic Research system), AMADS (Automated Message Distribution System), AMAPS (Automated Message Acceptance and Protocol Server), and the Terminal Backup (a backup to ATS-III) and ATSEU (ATS Equipment Upgrade). ATSEU is also a backup message switching system. The primary message switching system is STARS (State Telecommunications Automated Relay System). ATS-III, the Terminal Backup and STARS are hosted on Concurrent Computer Corporation's model 3280 processors and ATSEU is hosted on Concurrent Computer Corporation's 3230 processors. All are programmed in assembly language using Concurrent's Operating System 32, revision levels 10.1 and 9.2 respectively. All other systems are hosted on Intel platforms andthe application programs are written in either C or Visual Basic using the SCO Unix or Windows NT operating systems. Each system consists of two complete identical systems with duplex switching capability allowing either system to function as an on-line system. Equipment at both locations will operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. A Top Secret facility clearance granted by the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) shall be required prior to performing any part of the contract. Interested offerors should contact Kathleen J. Mejia at the following e-mail address: MejiaKJ@state.gov. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about March 27, 2000 on the Internet at the following site: http://state.monmouth.army.mil, then go to "U.S. Department of State Business Opportunities" to review the solicitation and then go to "Secured Services" to subscribe to the list serve to receive e-mails when the RFP is launched to the net. An alternate site to gain access is: http://www.statebuy.gov and then go to the "Interactive Platform". Firms requiring assistance in using the Internet should contact Mr. Gordon Bannister at the following address: BannisterG@state.gov or by telephone at (703) 875-6677 or fax (703) 875-5005/6085. This requirement will be issued via the Internet. No paper copies of the solicitation will be mailed. Posted 03/10/00 (W-SN433343). (0070)

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