Contracting Officer (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1970 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153-5483

J -- TELEPHONE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE SOL RFP 658-36-00 DUE 061600 POC Teresa A. Kendrick, Senior Contracting Officer, (540) 983-1048 Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, tools, and transportation to provide maintenance, repair, growth, and follow-on service for an existing complete voice and data digital telephone system. The telephone system encompasses all common equipment, peripheral equipment, cable distribution system, including fiber optic cabling, and overhead paging system. The telephone switch is a Nippon Electric Company (N.E.C.) NEAX 2400 Information Management System (IMS) MMG. Contractor shall have a 24-hour per day maintenance capability in the Salem, Virginia area, and be capable of guaranteeing two-hour response time to emergency maintenance calls 365 days a year for the life of the contract. Contractor must provide on-site presence of a minimum of one (1) NEC certified technician for a minimum of eight(8)hours per day, five (5) days per week, during normal business hours (7:45 a.m. -- 4:30 p.m.) to perform routine maintenance and follow-on service. Offerors shall be required to submit both a technical proposal and a cost proposal. Solicitation packages will be available o/a May 17, 2000 and must be requested, in writing, to the attention of the Contracting Officer (90C2) at the above address. Requests may also be faxed to (540) 983-1065. Telephone requests will not be honored. SIC Code 4813, with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees or less, applies. The procurement is set-aside for small business. Posted 04/28/00 (W-SN449787). (0119)

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