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D -- DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SWITCHING (DTS) SYSTEM SERVICES SOL TIRNO-00-R-00024 DUE 062900 POC Catia Ellsworth, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-283-1344, Fax 202-283-1532, Email catia.f.ellsworth@irs.gov-- Robert Bannerman, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-283-1223, Fax 202-283-1532, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=TIRNO-00-R-00R-00 024&LocID=1764. E-MAIL: Catia Ellsworth, catia.f.ellsworth@irs.gov. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Digital Telecommunications Switching (DTS) System Services for the Department of Treasury and its Bureaus for the Washington DC Metropolitan Area and adjoining suburbs of Northern Virginia and Maryland. The purpose of DTS2 is to provide telecommunication operations, maintenance, management, administration, and support services for existing sites, new sites, and interface contracts and services through the Seat Management and Service Level Agreement (SLA) framework using Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). This is an unrestricted solicitation. For the determination of small businesses the applicable Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 4813, 1,500 employees. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, and test equipment to maintain the current government owned telecommunications infrastructure and offer new services, as described in detail in the Statement of Work (SOW). The products and services will be grouped into service levels according to function and performance requirements. This will be a Fixed-Price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for use by all the Department of Treasury Bureaus. Contract term: Base period of one year with four one-year option periods. No site visit is contemplated. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that will be considered by the agency. The solicitation and any documents related to this acquisition will be available over the Internet. Hard copies may be obtained by written request, from the identified point of contact. However, the closing date for receipt of proposals shall be the same regardless of how or when issued, i.e., electronically or hard copy. These documents will be in Microsoft Office 97 software and will reside at the following IRS Procurement Web site: http://www.procurement.irs.treas.gov. A bidder mailing list is also available at the mentioned site. Prospective offerors shall notify this office in writing of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror_s responsibility to monitor the mentioned procurement IRS site for the release of the solicitation, its amendments, and any other information related to this procurement. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and the amendments (if any). Offers are due to the contracting officer at the address listed in item 7 above by 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time on June 29, 2000. All proposals shall be submitted in eight (8) hard copies. See Section L of the solicitation for detailed information about submittal of offers. The solicitation package shall visibly identify the solicitation number (TIRNO-00-R-00024) and shall be sent to the attention of the contracting officer. No faxed proposals will be accepted. Posted 05/03/00 (D-SN451018). (0124)

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