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D -- UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS CENTER PROJECT SOL DCFRA#00-R-017 POC Alex Peacock -- (202) 504-3431 Fax Number The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority ("Authority") will issue a solicitation on or about July 14, 2000 on behalf of the District of Columbia government's ("District") Office of the Chief Technology Officer ("OCTO")to seek competitive porposals from qualified Offerors to provide design, construction and systems integration to the District for the Unified Communicatios Center ("UCC") project. The selection will be on a "best value" basis. The UCC facility will provide a safe, high quality, technologically up-to-date, aesthetically pleasing and funcitional environment for a city-wide call center and services delivery tracking systems. This include the District's Police, Fire, Emergency Preparedness Departments, OCTO and other service-based non-emergency agencies. The UCC will be one of the nations' premier integrated municipal call centers. The UCC projec also incldues the integrated engineering, design, construction and implementation of a city-wide fiber-optic network, wireless services and related work. The UCC will house a Network Operations Center ("NOC") and city-wide computing "Help" desks. The project shall be designed to fully address security, intrusion and vulnerability concerns related to a facility of this nature. The project design shall place special emphasis on flexibility, reliability, maintainability and expandability. Other UCC project ellements include: a) Voice/data raio systems b) Internal secure communications lines and associated witching systems, c) Radio/telephone recording and playback d) Alternate voice/data transmission system e) Back-up power systems, f) Remote terminal back-up system g) Management information systems h) Record management systems i) city-wide BACnet protocal building management system and j) Advance HVAC control system capable of precise temperature and humidity control. The selected Offeror shall: 1) provide engineering and other design services. 2) construct and perform systems integration, commissioning and activation of the project 3) maintain positive relations with community surrounding the project site 4) maixmize local business participation and integrate the project beneficially into the local economy. The engineering and design will be priced as a firm fixed price. Subsequent work necessary to complete the project will be priced under a series of post-award task orders in accordance with a set of unit price labor rates, "sliding scale" formulae and other price techniques. In order to obtain a copy of the solicitation you must write of fax a request noting the Offerors name, contact person, address, telephone number and fax number to the following address: DCFRMAA, One Thomas Circle, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20005 Attn: Alex Peacock, Senior Procurement Manager Fax No. (202)504-3431. The Procurement Manager shall then refer the Offeror to a District-selected printer where the Offeror shall buy the soliciation package and pay for any shipping. Only full solicitation packages shall be sold. Posted 06/05/00 (W-SN461335). (0157)

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