Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 38 EIG/PK, 4064 Hilltop Road, Tinker AFB, OK, 73145-2713

D -- LEASE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES TO INCLUDE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR PETERSON AFB CO SOL Reference-Number-F34608-00-SS-0001 DUE 063000 POC Tomma Hofegartner, Contracting Officer, Phone 405-734-9297, Fax 405-734-9537, Email tomma.hofegartner@tinker.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=Reference-Num ber-F34608-00-SS-0001&LocID=982. E-MAIL: Tomma Hofegartner, tomma.hofegartner@tinker.af.mil. The 38th Engineering Installation Group, Telecommunications Services Branch, hereby gives notice of its intent to procure on a sole source lease of cable plant and its associated services to include operation and maintenance services at Peterson AFB CO. The intended contracor is US WEST Communications, Inc. US WEST Communications Inc shall provide all of the following services at the location listed above: (1) operation and maintenance of all equipment and assets used to facilitate the transmission of telecommunications information from building terminal to building terminal within the campus environment of Peterson AFB, and (2) provide new cable additions as necessary. The equpment that makes up the required outside cable plant facilities includes all of the embedded, buried, and aerial cable, the installed equipment needed to maintain connectivity to that cable, and the existing terminals installed in several locations on the base. The period of performance will be from 1 Jul 00 through 30 Jun 05 or until a new government-owned system can be installed, whichever occurs first. The primary place of performance is Peterson AFB CO. This sole source acquisition is justified under 10 USC 2304 (c) (1). It has been determined the required services are available only from the original source, US WEST Comunications Inc, as this is a follow-on contract for the continued provision of these highly specialized services, and it is likely that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. The incumbent vendor owns the cable currently installed, requires no additional start-up cost, is familiar with the needs of the Air Force, and has trained, qualified technicians on hand to perform the required services. Interested firms must indicate their ability to satisfy the requirements within 15 days of this notice. If no response is received within 15 days of this notice, an award will be made to US WEST Communications Inc. No solicitation will be issued. Note 32. Posted 06/16/00 (D-SN465491). (0168)

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