Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105

D -- FIBER OPTIC CABLE AND CONDUIT SOL RFQ NO 636-32-00 DUE 070500 POC Karen Goodell, Contracting Officer, 402-449-0613 The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, intends to procure all necessary equipment and labor to install fiber optic cable and 4 inch conduit as shown on the drawings and specifications. This procurement is intended as sole source procurement from US West, Omaha, Nebraska. Contractor will provide all necessary labor, tools necessary to provide and install fiber optic cable and pull fiber optic cable through subcontractor provided 4-inch conduits and make connections. US West will subcontract the furnishing, installation and connection of conduit, fittings, and boxes to form complete, coordinated raceway systems. Contractor will subcontract the portion of the scope of work to install an empty 4-inch conduit (PVC or steel) from Center Street to Building 1 by the smoking shelter and continuing it from that point to the telephone room using 4 inch PVC conduit. A second run of 4-inch conduit will be installed from Woolworth Avenue to Building 1 which will terminate in the telephone room. There will be a new precast handhole provided by contractor at the Woolworth Avenue and Center Street ends of the runs to terminate the conduits. It is required that the conduits be bored to minimize impact of ground disturbance and utility disruptions. The work consists of boring and installing the 4-inch conduits, providing and installing the handholes, installing the 4-inch PVC conduit. Work is also required to restore any damaged grass areas and ceiling tile to conditions existing before construction. All conduit work must be completed by August 1, 2000. This acquisition will be conducted under FAR Part 12 for commercial services. RFQ No. 636-32-00 has been assigned to this solicitation and is available June 26, 2000. SIC Code No. 3669, Communications Equipment, and N.E.C., with a size standard of 750 employees will be used. All requests for this solicitation package must be writing and may be faxed to 402-449-0612 or sent electronically to Karen.Goodell@med.va.gov. No telephone requests will be accepted Posted 06/27/00 (W-SN468799). (0179)

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