Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL -- Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

J -- MAINTENANCE, REPAIR & REBUILDING OF EQUIPMENT SOL F30602-01-R-5001 DUE 090500 POC Virginia Brady, Contract Specialist, Fax (315) 330-2555, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=F30602-01-R-5001&LocID=1142. E-MAIL: Virginia Brady, bradyv@rl.af.mil. Point of Contact: Ginny Brady, Contract Specialist, Written questions or concerns only to: EMAIL bradyv@rl.af.mil or FACSIMILE 315/330-2555. This is a competitive acquisition restricted to small business firms. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome Research Site (RRS), has a requirement for nonpersonal services for preventive and remedial maintenance and continued expansion of the Rome Research Site MULTINET Video Distribution System at the Rome Research Site, Rome, New York. The proposed contract is for a base period and four option periods totaling approximately 60 months. The MULTINET includes 450 MHz RF Spectrum CATV Dual Cable Broadband (DCBB) plants in all RRS buildings, the head-ends and critcal RRS areas of which are interconnected by a network of multi-mode and single-mode fiber optic cables. The DCBB includes amplifiers (approximately 40 ea), four port taps (approximately 820 ea), various splitters, and head-end assemblies. There are eight head-end assemblies (one per building, and two in the C2TC Lab). There are presently twelve (12) external fiber cables in use between the buildings. The MULTINET currently supports 30 channels of educational, informational, and local video programming. Maintenance of the video distribution systems shall include the RF devices and fiber optic transmitters, receivers, couplers, satellite and antenna reception equipment, and associated rack equipment as required. The contractor will be responsible for maintaining the overall integrity of the MULTINET systems that exists internally and externally between the buildings of RRS (Buildings 2, 3, 106, 104, 240/247, and 302). All work will be in accordance with the Statement of Work dated 23 May 2000. The entire solicitation will be released on the Electronic Posting System (EPS), http://www.eps.gov no sooner than 26 July 2000. Select "EPS for Vendors". At Agency, USAF, click on "Offices". At Office, Air Force Materiel Command, click on "Locations". At Location, AFRL, Rome Research Site, Rome, NY, click on "Posted Dates". (Paper copies will not be available). Any prospective offerors interested in proposing on this solicitation must register by email to: bradyv@rl.af.mil in order to be placed on the source list. Include your company name, address, telephone number, point-of-contact, fax number, and e-mail address. This list will be provided to facilitate subcontracting opportunities only. Offerors registering on the source list should not conclude that they will receive a paper copy of the solicitation in the mail, as a paper copy will not be available. All prospective offerors are responsible to visit the EPS frequently and obtain any amendments or other information pertaining to this solicitation. The solicitation will only be available by downloading the documents from the EPS. Solicitation F30602-01-R-5001 is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). Federal Regulations are available at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. A site visit will be scheduled 10 days after electronic release of the RFP. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under SIC 4841 with a small business size standard of $11M. All eligible, responsible sources may submit a proposal which, if timely received, shall be considered by this agency. To be eligible to receive a contract award from a Department of Defense (DoD) activity after 01 Jun 98, contractors must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database. To register, access the CCR Home Page at http://www.ccr2000.com. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from Offerors or potential Offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contract Specialist, Ginny Brady, FAX 315/330-2555 or email bradyv@rl.af.mil. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Deputy Chief, Contracting Division at phone 315-330-7746. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposal or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have not been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 07/11/00 (D-SN473457). (0193)

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