D -- LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR BANGOR IAP ME AND SOUTH PORTLAND ANGS ME 04401-3052

Notice Date

September 20, 2000

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

73145-2713

Solicitation Number

F34608-00-R-5010

Response Due

October 23, 2000

Point of Contact

Debbie Speir, Contract Specialist, Phone (405)734-9297, Fax (405)734-9537, Email debbie.speir@tinker.af.mil -- John Summers, Contracting Officer, Phone (405) 734-9297, Fax (405) 734-9537, Email

E-Mail Address

Debbie Speir (debbie.speir@tinker.af.mil)

Description

The 38 Engineering Installation Group has a requirement for nonpersonal services for local telephone exchange services for Bangor IAP ANG ME and South Portland ANGS ME. The proposed contract is for five years. The local exchange service provider certified by Bangor IAP ANG ME and South Portland ANGS ME shall provide local commercial communications service for the above Sites listed above. Local communications service shall include, as a minimum but not limited to, local access for commercial business lines, analog subscriber lines, analog and digital trunks, foreign exchange access lines and trunks, transport channel services, directory number and number portability, emergency 9-1-1 service, operator and directory assistance, local and Intra-LATA access, and interconnection with Inter-LATA exchange carrier. Competition is open to domestic and foreign sources. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered. Sources responding to this synopsis must indicate, in writing, whether they are large, small, disadvantaged and/or a women-owned businesses. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under SIC 4813 with size standard of 1500 employees. An Acquisition Ombudsman, Colonel Joseph Magnone, Director, Commander's Staff, has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during proposal development. You should only contact the Ombudsman with issues or problems you cannot satisfactorily resolve with the program manager and/or contracting officer. The Ombudsman role is to hear concerns, issues, and recommendations and communicate these to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality if desired. The Ombudsman does not evaluate proposals or participate in source selection. You can contact the Ombudsman at (781) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. In order to be eligible for award of this Request for Proposal (RFP), offerors may be required to have a Basic Agreement with this office. The Basic Agreement documents may be viewed and downloaded from the 38 EIGW website address : http://www.eig38.tinker.af.mil/contracting/bus_opp.htm. This site is a secure site and requires a browser which supports a secure socket layer for access. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000922/DSOL009.HTM (D-264 SN498790)