D -- LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

Notice Date

December 19, 2000

Contracting Office

General Services Administration, FTS Division (5T), 230 S. Dearborn Street, Room 3380, DPN 33-1, Chicago, Illinois 60604-1601

ZIP Code

60604-1601

Solicitation Number

GS05T00BMQ2802

Response Due

February 9, 2001

Point of Contact

Charles Dukes, (312) 353-5552/Contracting Offiecer

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contracting officer via (Charles.Dukes@gsa.gov)

Description

GSA/FTS, Great Lakes Region is announcing its intent to negotiate and issue a sole source procurement to SBC Global Services, Inc. on behalf of The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, an Ohio Corporation; Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated, an Indiana Corporation; Illinois Bell Telephone Company, an Illinois Corporation; Michigan Bell Telephone Company, a Michigan Corporation, and Wisconsin Bell, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation (each dba Ameriterch, collectively hereinafter "Ameritech"), for Local Circuit switched voice services and ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) services for multiple government locations. Services are deemed to be available only from the original source in this case of a follow-on contract/agreement. It is likely that award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; and a written solicitation will not be issued. Reference solicitation number GS05T00BMQ2802. NAICS Code 513310 applies. The small business size standard is 1500 employees. This requirement is for fixed price line items as follows: CLIN 0001, Illinois (Chicago, Alton, Champaign, Kankakee, Peoria, Rockford, Rock Island, Springfield, and Joliet) estimated 4,681 Telephone Lines; CLIN 0002, Indiana (Indianapolis (Lakeside, Pennsylvania, Fortune Circle, Willowbrook, and East 10th), Jeffersonville, Columbus Bloomington, New Albany, Muncie, and South Bend) estimated 1,585.5 Telephone Lines; CLIN 0003, Michigan (Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing, and East Lansing) estimated 1,597 Telephone Lines; CLIN 0004, Ohio (Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Columbia, Dayton, and Toledo) estimated 3,535.5 Telephone Lines, and CLIN 0005, Wisconsin (Milwaukee and Madison) estimated 1,098 Telephone Lines. Delivery and acceptance of all items shall be F.O.B. destination at multiple government locations outside those geographical areas designated Metropolitan Acquisition Areas (MAA) within each state. Duration of the contract period is 12 months. The contract type shall be firm-fixed price. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however all offers received within 45 days after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. Contact Charles Dukes at (312) 353-5552 fax (312) 886-3827 or e-mail at Charles.Dukes@gsa.gov for information. See Note 22.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001221/DSOL005.HTM (W-354 SN5092N0)