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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 27, 2007 FBO #2161
SOLICITATION NOTICE

D -- Pager Leasing and Service

Notice Date

10/25/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

517210 — Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;GLAC (69D);5000 W. National Ave;Milwaukee WI 53295-0005
 

ZIP Code

53295-0005
 

Solicitation Number

VA-69D-08-RQ-0066
 

Response Due

10/30/2007
 

Archive Date

11/29/2007
 

Point of Contact

Kevin Baier Contracting Officer
 

E-Mail Address

Kevin.Baier@va.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The GLAC (US Dept of Veterans Affairs, Great Lakes Acquisition Center) is planning to negotiate a sole source contract with American Messaging Services to provide pager lease and service for the Hines IL VA Hospital for one year. This includes the lease of approximately 730 pagers, both numeric and alphanumeric; provision of air time; 24 x 7 service; additional and replacement pagers within 24 hours. This is considered to be a sole source because changing contractors for pagers is very disruptive and time-consuming for hospital staff, requires training on the new pagers, collection and redistribution of the pagers to the Cardiac Arrest team and results in high levels of dissatisfaction from hospital staff. Only the incumbent can continue to provide these services without disruption. The new contract, in combination with the current contract, will together run for about two (2) years, which is a reasonable amount of time over which to absorb the in-house costs and disruption resulting from a change of contractors. NAICS number is 517210. Size standard is 1500 employees. Other sources that believe they can meet VA needs, without disruption to pager service and to hospital staff, must furnish information about their products and services, as well as references, to this office by no later than 1:00 PM on October 30, 2007. Information may be mailed or it may be faxed to: 414-902-5440.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Hines VA Medical Center;5th and Roosevelt Road;Hines, IL

Zip Code: 60141

Country: USA
 

Record

SN01440939-W 20071027/071025223552 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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