Phillips Laboratory/PKOE, Directorate of Contracting, Operational Contracting Division, 2000 Wyoming Blvd SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117- 5606

70 -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINK SOL F29650-95-R0128 POC Elizabeth H. Sanchez, Contract Specialist, (505) 846-2989/Mhynard Wink, Contracting Officer, (505) 846-6898. The Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico is seeking potential sources to acquire services to be used on a terrestrial, 128Kpbs state-wide telecommunications link between Phillips Laboratory and New Mexico educational institutions, state-wide industries and the New Mexico state government. The service, besides providing state-wide connectivity, also provides connectivity to Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, educational institutions within the state of New Mexico (including the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University) and the Internet. The contractor shall provide gateway access to the state-wide network and maintenance during the period of performance, as well as evaluated optional features (EOFs) which could be acquired at any time during the contract to provide greater capability. One EOF is to obtain additional bandwidth, the 128Kpbs link would be replaced with a T1 or 1.544Mpbs link. Another EOF would allow the laboratory to upgrade to ''full node'' status on the network, which would provide expanded services, such as video, to users of the network. The proposed contract is for a one year basic period and four one year option periods. The contractor shall provide a minimum 128K circuit to PL. The contractor shall provide the Channel Service Unit/Digital Service Unit (CSU/DSU) equipment and the circuit. The equipment shall use RS449 or V.35 standard interfaces and shall allow direct connectivity of government owned Data Terminating Equipment. PL shall provide a Cisco IP router at PL building 498, the contractor shall provide a port on the Cisco IP router at the contractor's facility. The service shall have a login service to authenticate users and allow access into the network. A menu shall direct PL users to resources reachable via the network. Telnet and FTP protocols shall be available menu items. The gateway shall also provide audit trails and log files of users connecting to the contractor's resources, networks, and other gateways accessible by the network. PL shall provide the contractor with user identification information. The contractor will set up all accounts on the gateway. The gateway shall support a minimum of 32 simultaneous users and a minimum of 100 user accounts. The contractor shall also provide Internet connectivity to the National Network Infrastructure (NNI). The contractor's connectivity to the NNI shall be greater than or equal to 10 Mb/s. The contractor shall provide routing through the Phillips Laboratory connection to the NNI for any and all networks so requested by Phillips Lab. Maintenance of the minimum 128K circuit and the CSU/DSU shall be the responsibility of the contractor. The contractor shall provide a hot-line service in order to respond to trouble calls during the period 0700-1700, Monday through Friday, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays observed by the government. The contractor shall maintain all equipment at the acceptable level of performance. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, and any other items or services necessary to perform maintenance. Response time shall not exceed two hours. The government will require a Statement of Capability, not to exceed 30 pages, excluding resumes, which demonstrates the offeror's past experience in telecommunications services and capability to successfully provide the services described above. Offerors shall provide resumes which describe, in detail, the training and past experience levels of program managers, service technicians and technical support personnel proposed to provide this service. Minimum personnel experience levels are five years for program managers and two years for service technicians and technical support personnel in support of a similar telecommunications effort. Responses with supporting technical data/documentation are to be submitted to Phillips Laboratory/PKOE, ATTN: Ms Elizabeth Sanchez, 2000 Wyoming Blvd SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5606 no later than 9 June 95. Firms responding should indicate if they are a Small Business, a Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business, an 8(a) qualified business, or a Woman- owned Business. For the purposes of being considered a small business the following applies: SIC Code 7379, Size Standard $18.M million. The Government reserves the right to set this acquisition aside for Small Business, SBA 8(a) Program, Small Disadvantaged- Business, Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU) or Minority Institutions (MI) based upon known sources and/or responses to this synopsis. Firms responding should indicate whether they fall into any of these categories. Foreign owned firms will not be precluded from participating in this acquisition. DPA # KAA-95-AD001. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerrors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to address concerns during the proposal development phase of the acquisition. Potential offerors should used established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before contacting the Ombudsman. For serious concerns only, potential offerors are invited to contact the PL Ombudsman, Bruce Grunsten in the Directorate of Contracting, at 505/846-8273 or at 3651 Lowry Ave Se, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5777. (0136)

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