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D -- OPERATORS & MAINTENANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR DEFENSE METROPOLITIAN AREA TELEPHONE SYSTEM (DMATS) ST. LOUIS, MO. SOL CBD&&&-9602-0001 POC PETER TEREK, 520-538-8243 or GARY SCIBONA, CONTRACTING OFFICER AT 520-533-0355. (Site Code DAEA32) The US Army Information Systems Command intends to award a contract for the Administrative Telephone System operators and maintenance in support of Defense Metropolitan Telephone System (DMATS) - St Louis, MO. RFP REFERENCE: DAEA32-96-R-0001. The highest Security Clearance required for this effort is Top Secret. Certain Contractor personnel employed under this contract must possess a Top Secret Security Clearance. This acquisition is 100% set aside for SMALL BUSINESS. The SIC code is 7378. The size standard is amended from the 02-01-96 publish date from $14.5 to $18 million per Federal Register dated 04-07-94. This effort is NOT a follow on contract. The requirement used the GSA POTS contract and service agreements from the local carrier, Southwestern Bell. Therefore, NO PREVIOUS CONTRACT DOCUMENT or previous pricing information is available for release. The Contractor shall be responsible for the following tasks: All telephone installs, de-installs and moves, including building cable and cross connects, jumpers to make the instrument operational, preventative, corrective, and demand maintenance on government owned equipment, including, but not limited to, Key systems, EPBAX's, ISDN units and instruments. Contractor shall be responsible for the preventative and remedial maintenance of all cabling on all compounds. There are customers located in 32 different locations in the St Louis metropolitan area, which includes part of Illinois. The Contractor will also be responsible for all LAN cabling on the various compounds. In addition, as an option to the contract, the contractor shall provide telephone operators to perform switchboard operations. The RFP will be a PAPERLESS document to be released on or about March 4, 1996 via the ISC Contracting Office's Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB), NO HARDCOPY SOLICITATION WILL BE MAILED. A computer with a minimum 8 MB RAM and a modem with 28800 baud is needed to download documents from the EBB. The RFP has been prepared using Microsoft Word Version 6.0 and Microsoft Excel Version 5.0. These programs are recommended for ease of retrieving and reading the documents contained in the RFP. The Bulletin Board can be accessed by dialing the EBBS using any communication program, ANSI VT00 or RIPGRAPHIC. Use phone numbers (520) 533-0132 thru 0139. Login as a new user, create your own password and use it each time you login. To access the Information Systems Command Contracting Office Electronic Bulletin Board (EBBS) Modem parameters are: 1) Data rate = 1200bps to 28,800bps (Hayes Optima 28,8 V.FC Modems are used.) 2) Parity = No or None 3) Data Bits = 8 bits 4) Stop Bit = 1 bit. For WWW(Internet) and Telnet: WWW=http://138.27.160.159/index.htm; for Telnet IP = 138.27.160.159. There will be a 24 hour wait after login before you are approved to download files. Once logged onto the EBBS there is a free Windows COM program to download. The filename for the program is ISSCOBBS.EXE or .ZIP in the Main file directory. For help and/or assistance phone the SYSOP/WEBMASTER at 520-538-7751. We request usage be kept to less(0044)

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