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99 -- NETWORKING SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT SOL CAFP-97-0011 DUE 013197 POC Ernest Woodson, (202) 501-1400. The General Services Administration (GSA) is hosting its fourth and final networking session for the purpose of enhancing subcontracting opportunities for small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses for the Telecommunications Management procurement and the POST-FTS2000 acquisition. Additional networking sessions may be conducted for the Technical support procurement of the acquisition. The FTS2000 program is the voice/data communications system for the Federal government. Connecting potential prime contractor and interested large businesses include, AT&T Government Markets, Bell Atlantic Federal Systems, Bell South Corporation, The Boeing Company, Computer Sciences Corporation, EDS Government Services, IBM Government Systems, Government Systems, Inc., MCI, GTE Government Services, IBM Government Systems, Sprint-Government Systems Division, and TRW Systems Integration Group. The estimated dollar value for the procurement is $25 billion. It is anticipated that approximately 5 prime contracts and up to 80 subcontracts will be awarded under this procurement. The networking sessions will allow the proposed competing prime contractors, interested large businesses, and several groups of small, minority, and women-owned businesses the opportunity to come together and exchange business interest with the hope of establishing a contracting relationship under the POST-FTS2000 acquisition. Subcontracts currently in place under the existing FTS2000 contracts include: Local networking arrangement, implementation and maintenance; Data capture/processing; Word processing; Business information analysis; Training programs; ADP, networking, and telecommunications support; Communication installation and wiring; System integration support application systems; Systems engineering and integration. To ensure that the potential prime contractors and the small business representatives have effective communications for establishing partnerships, only the first 80 small businesses to register will be allowed to participate in this networking session. Only one representative from each firm will be admitted. Representatives that attended prior sessions are welcome to participate in this final event. The fourth networking session is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., January 31, 1997, at The Holiday Inn Central, 1501 Rhode Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005. If hotel accommodations are necessary for the event, please contact the Holiday Inn at (202) 797-1078. For your convenience, the Holiday Inn will provide complimentary van transportation from the McPherson Square Metro Station (White House Exit) every half hour from 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., and an afternoon drop off during the event. There is no charge for this event. If you wish to participate in the networking session, contact Ernest Woodson at (202) 501-1400 or FAX to (202) 208-5938, no later than c.o.b., January 29, 1997. (0010)

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