|
COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 10,1997 PSA#1949Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division,
Room 4210, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20229 D -- ADVANCED PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEM LINK TO AERONAUTICAL RADIO,
INC. DATA NETWORK AND SUPPORT SERVICES. POC Anthony Harvin,
202-927-1127 Notice of Intent: The U.S. Customs Service intends to
issue a purchase order to Aeronautical Radio, Inc., 2551 Riva Rd.,
Annapolis, MD 21401-7465. Customs requires a 9600 BPS line service for
the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) link to the
Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) Data Network with dial backup service.
The contractor shall provide services to include ARINC charges for
provision for circuitry, modems, associated equipment and business
lines for the Automated Manifest System (AMS) and backup service in the
event of an extended outage of circuitry to either system, and service
maintenance of the links and all equipment. The contractor shall
provide on-call maintenance during the principle period of performance
(Monday -- Friday, 8:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.). The contractor's
maintenance personnel shall arrive at Custom Service location(s) in
response to a call within a minimum of 4 hours. The contractor shall
supply all necessary parts, equipment, test equipment, etc. in support
of the maintenance services. Interested firms must reply within 15
calendar days after publication of this notice. Information received
will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to
conduct a competitive procurement. If a solicitation is issued, no
additional synopsis of intent will be posted. If no affirmative written
responses are received which demonstrate that a comparable source is
available or that is more advantageous to the Government, than an order
will be placed with Aeronautical Radio, Inc. The period of performance
for this effort will be from date of award through September 30, 1998.
No solicitation document exists for this requirement. (0281) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0032 19971010\D-0011.SOL)
D - Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunication Services Index Page
|
|