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D -- LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICES SOL 0-9-10-47-OD-A01 DUE 090398 POC Contracting Officer, Catia Ellsworth, 202/283-1344 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number as shown in this announcement is a Request This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number as shown in this announcement is a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-05. The Internal Revenue Service intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Ameritech for the acquisition of local telephone services for the Detroit Computing Center, Detroit, MI. The following constitutes the RFP's requirement by Contract Line Item Number: 0001, QTY 3 ea. U/P per month, Integrated Services Digital Network Prime (ISDN); 0002, QTY 3 ea. U/P per month, Digital Service 1 (DS1); 0003, QTY 3 ea. U/P per month, End User Common Line Charge (EUCL); 0004, QTY 1,400 ea. phone numbers; 0005, QTY 1, one time Installation Charge for ISDN; 0006, QTY 1 not-to-exceed amount, Usage/Service Charges, Zone/Collect Calls-Local Usage Charges per call (estimated calls per year approximately 30,000 per ISDN). The period of performance shall be for basic year plus two option years. The contract line items for the option years will be the same except for item 0005 which is a one time installation charge. The standard industrial classification code (SIC) is 4813, and the small business size standard for that SIC is 1,500. The f.o.b. point is Detroit Computing Center, Attn: Warehouse Section, 985 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48226. The contract will be a Firm-Fixed-Price with Economic Price Adjustment. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to this solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors in descending order of importance shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (2) price, and (3) past performance. Offeror(s) shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in 52.212-5 are applicable to this acquisition: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I (41 USC 253g and 10 USC 2402), (2) 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity (41 USC 423), (3) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (15 USC 637 (d)(2) and (3), (4) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (EO 11246), (5) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 USC 4212), (6) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (29 USC 793), (7) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 USC 4212), (8) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, As Amended (41 USC 351, et seq.), (9) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (29 USC 206 and 41 USC 351, et seq.), (10) 52.232-18, Availability of Funds, and (11) 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating is not applicable to this acquisition. Offer(s) due to the Contracting Officer at the address shown above by NLT 4:00 p.m. EST on the fifteenth day after the publication of this combined synopsis/solicitation. See Note 22. Posted 08/18/98 (W-SN238630). (0230)

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