J -- MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, AND RECURRING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR BASE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AT GRAND FORKS AFB ND

Notice Date

January 31, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 38 EIG/PK, 4064 Hilltop Road, Tinker AFB, OK, 73145-2713

ZIP Code

73145-2713

Solicitation Number

F34608-01-R-0004

Response Due

March 23, 2001

Point of Contact

David Hines, Contract Specialist, Phone (405) 734-9777, Fax (405) 734-9220, Email david.hines@tinker.af.mil

E-Mail Address

David Hines (david.hines@tinker.af.mil)

Description

The 38 EIG/PKL, Contracting office has a requirement for vendors to provide nonpersonal services for operations, maintenance and recurring support services of the Base Telecommunications System (BTS) for Grand Forks AFB ND. The proposed contract is for a base period and four option periods totaling approximately 60 months. The services would include providing all personnel, equipment, parts, material, tools, operation and maintenance documentation and any other items and services necessary to perform operations and maintenance of the Base Telecommunications System (BTS), Grand Forks AFB ND. Perform operations and maintenance on switching systems, transmission equipment, ancillary equipment, auxiliary equipment, customer premise equipment, and the inside and outside cable plant. Switching equipment consist of a Dial Central Office (DCO) Switching System. The DCO switch is a Lucent Technologies Definity G3R software MLPP and located in Building 102 at Grand Forks AFB ND. The DCO switching is comprised of seven (7) cabinets and modules, approximately assigned 5,000 lines, 4900 Analog, 100 Digital and equipped for 6000 ports, and software version R7. Command post Lucent RST located at Building 607. The RST is comprised of one (1) cabinet and modules, approximately 608 Analog, 168 Digital ports. Lucent Definity ECS, located in Hospital Building 109. Which is approximately 336 Analog ports, 48 Digital ports, 3 DS-1, and software version G3V6i.03.2..239.7, and a Lucent System 75 located in Building 306, room 102. It is approximately 32 digital ports. The proposed contract is 100% small business set-aside. Only offers from firms certified as small businesses will be considered. All responsible domestic offerors may submit proposals. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under NAIC 811212 with size standard of $18,000,000.00. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in this solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Joseph Magnone, at (781) 377-5106. The solicitation will be issued (available to download) approximately 21 Feb 01. Deadline for receipt of bids will be 30 days after solicitation issue. DO NOT request a hard copy of this solicitation. The RFP will be paperless and will be released using the Electronic Posting System (EPS) via the www (www.eps.gov). The RFP will contain files in MS Word 7.0 and MS Excel 7.0. l

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