Base Telecommunications

The 49th Contracting Squadron is conducting market research and is issuing this announcement to seek potential sources who would be interested in performing Base Telecommunications System Services at Holloman AFB, NM for fiscal year 2017 (for a basic period of one (1) year and four (4) one-year option periods with an anticipated start date of October 2016). Work under the acquisition will support Holloman AFB with highly reliable telecommunications; and network, voice and data services by performing monthly Operations and Maintenance services and other services for the Base Telecommunications System (BTS) which will be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The Contractor shall perform in accordance with standards outlined in the Performance Work Statement and with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items or services, except those specified as government furnished in the Performance Work Statement, necessary to perform BTS facility operations. BTS services shall cover operational maintenance to maintain the telephone switching systems and ancillary equipment, customer premise equipment and the inside and outside cable plant. Maintenance includes maintenance and update of Telecommunications Management System databases; data administration; activation/deactivation/reactivation; fault detection/location/notification/repair/ verification; cross-connects; inventory and tracking of supplies and spares; prevention maintenance inspections, record keeping; maintenance of telephone sets, switches, station wiring and batteries and telecommunication power equipment; and contract support services. The contractor is to maintain equipment and systems in a serviceable condition or restore to serviceable condition to include inspection, periodic testing, adjustment and repair. Contractor performs disk, cartridge and tape backup of switching systems, software functions, circuit or systems data and provides directory assistance information, service orders, trouble assistance, records administration and billing as a function of switch operation. Contractor must have a fully qualified staff on base to handle all covered maintenance actions 0730-1630, Monday through Friday and have the ability to respond to emergency outages in the evenings and weekends within 2 hours. Contractor provides cable location and staking and marking; voice protection system; traffic measurement and analysis; and support to Government Engineering and Installation design review meetings and rough order of magnitude budgetary estimates; global positioning system service; manhole, hand hole and building terminal inspections. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 517110. The small business size standard is 1500 employees. IMPORTANT NOTICE: If interested, please respond with your capability statement to include recent past performance on BTS contracts, CAGE code, business size, and business type (small business, 8a, hubzone, woman owned, etc.).