D -- Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications

Nextel Sources Sought Notification for Contract GS-07T-03-BGD-0003. This is a sources sought synopsis. It is the Government's belief that the service described below is only available from one source under the referenced Contract. This is not a formal solicitation, but we are seeking other viable sources who can perform these same services. The Government will utilize policies contained in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 15, Contract by Negotiation, in its solicitation for the desired supplies and services. The General Services Administration, Federal Technology Services, Information Technology Acquisition Center seeks to establish sources to provide commercially available national, digital wireless enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR) equipment and services. The Contractor shall provide the following capabilities: Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) based digital cellular service, two-way digital radio service, interagency two-way radio interoperability, local, regional, and national two-way radio coverage, voice mail, text messaging, numeric paging, caller identification, all integrated into single handset. In addition, the Contractor shall provide mobile office email, PBX integration, PBX redundancy and disaster recovery, fraud protection, and digital call privacy, web-enabled account and inventory management. The wireless services shall operate digitally in the 800MHz band and offer national, real-time, full duplex voice that is interconnected with the public switched network. Two-way digital radio service shall operate in th same 800MHz band and offer private one to one communcations, talk group communcations and dynamic regrouping within a user organization. The Contractor shall provide wireless internet access through the cellular handset and access to dial-up systems by tethering the handset to a PDA, laptop, or other computing device. International cellular services shall be accessible through integrated handsets that wil operate on both iDEN and GSM systems. In addition, potential sources must have National programs that consist of an in-place billing system, sales/marketing prsonnel, and must furnish all personnel, equipment, materials, services, and facilities necessary to perform the Government requirement.Contractor shall immediately commence performance on the date of contract award. The Contractor shall provide equipment and services to Federal agencies and State and Local Governments agencies utilizing Federal funds located within the 48 continguous states,Hawaii, and Washington DC, where the contractor offers commercially available products and services. Services shall pertain to national needs shall also be required. Service providers shall offer an emergency response service consisting of personnel and equipment capable of deploying to event locations to support handsets with cellular coverage and programming for voice, packet data nad two-way digital radio featurers on currently active handset and up to 10,000 emergency use short term leased units. Deployment shall be within 4 hours of verbal notification by an authorized agency. Interested parties may identify to the Contracting Officer of their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirment with a commercial items within 30 days of the notice. Furthermore, interested parties must provide answers to the questions listed below: 1. Can you provide wireless telecommunications services and digital 2 way radio services via an iDen technology based national network? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 2. Can you provide interoperability with the Public Switched Telephone Network? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 3. Can you provide Call Detail Reporting for all units in service with minutes used divided by local and long distance, rate plan and account summary totaling all units on account? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 4. Can you provide centralized billing and reconciliation? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. Describe your ability to provide hierarchical billing and reporting. (This would be offered on-line at no cost.) 5. Can you provide centralized ordering incorporating Mail, Fax, electronic and WEB Based ordering systems? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 6. Can you accept payment by Government Credit Card? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 7. Can you provide Centralized Customer Support available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 8. Can you provide a national sales and marketing narrative force dedicated to serving the Federal Community? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 9. Can you provide the latency requirement of 1 second or less from the initiation of a 2-way radio call to the call receipt alert signal on the far end hand set? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 10. Can you provide an emergency response service consisting of personnel and equipment capable of deploying to event locations to support handsets with cellular coverage and programming for voice packet data and two-way digital radio features currently active handsets and up to 10,000 emergency use short term leased units with a deployment within 4 hours of verbal notification by an authorized agency? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 11. Do you have experience handling radio communication problems during disaster preparedness situations? ____Yes ____No. If yes, give detailed examples of these types of situations. 12. Can you provide Custom Network Solutions (CSN) design and installation if requested by a customer agency occupying new space in a federal building? ____Yes ____No. If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. 13. Can you provide on-line management of accounts including, changes of rate plans, suspension of service, restriction and removal of restriction, and deployment of government owned spare units with multiple levels of service? ____Yes ____No. If yes please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. (This would be available at no cost.) 14. Are you a Nextel reseller? ____Yes ____No. If yes, provide a copy of your contract with Nextel and a statement that the resale of Nextel products and services does not violate the terms and conditions of the agreement.