D -- JHITS Presolicitation Notice

The contract involves an amendment to the original presolicitation notice for the Joint Hawaii Information Transfer System (JHITS), which updates the anticipated release date of the Request for Proposal (RFP) from June 3, 2005, to June 8, 2005. All other details of the original notice remain unchanged. The JHITS project is a telecommunications service acquisition intended to provide comprehensive inter- and intra-base telecommunications for the Department of Defense in Hawaii, delivering both voice and data transport services to the DOD and other authorized agencies within the state. The formal RFP will be published on the JHITS website, and interested offerors must register on the site to access the solicitation documents. The contract is managed by the Department of Defense through the Ditco-pac office located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The solicitation carries the number HC1019-04-R-0008 and falls under the NAICS code 517110, which pertains to telecommunications. Key points of contact for this solicitation are Contract Specialists Angela M. Margin and Lois A. Noneza, who can be reached via email or phone for registration and other inquiries. The contract focuses on securing provider services for switched and dedicated telecommunications transmission to support defense operations in Hawaii.