D--Local Telephone Stervice for Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem, Georgia

The NETCOM/9th Army Signal Command has a requirement for nonpersonal services for local telephone exchange services for Fort McPherson/Fort Gillem, Georgia. Fort McPhersona dn Fort Gillem are both on the initial BRAC list with the final cut due out in the Sep/Oct timeframe. Either way, the BRAC list does not affect this solicitation. The proposed contract is for a base year with four one-year options. The local exchange services provider, certified by the state of Georgia, shall provide local comm ercial communications service for Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem, GA which shall include, as a minimum but not limited to, local access for commercial subscriber lines, digital access trunks, local exchange digital (ISDN PRI) trunks, transport channels, an d directory number and number portability. All responsible sources may submit an offer that shall be considered. Sources responding to this requirement must indicate in writing, whether they are a large, small, disadvantaged and /or women-owned business. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under SIC code 4813 with size standard of 1500 employees  NAICS 517110. This requirement shall be a commercial, fixed price type contract. Solicitation is anticipated to be released on or about 09 June 2005. The solicitation can be viewed and downloaded from the Interagency Business Opportunity Page. The web address is: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/, select Contracting Opportunities Search, then ACA ITEC4-West in the Select Contract Offi ce block. For assistance with the web site, contact contact@example.gov. All questions related to this notice must be addressed in writing, fax +1 (555) 000-0000 or e-mail to the contract specialist listed below. The Government will conduct a preproposa l conference and site visit on 23 June 2005 at Bldg 205, Fort McPherson, GA. The conference will be from 9:00-10:30am (approximately) and will be followed by a site visit from 10:30 am  12:00 pm. Following the McPherson site visit, we will conduct a sit e visit at the Fort Gillem facility, approximately 1330  UTC. Offerors planning to attend are required to notify the specialist listed below, in writing, of all attendees names (not to exceed three per company) prior to 17 June 2005. An e-mail response to the specialist listed below is acceptable. Questions received prior to the conference must be received before 21 June 2005. Questions generated as a result of the preproposal conference must be received before 13 July 2005. Written responses to offe ror-generated questions will be provided to all Offerors. MAJ Leland R. Baynes Jr., Contract Specialist, +1 (555) 000-0000, e-mail: contact@example.gov .