J -- Operations and Maintenance Services Base Telecommunications System, McConnell AFB KS

The 38th Engineering Installation Group/PKL, Contracting Division, has a requirement for non-personal services for operations, maintenance and recurring support services of the Base Telecommunications Systems (BTS) at McConnell AFB KS. A Pre-Proposal Conference is tentatively set for the week ending 12 May 2006. The proposed contract is for a base year of 12 months with four one-year options. Contractor shall perform operation and maintenance on the switching system(s), transmission equipment, ancillary equipment, customer premise equipment (CPE), and the inside and outside cable plant and perform recurring support services. The Dial Central Office Voice Switching System is a Nortel Meridian 1 Option 81C, with software Release 3.0 The system is equipped for approximately 7000 Trunk ports with approximately 5,500 lines assigned. Foreign participation is permitted only at the subcontractor level. Copies of the solicitation will be provided to foreign firms only in order that they may pursue subcontracting opportunities. This acquisition is competitively set aside 100% for small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns. For this acquisition, a concern will be considered small under North American Classification System (NAICS) code 517110 with Size Standard 1,500 employees. 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. An ESC Ombudsman has been appointed to consider and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. Before consulting the Ombudsman, concerned parties should first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the Contracting Officer for resolution. In addition, AFFARS Clause 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman, will be included in this acquisition's solicitation and contract. The ESC Ombudsman is the ESC Director, Commander's Staff, and can be contacted at: ESC/DS, Bldg 1606, 9 Eglin St, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731, Telephone +1 (555) 000-0000, Facsimile +1 (555) 000-0000; E-mail contact@example.gov. No telephone request for the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be accepted. The RFP will be paperless and will be released using FebBizOps via (www.fbo.gov). The RFP will contain files in MS Word 2000 and MS Excel 2000. Do not request any documents in writing. A registration page for the solicitation will be available at the solicitation Web page. All offerors who wish to participate in this solicitation must complete the registration page, which places them on the solicitation source list. Offerors should submit all questions or comments relative to the solicitation electronically only to the Contracting Officer listed above; no other format will be considered or accepted. All information pertaining to this acquisition, including technical (or other) questions and answers will be provided to/through the Contracting Officer ONLY to ensure equal distribution of information to interested parties via FedBizOps. All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the proposal preparation instructions in Section L of the solicitation. Vendors are required to be registered in Central Contractor Registration (http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp).