SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Digital Wireless Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio Equipment and Services
- Notice Date
- 5/13/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), Solutions Development Center (7TS), 819 Taylor Street, Room 11A30, Fort Worth, TX, 76102
- ZIP Code
- 76102
- Solicitation Number
- 7TS-02-0001
- Response Due
- 5/29/2002
- Archive Date
- 6/13/2002
- Point of Contact
- James Brown, Contracting Officer, Phone (817) 978-8374, Fax (817) 978-0095, - Patricia Renfro, Contracting Officer, Phone (817) 978-0026, Fax (817) 978-0095,
- E-Mail Address
-
jim.brown@gsa.gov, patricia.renfro@gsa.gov
- Description
- This is a sources-sought synopsis. 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 equipment and services. The wireless carrier shall provide the following capabilities: iDEN based digital cellular service, two-way digital radio service, interagency two way radio interoperability, national two way radio coverage, voice mail, text messaging, numeric paging, caller identification, mobile office email, PBX integration, PBX redundancy and disaster recovery, fraud protection, and digital call privacy, web-enabled account and inventory management all integrated into a single handset. The wireless services shall operate digitally in the 800MHz band and offer national, real-time, full duplex voice service that is interconnected with the public switched network. Two way digital radio service shall operate in the same 800MHz. band and offer private one to one communications, talk group communications and dynamic regrouping within a user organization. In addition, potential sources must have National programs that consist of an in-place billing system, sales/marketing personnel, furnish all personnel, equipment, materials, services, and facilities necessary to perform the Government requirement. It is the Government's belief that the services described above is only available from one source. This is not a formal solicitation. The Government will utilize policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, in its solicitation for the desired supplies and services. Interested parties may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. Furthermore, interested parties must provide answers to the questions listed below. 1. Can you provide wireless telecommunications services and digital 2way 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 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. 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 a 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 force dedicated to serving the Federal Community? ___ Yes ___ No If yes, please provide a detailed narrative on how you can meet this requirement. The response must be received by May 29, 2002. The Government shall make the final determination of the best method of acquisition. Interested parties must submit the above information to Jim Brown, Contracting Officer, General Services Administration, FTS, 819 Taylor Street, Room 11A30, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. You may e:mail your response to jim.brown@gsa.gov. Oral communication or fax responses will not be accepted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: N/A
- Record
- SN00076070-W 20020515/020513213346 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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