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D -- FURNISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES POC Herman Shaw, Contract Specialist, 202-205-5414 FURNISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. The U.S. Information Agency (USIA), Bureau of Broadcasting (BoB), Engineering Telecommunications Directorate (B/ET), requires, subject to availability of FY1996 funding, a Contractor to furnish domestic satellite space segment for its global satellite interconnect system (SIS), which carries critical program distribution between the Agency's offices in Washington, DC and its relay station in Delano, California. Contractor shall furnish all services on a single, geostationary satellite, that is in a stable (non-inclined) orbit, with station keeping no worse than +/-.1 Degree in both North-South and East-West drift from the satellite's designated orbital location. Contractor shall provide capacity for three (3)simplex, QPSK, 1/2 rate FEC, INTELSAT Closed Network, standard 1.544 Mb/s T1, Ku-Band carrier and appropriate guard band from Washington, DC to Delano, California. Carrier power shall be sufficient to produce an eb/no of 14 db at the Washington receive station demodulator. Contractor further shall provide capacity for one (1) simplex, QPSK, 1/2 rate FEC, INTELSAT Closed Network, standard 1.544 Mb/s T1, Ku-Band carries and appropriate guard band from Delano, California to Washington, DC. Carrier power shall be sufficient to produce an eb/no of 14 db at the Washington receive station demodulator. Contractor shall furnish RF frequencies for this service by September 1, 1995, or date of contract award (if after September 1, 1995). Contractor shall furnish T1 services by January 1, 1996. Additionally, Contractor may be required to provide simplex 6.7 Mb/s, PSK, 3/4 rate FEC, Ku-Band carriers and appropriate guard band from Washington, DC to Delano, California and from Delano, California to Washington, DC. The carrier power shall be sufficient to produce an eb/no of 14 db in both directions. The performance period for this contract is one (1)year with renewal options of up to six (6) years. All interested parties may request a copy of the request for proposal (RFP)solicitation no. IA0300-S5234619 within 15-days after publication of this notice. Request for copies of the solicitation should be made in writing to the point of contact listed above or by facsimile to (202) 205-5466. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. (0177)

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