Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg WV 26101-5312

70 -- INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER SOL BPD 96-CI-0008 DUE 050296 POC Point of Contact, Wayne Jeffers, 304-480-6529, Contracting Officer, Tammie S. Johnson, 304-480-6465. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is BPD 96-CI-0008. This solicitation is being issued as a request for proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-37. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code is 7379, the small business size standard is $18.0 million. STATEMENT OF WORK: 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Department of the Treasury, has a need for Internet Service Provider (ISP) services for Public Debt offices in Parkersburg, WV, Washington, DC, and Savings Bond Marketing Offices (SBMO) located throughout the continental United States, as listed at Attachment A. This section describes the minimum mandatory requirements for the required services. 2.0 BACKGROUND BPD, Office of Automated Information Systems (OAIS), Division of Communications (DOC), has a requirement to provide information to Public Debt customers via the Internet. The primary connection will be to a World Wide Web (WWW) server located in Parkersburg, WV with connections to the Washington, DC offices and SBMO location throughout the continental U.S. This service will give BPD the capability of providing information concerning the public debt to customers nationwide. 3.0 REQUIRED SERVICES MANDATORY MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS SERVICE REQUIREMENTS: 1. T1 bandwidth from the termination point (Point of Presence) at the ISP to the BPD Parkersburg, WV location with the capability of upgrading to multiple T1 connections or a fractional T3 connection, 2. Dedicated connection, 3. T3 bandwidth from the proposed POP through the provider's network to the internet, 4. Redundant routing links to other Internet routing nodes from the POP, 5. Shall provide T1 carrier link and terminal equipment, i.e. DSU/CSU. BPD will interface its Data Communications Equipment (DCE) into the ISP's DSU/CSU at customer's location, 6. Supply an extended DEMARK in Room 105-1, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV. The exact location within Room 105 will be identified by the Division of Communications (DOC) upon time of installation, 7. Capability to provide local dial-up access to the U.S. cities listed on Attachment A, 8. Access to Public Debt's Web Servers from Public Debt customers internationally and throughout the continental United States, 9. Provide Domain Names Services (DNS) including registering Public Debt's domain name, 10. Provide primary and secondary DNS, 11. Provider shall advertise the web site by posting to major internet index sites, 12. Provide two (2) Class C addresses, 13. Internet Protocol (IP) service, 14. Frame relay, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS: 1. 99% access link availability - 24 hour 7 day a week service, 2. Correct any service problems 24 hours a day, 7 days a week within six (6) hours after Government notification that a service problem exists, 3. Provide 48 hours advance notice of any planned changes that would impact Public Debt's service, 4. Shall be responsible for service and repairs up to the DSU/CSU, 5. Notify BPD of network failures and provide problem status information. SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS: 1. Telephone support 24 x 7 from an ISP operations center, 2. Provide upon request traffic/packet transmission reports for security or statistical analysis, 3. Be available to work with Public Debt to trap, log, and assist in detecting and tracking specific transmissions, 4. Assist in incident reporting to the computer emergency response team (CERT), if required by BPD, OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS 1. Upgrade of T1 bandwidth to multiple T1 connections or a fractional T3 connection. TERM OF CONTRACT The term of the contract is date of award for a one-year base period with five (5) one-year options. Attachment A: 1. Jacksonville, FL 2. Miami, FL 3. Tampa, FL 4. Birmingham, AL 5. Jackson, MS 6. Knoxville, TN 7. Nashville, TN 8. Hartford, CT 9. Portland, ME 10. Chicago, IL 11. Cleveland, OH 12. Columbus, OH 13. Cincinnati, OH 14. Dallas, TX 15. Houston, TX 16. San Antonio, TX 17. Golden, CO 18. Albuquerque, NM 19. Wichita, KS 20. Detroit, MI 21. Indianapolis, IN 22. Greensboro, NC 23. Charlotte, NC 24. Greenville, SC 25. Los Angeles, CA 26. San Diego, CA 27. Alameda, CA 28. San Jose, CA 29. Phoenix, AZ 30. Minneapolis, MN 31. Milwaukee, WI 32. West Trenton, NJ 33. New York, NY 34. Albany, NY 35. Pittsburgh, PA 36. Philadelphia, PA 37. St. Louis, MO 38. Kansas City, MO 39. New Orleans, LA 40. Oklahoma City, OK 41. Bellevue, WA 42. Portland, OR 43. Chevy Chase, MD 44. Baltimore, MD 45. Norfolk, VA 46. Richmond, VA 47. Roanoke, VA 48. Washington, DC. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Oct 1995), applies to this acquisition, as addenda to 52.212-1, this solicitation will result in a single contract award, offerors should include with the offer a map showing each point of presence including the circuit types/speeds, bandwidth, redundancy, and number of interconnections proposed, and a firm proposal as to the number of calendar days after award which will be required to complete delivery and installation. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Oct 1995), applies to this acquisition, the following factors, listed in descending order of importance shall be used to evaluate offers: Price, Past Performance, Types of Circuits Offered in Each Location Listed in Attachment A, and Timeliness of Proposed Delivery and Installation. Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to price. NOTE: Pricing for sites on Attachment A not included in the offeror's current structure shall be priced separately. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Oct 1995), with the offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (Oct 1995), applies to this acquisition, as an addendum thereto: 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 1989), (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within the final 60 days of each contract period, provided, that the Government shall give the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option provision. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed six years. ENGINEERING CHANGES a) After contract award, the Government may solicit, and the Contractor is encouraged to independently propose, engineering changes to the service specifications. These changes may be proposed to save money, to improve performance, to save energy, or to satisfy increased data processing requirements. However, if proposed changes relating to improved performance are necessary to meet increased data processing requirements of the user, those requirements shall not exceed the contract requirements by more than twenty-five (25) percent. If the proposed changes are acceptable to both parties, the Contractor shall submit a price change proposal to the Government for evaluation. Those proposed engineering changes that are acceptable to the Government will be processed as modifications to the contract. b) As a minimum, the following information shall be submitted by the Contractor with each proposed change to the contract: 1) A description of the difference between the existing contract requirement and the proposed change, and the comparative advantages and disadvantages of each, 2) Itemized requirements of the contract which must be changed if the proposal is adopted, and the proposed revision to the contract for each change, 3) An estimate of the changes in performance and cost, if any, that will result from adoption of the proposal, 4) An evaluation of the effects the proposed change would have on collateral costs to the Government, such as Government-furnished property costs, costs of related items, and costs of maintenance and operation, and 5) The order to adopt a proposed change must be issued within an established time frame so as to obtain the maximum benefits of the changes during the remainder of this contract. Any effect on the contract completion time or delivery schedule shall be identified. c) Engineering change proposals submitted to the Contracting Officer shall be processed expeditiously. The Government shall not be liable for proposal preparation costs or any delay in acting upon any proposal submitted pursuant to this clause. The Contractor has the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, any engineering change proposal not accepted by the Government within the period specified in the engineering change proposal. The decision of the Contracting Officer as to the acceptance of any such proposal under this contract shall be final and shall not be subject to the ''Disputes'' clause of the contract. d) The Contracting Officer may accept any engineering change proposal submitted pursuant to this clause by giving the Contractor written notice thereof. This written notice may be given by issuance of a modification to this contract. Unless and until a modification is executed to incorporate an engineering change proposal under this contract, the Contractor shall remain obligated to perform in accordance with the terms of the existing contract. e) If an engineering change proposal submitted pursuant to this clause is accepted and applied to the contract, an equitable adjustment in the contract price and in any other affected provisions of this contract shall be made in accordance with this clause and other applicable clauses of this contract. f) The Contractor is requested to identify specifically any information contained in the engineering change proposal which the Contractor considers confidential and/or proprietary, and which the Contractor prefers not be disclosed to the public. The identification of information as confidential and/or proprietary is for information purposes only and shall not be binding on the Government to prevent disclosure of such information. Contractors are advised that such information may be subject to release upon request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (Jan 1996), applies to this acquisition, the following FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to this acquisition: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402), (2) 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity (41 U.S.C. 423), (3) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (15 U.S.C. 637 (d)(2) and (3)), (6) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246), (7) 52.222- 35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212), (8) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C. 793), (9) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212), (17) 201-39.5202-3, Procurement Authority (FIRMR). This acquisition is being conducted under a specific agency delegation of GSA's exclusive procurement authority for FIP resources. The specific GSA DPA case number is (not applicable). Offers are due at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, May 2, 1996. Mailed offers should be addressed to Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, Room 207, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101-5312, handcarried offers should be deposited in the bid box in the front lobby of the 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV, building. (0107)

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