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D -- SCHEDULE FOR RELEASE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT (TMS) CONTRACT(S) SOL TQC-TB-96-0003 DUE 010297. POC Trudi Cassaday Bailey, Contracting Officer, (703) 610-2807. The Federal Government currently satisfies its intercity telecommunications requirements through the Federal Telecommunications Systems 2000 (FTS2000) contracts. The existing FTS2000 contracts will expire in 1998. To provide technical and management support services for Federal Telecommunications Service (FTS) customers, the Government intends to release the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Technical and Management Support (TMS) contract(s) on or about November 1, 1996. Proposals will not be accepted later than 2:00 p.m. EST on January 2, 1997. The TMS solicitation will contain the following provision: ``The first award(s) will be made to the offeror(s), large or small, determined to provide the best value to the Government all factors considered. Next, if the Government receives two or more responsive offers from small business firms and/or two or more responsive offers from 8(a) firms, separate evaluations will be conducted for the small business firms and separate evaluations will be conducted for the 8(a) firms, and the small business and/or 8(a) proposals determined to provide the best value to the Government may receive one award each. Please note, however that the Government reserves the right not to make any award that is not in the best interest of the Government.'' The RFP will be available electronically on the Internet on or about November 1, 1996. This on-line RFP document will be available in Microsoft Word 6.0 version that will contain the document with all imbedded graphics and formatting. You may retrieve the RFP via the Internet's World Wide Web, at the following site: http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov. In addition to on-line retrieval, the RFP will be available on 3.5 inch PC formatted diskettes in Microsoft Word 6.0 format and will be automatically sent to interested parties who have previously requested to be placed on the Bidders Mailing List. Interested parties who have previously requested to be placed on the Bidders Mailing List need not reapply. Other requests should include: RFP number, name of requester and/or firm name, address, telephone number, FAX number, Internet e-mail address, DUNS number and business size for Standard Industrial Code 4813 (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned, 8(a), etc.) Requests should be forwarded to the attention of Trudi Bailey, RFP TQC-TB-96-0003 at the General Services Administration, c/o Mitretek Systems, Inc., 7525 Colshire Drive, Mailstop Z397, McLean, VA 22102-7400. Only one RFP diskette will be sent to any one address. Interested parties are advised that the Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) for both the Telecommunications Services (TS) Request for Proposal, RFP TQC-BN-96-0002 (the draft of this solicitation was released in August, 1995 as KEF-BN-95-000A) and the TMS Request for Proposal, TCQ-TB-96-0003 (the draft of this solicitation was released in August, 1995 as KEF-TB-95-000B) will be SIC 4813. In order to prevent unfair competitive advantaged, the conflict of interest clause for the TMS provides that the prime contractor for TMS shall not be the prime contractor on any other procurement for which it provides assistance. (285)

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