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J -- MAINTENANCE OF AT&T G3I3V TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA SOL 1434WR97SS00007 DUE 022597 POC Contracting Officer, Phyllis Yates, 415-329-4163 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) requires maintenance services for an AT&T G3i3V telephone system capable of holding 300 telephone lines and presently consisting of 186 active lines located in three buildings in Anchorage, Alaska. Maintenance includs (1) regularly scheduled preventive maintenance, (2) monitoring the USGS switch via a remote computer on a 24-hour, 7-day per week basis in order to respond to all major alarms for any shutdown within 4 hours (the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory lightningdetection system switch cannot be down at any time); (3) onsite and remote diagnostics and corrective maintenance; (4) repair of covered equipment, or replacement with identical new or AT&T-certified refurbished items or new AT&T updated items; and (5) installation, removal, and relocation of station equipment and circuitry. Contractor's technicians must be certified to work on AT&T equipment. A fixed-price type conract including up to 10 equipment moves and changes per year is contemplated. Expected performance period 4/01/97 through 3/31/98 with 4 one-year options to extend the contract for a total of not more than 5 years. All responsible firms may submit a proposl which will be (0009)

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