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58 -- PURCHASE OF TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR THE OHA IN FALLS CHURCH, VA SOL SSA-RFP-97-3093 DUE 062697 POC Edwin G. Casswell Tel: (410) 965-9490 E-Mail at ed.casswell@ssa.gov WEB: Social Security Administration, http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm. E-MAIL: Social Security Administration, at ed.casswell@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a requirement for the purchase, installation and maintenance of a digital telecommunications switching system and ancillary equipment for the SSA Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA) located in Falls Church, Virginia. SSA's requirement is for a Fugitsu 9600XL or equivalent. The initial system should provide service for 1,200 lines and be expandable to 1,600 lines. The proposed contract shall provide for a year-warranty with 6 one-year option periods for optional equipment, services and maintenance support. Maintenance support shall include a full time (eight hours per day -- 40 hours per week) on-site technician at the OHA who is highly skilled in technical project management and technically certified by the equipment manufacturers to perform the required engineering, installation and maintenance services on all installed telecommunications equipment awarded thru this contract. The contractor shall provide engineering, labor, wiring, installation, on-site spare parts, documentation and training for all system and station hardware, software, firmware growth and equipment rearrangements (moves, adds and changes) at the OHA over the term of the contract. Only written requests for solicitation number SSA-RFP-97-3093 will be accepted within 15 days from the date of this publication. This solicitation is also available for download in electronic form on SSA's Internet Home Page at URL "http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm", and also on the SSA Acquisition Data and Information Exchange (SADIE) Bulletin Board System. Dial (410) 966-4889 within the Baltimore, Maryland area or 1-800-SSA-SELL for access. Set your modem to 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (8-N-1), full duplex, and VT-100 or ANSI terminal emulation. Further instructions are available online. For technical assistance, call the Sysop at (410) 965-9506. The RFP is scheduled for release on or about June 3, 1997 with proposals due by June 26, 1997. The Government will consider all offers from responsible sources. See Note 12. (0140)

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