USDA Forest Service, P&P, Room 706 RP-E, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090

58 -- LAND MOBILE FM RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT DUE 022798 POC H. Laurie Lewandowski WEB: Internet address where solicitation can be downloaded., http://www.fs.fed.us. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, Laurie.Lewandowski/wo@fs.fed.us. The draft Schedules of Items and Specifications for Land Mobile FM Radio Communications Equipment (RADIOS) and Land Mobile FM Radio Communications Equipment (REMOTE CONTOLS) are available on the Forest Service homepage on the Internet for your review and comment. Upon request, they may also be obtained hardcopy from the office listed in this synopsis. The two solicitations (a small business set-aside and a non-set-aside) will be issued in early March 1998, and will be available on the Forest Service homepage on the Internet and upon request, as hardcopy from the office listed in this synopsis. To find the Forest Service draft Radio Solicitations on the Internet follow these instructions: 1. Use your browser to open the URL address http://www.fs.fed.us/ which will put you at the Forest Service homepage. 2. Select the topic "What's New" from the Forest Service homepage. 3. Select the link "Request for Comments, Radio Contracts". 4. You are now on the Forest Service National Radio Contracts page. 5. Select any of the five topic links or the printing instructions link. 6. The various links within the five topics will take you to the different sections of each topic. 7. The Home link in the documents will take you back to the Forest Service National Radio Contracts page. 8. Print, Save As, or Download ALL of the documents you need for this solicitation. NOTE: The narrowband specifications and wideband specifications within the RADIOS Minimum Standard Specifications are separate documents. The configurations within the RADIOS Schedule of Items is also a separate document. If you need these documents, Print, Save As, or Download them also. These documents are provided to you to indicate the type of equipment planned for purchase and to solicit comments prior to the solicitation. Hardcopy comments will be accepted until February 16, 1998, and should be sent to: USDA -- Forest Service Attention: Ralph Flora IRM, Room 808 RP-E 1621 N. Kent Street Arlington, VA 22209 Equipment offeredto the Forest Service must be on our Qualified Products List prior to the closing date of the solicitation. Therefore, prospective offerors should plan to submit equipment for evaluation not later than February 27, 1998. Evaluation and testing takes a minimum of two weeks for each piece of equipment. All shipments of sample equipment submitted for evaluaiton shall be coordinated with Ralph Flora at (703) 235-2944 prior to shipment. All required test adaptors and connectors and a maintenance manual shall be provided with the equipment. H.LAURIE LEWANDOWSKI, Contracting Officer (0023)

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