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D -- LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR MARCH ARB, CA 92518-2166 SOL F34608-98-R-5018 DUE 040398 POC 2d Lt Owen Stephens (405) 734-9297 or CONTRACTING OFFICER, John F. Summers (405)734-9759 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP., http://sirius.eiw38.af.mil/contracting/bus_opp.htm. The 38 Logistics Squadron has a requirement for nonpersonal services for local telephone exchange services for March ARB, CA. The proposed contract is for five years. The local exchange service provider certified by California PUC shall provide local commercial communications service for March ARB, CA. Local communications service shall include, as a minimum but not limited to, local access for commercial business lines, analog subscriber lines, analog and digital trunks, foreign exchange access lines and trunks, transport channel services, directory number and number portability, emergency 9-1-1 service, operator and directory assistance, local and Intra-LATA access, and interconnection with Inter-LATA exchange carrier. Competition is open to domestic and foreign sources. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered. Sources responding to this synopsis must indicate, in writing, whether they are large, small, disadvantaged and/or a women-owned businesses. For this acquisition, aconcern will be considered small under SIC 4813 with size standard of 1500 employees. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Col Lee H. Hughes, ESC/CX, Director, Commander's Staff,(617) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. In order to be eligiblefor award of this Request for Proposal (RFP), offerors may be required to have a Basic Agreement with this office. The RFP for this solicitation and the Basic Agreement documents may be viewed and downloaded from the 38 EIW website address http://sirius.eiw38.af.mil/contracting/bus_opp.htm. This site is a secure site and requires a browser which supports a secure socket layer for access. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. If you encounter problems accessing our web site, call Jim Hardin at (405) 734-9578 or Sam Cochran at (405) 734-9395. (0063)

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