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D -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MANAGEMENT SERVICES SOL 4TTE98RM04 POC Ruben Mendez, 404-331-0158, Contract Specialist; Richard S. Drab, 404-331-3048, Contracting Officer, FAX 404-331-1860 WEB: http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cbdsubmit.cgi, http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov. GSA has a requirement for local access service for federal agencies at the Peachtree Summit Building and the Atlanta Federal Center, Atlanta, GA, respectively. The type of service shall be ISDN PRI. The total estimated trunking requirements are approximately twenty (20) PRI circuits (460 two-way trunks) and a total of 15,000 DID numbers. The PRI circuits shall be offered via a self-healing SONET ring with physical diverse entry into the buildings. Offeror shall be responsible for interfacing the offered service with all existing system(s) equipment. Trunks shall be engineered to conform to Bellcore standards. Contractor provided equipment located on-premise shall have continuous power to include 48 VDC where needed. Number portability (if required) shall be provided at no additional cost to the Government. No number change to implement the required service shall be allowed unless proven to be in the best interest of the Government. Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, offerors are required to submit a signed copy of an interconnect agreement with BellSouth as an attachment to their initial proposal. Qualified responsible sources having the ability to furnish the above service are requested to give written notice (including telephone number and point of contact) to the acquisition office listed in this notice within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of this publication. GSA will send a solicitation package to all interested sources responding to this publication. Posted 07/22/98 (W-SN226858). (0203)

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