Department of Veterans Affairs (381), Austin Automation Center, 1615 E. Woodward St., Austin, TX 78772

D -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL 200-22-98 POC Gregory S. Hamberg, (512) 326-6031 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Bell Atlantic Federal Systems, Washington D.C., for continuing service in support of our current 10-megabit, Ethernet connections provided by Bell Atlantic's Fiber Distributed Interface Network Service. To the best knowledge of the VA, Bell Atlantic is the sole provider of this specific architecture/service in the Washington, D.C. area. Any vendor responding to this request shall provide evidence that they can provide the service described, in the Washington, D.C. area. This evidence must be detailed enough to allow the VA to determine the possibility of the respondant submitting a valid proposal. The determination to compete this requirement based on responses received, is soley within the discretion of the Government. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopses wil be published. All responses must be submitted in writing within 15 calendar days of publication of this notice. Written responses may also be faxed to (512) 326-6028. Posted 08/14/98 (W-SN237323). (0226)

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