Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Office of Information Technology, Technology Policy, Planning and Acquisitions Office, IT Contracting, 1 Columbus Circle NE, Room 3-170, Washington, DC 20544

D -- DIAL TONE SERVICES FOR BROOKLYN NY SOL USCA-00-R-004 DUE 110899 POC Andrew Casey (718) 260-2398 or Terrie Callahan (202) 502-2330 The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the Courts) is seeking to purchase and have installed, local dial tone and trunk services with digital and analogue facilities at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY. The Courts have an NEC NEAX2400 ICS PBX installed in the courthouse. The specified DSI facilities with the digital trunks shall be connected to the new PBX telephone system to provide local, regional, and long-distance dial tone service for the Courts. The Contractor shall provide local loop, local transport, and local access services to the specific service offering. This includes Intra-LATA transport services for connectivity between the Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) central offices (CO), toll offices, Inter-Exchange carriers, and the Federal Government's FTS2001 Network. The service delivery point for PBX trunking services shall be the standard carrier/user demarcation point or network side of an on- premises, Private Branch Exchange (PBX). A firm-fixed-price type of contract, with a base year and four optional renewal years, is anticipated as a result of this acquisition. All requests for the solicitations must be in writing, followed by a mailed copy to the U.S. District Court, 225 Cadman Plaza Section, Brooklyn, NY 11201-1818, Attn: Andrew Casey. Telephone requests will not be honored. Requests may be faxed to (718) 260-2396, Attn: Andrew Casey. For further information regarding this solicitation notice, please contact Andrew Casey at (718) 260- 2398 or Terrie Callahan at (202) 502-2330. Posted 10/07/99 (W-SN389982). (0280)

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