Department of the Air Force, Air Mobility Command, 6th CONS, 2606 Brown Pelican Ave., MacDill AFB, FL, 33621-5000

D -- CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICE SOL F08602-00-R0002 DUE 010300 POC Debra Parent, Contracting Officer, Phone 813-828-7465, Fax 813-828-3667, Email parentd@macdill.af.mil -- Raymond Green, Contract Specialist, Phone 813-828-7031, Fax 813-828-7792, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=F08602-00-R00 02&LocID=582. E-MAIL: Debra Parent, parentd@macdill.af.mil. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, transportation, and other items and services necessary to provide common carrier cellular telephone service to MacDill AFB, FL. The contractor shall provide local, state, and nationwide and worldwide coverage for wireless telephones, with a standard 10-digit telephone number (including area code and 7-digit telephone number), compatible with nationwide dialing plans. The local coverage, at a minimum, must include the following toll free counties within the state of Florida: Hardee, Hernando, Highland, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota. The state coverage must include all counties within the state of Florida. The nationwide coverage must include the 48 contiguous states within the United States, their major metropolitan areas, and DoD installations. Roaming capability is required for continuous service within the state and nationwide coverage areas. WorldWide coverage will include ability to dial internationally. The contractor shall be a commercial carrier cellular system licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to operate i this area, which interfaces with standard commercial wire line telephone systems. The frequencies shall allow excellent signal strength for penetration of standard construction walls, windows, and other barriers, that may preclude signals from reaching the wireless telephones. Service must be provided throughout MacDill AFB and into all facilities located on MacDill AFB. The contractor shall provide, as a minimum, measured signal strength of -95 dBm or better for analogue, or Frame Eras Rate of 7 or less for digital. The contractor shall provide cellular service quality equal or greater than provided to residential or commercial area customers. The contractor shall provide airtime for cellular telephones usage on an as needed basis for an estimated 200 to 400 cellular telephone units. The contractor shall provide a usage rate comparable to, or lower than, rates offered to the most favorable commercial subscriber with usage 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. The contractor shall offer cellular dual band (analogue and digital) instruments for purchase through this contract. Digital voice service to include optional special features, such as, call restriction, call waiting, conference calling, text and numeric paging, oral communications retrieval (voice mail), caller ID, and voice service, shall be available and programmed on each government-furnished wireless telephone. The contractor shall provide repair services for government-owned cellular telephone units. Period of performance, 01 April 2000 through 30 September 2000, with four one-year option periods. Date for receipt of proposals will be on or about 03 January 2000. No telephone requests for solicitations will be honored. No paper copies of solicitation will be provided, the solicitation will be posted on the Electronic Posting System, www.eps.gov. This request is unrestricted. The SIC Code 4812 applies. All responsible sources that submit a proposal will be considered for award. Posted 11/03/99 (D-SN397506). (0307)

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