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RFP 9Q0TDBNS200 Local Services Acquisition (LSA) for the State of California

Dial-tone Infrastructure Procurement System (DIPS) for the Tri-State Region of Washington, Oregon and Idaho

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

GS-10F-12-LP-R-0002

Kimberlee Wallentine, Senior Contracting Officer General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service Acquisition Solutions Division (AQSAG) 400 – 15th Street SW Auburn, WA 98001-6599 Phone: 253-931-7183 Email: kimberlee.wallentine@gsa.gov

GSAM 552-219-71 NOTICE TO OFFERORS OF SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REQUIREMENTS (JUNE 2005) The General Services Administration (GSA) is committed to assuring that maximum practicable opportunity is provided to small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns to participate in the performance of this contract consistent with its efficient performance. GSA expects any subcontracting plan submitted pursuant to FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, to reflect this commitment. Consequently, an offeror, other than a small business concern, before being awarded a contract exceeding $500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction), must demonstrate that its subcontracting plan represents a creative and innovative program for involving small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns as subcontractors in the performance of this contract.

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General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service - Northwest/Arctic Region 10 Acquisition Solutions Division (AQSAG)

RFP GS10F12LPR0002 Dial-tone Infrastructure Procurement System (DIPS)

Solicitation No. GS-10F-12-LP-R-0002 A-1

A.1 Request for Explanation of Information

Questions raised during the pre-proposal conference shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer, Ms. Kimberlee Wallentine, (kimberlee.wallentine@gsa.gov) with copy to Mr. Frank Parker (frank.parker@gsa.gov) within five (5) workdays following the conference. Offerors shall submit all other inquires related to this Request for Proposal (RFP), herein also referred to as “the Solicitation”, in writing to the afore identified personnel not later than ten (10) workdays prior to proposal due date. Offerors are hereby advised that any inquiries received after this cut-off date may not be answered due to time constraints. The decision whether to respond to questions and requests for clarifications made after that date shall be at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer. This Solicitation will remain unchanged unless it is specifically amended in writing. All amendments will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) website. If an amendment is issued, Offerors shall acknowledge the amendment in submitted proposals by acknowledging the amendment in Block 14, on the SF 33.

A.2 Solicitation Copies

This is an all-electronic Solicitation release including Amendments. No paper copies of the Solicitation (or any Amendments) will be provided. The RFP and any associated amendments will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at: www.fbo.gov. Offerors are responsible for downloading all required documents from the FBO websites. Hard copies will not be made available.

A.2 Pre-proposal Costs.

This Solicitation does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of the initial and any subsequent proposals or for any costs incurred prior to execution of a formal contract. Stipends for proposal costs incurred shall not be paid by the Government.

A.4 Pre-proposal Conference A pre-proposal conference for this Solicitation has not been scheduled. If any conference is schedule, notification will be posted via an amendment on the www.fbo.gov website.

A.5 Proposal Due Date All proposals provided in response to this Solicitation are due at the address shown in Block 8 on the attached Standard Form 33 no later than Friday, November 18, 2010, at 10:00 AM local time. Proposal packages shall consist of one original hard (paper) copy, five (5) hard copies, and five (5) electronic copies (on CD-ROMs).

A.6 Standard Form (SF) 33

RFP 9Q0TDBNS200 Local Services Acquisition (LSA) for the State of California

All proposals shall include a completed SF 33 (see next page).

Solicitation No. GS-10F-12-LP-R-0002 ( A-

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