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RTAS RFP 08002

Table of Contents

Section B: Supplies or Services and Prices Section

Page 1B.1 Pricing Overview

1B.1.1 Provisions

1B.1.2 Pricing of Orders

2B.1.3 Price Categories

3B.1.3.1 Price Sensitivity

4B.1.3.2 Price Element

B.1.4 Instructions for Pricing

B.1.5 Service Prices All Inclusive

B.1.6 Organization of This Section

B.1.6.1 Voice Services and Circuit Switched Data Service, Switched Access

B.1.6.2 Voice Services and Circuit Switched Data Service, Dedicated Access

B.1.6.3 Dedicated Transmission Service (DTS)

B.1.6.4 Internet Access Service (IAS

B.1.6.5 Features

B.1.6.6 Moves Adds and Changes (MACs)

B.1.6.7 Labor and Materials

B.1.6.8 Other Charges

B.2 Organization of Pricing Columns - Pricing Tables

B.2.1 VS – CSDS Switched Access Pricing Table

B.2.2 VS – CSDS Dedicated Access Pricing Table

B.2.3 DTS- Dedicated Transmission Pricing Table

B.2.4 IAS - Internet Access Service Pricing Table

B.2.5 Feature Pricing Table

B.2.6 Moves Adds and Changes (MACS) Pricing Table 1 1 B.2.7 Labor Materials Pricing Table

B.2.8 Other Charges Pricing Table

B.2.9 Usage Pricing Table

B.3 Reserved

B.4 Inside Wiring B.5 Optional Services Proposed By Offeror

List of Tables

Table

Page Table B.1-1. Tax, Surcharge, and Fee Category Code Acronyms and Descriptions

Table B.1-2. Taxes, Surcharges, and Fees

4Table B.1-3. NPA-NXX Groups

B.1 Pricing Overview

Offerors may choose to propose on a limited selection of services, or all services, within a state or throughout the regional boundaries to be considered for an award.

This section defines the pricing structure to provide the following local telecommunications services:

1. Voice Service (VS)

2. Data Service (DS)

3. Dedicated Transmission Service (DTS)

4. Internet Access Service (IAS)

5. Broadband Access Service (BAS)

6. SONET Ring Service (SRS)

The Offeror shall provide specified price schedules for provisioning required services and features for the life of the contract.

It is the Government’s requirement to obtain price schedules for provisioning the services and related features for the Regional Telecommunications Acquisition Service (RTAS), service area identified in Section C of this document. The Offeror shall provide all prices in the CLIN format and structure provided.

This solicitation defines features that are inherent within the base price in accordance with Section C.2.2.1.3 and may not be unbundled from the base price. Refer to Table C.2-3.

B.1.1 Provisions

The Offerors that receive awards under this solicitation shall furnish all personnel, services, and equipment necessary to perform the requirements set forth in the contract. Note the nouns “provider,” “contractor,” and “vendor” are used interchangeably in this document to identify the company or companies that are awarded contracts as a result of this solicitation.

The selected portions of the Offerors proposal, dated ________, and all amendments thereto, are hereby incorporated by reference into this contract.

Section K, Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors, as signed by the Offeror on ________, is hereby incorporated by reference into this contract.

The Offerors Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan, dated ________, and all amendments thereto, are hereby incorporated by reference into this contract.

B.1.2 Pricing of Orders

All service orders under this contract shall be priced in accordance with the price schedules of this section.

The Offeror shall propose firm fixed-price schedules for all specified services and products identified in Section C for each applicable year of a four year base with four option years. The prices for services defined in the price tables shall separately identify mandatory federal, state and local taxes as defined in Section H.16 and include regulatory surcharges and fees as defined in H.27. Federal mandatory taxes, surcharges, and fees are those items which the Offeror is required by law to collect directly from its customers. The Offeror shall describe in Table B.1-1, Tax. Surcharge, and Fee Category Code Acronyms and Descriptions, and detail in Table B.1-2, Taxes, Surcharges and Fees, all such mandatory taxes, that may appear on a RTAS invoice that are in existence at the time of contract award. Offerors shall use the jurisdictional rates in existence at the time of proposal submission for all years of the contract. The Offeror shall provide a raw rate column separate from all other, surcharges, and fees for which the Offeror retains discretion in its method of cost recovery.

The service prices shall exclude all mandatory taxes. Discretionary surcharges and fees. Universal Service fund (USF), Pre-subscribed Inter-exchange Carrier Charges (PICC), and End User Common Line (EUCL) are considered part of the basic service price. Firm Fixed prices shall be entered for both Service Installation Charges (SIC) and Monthly Recurring Charges (MRC) in the tables. The taxes excluded from basic service price for these services shall be identified in the column marked “taxes.”

The column labeled “All Inclusive Total” shall reflect the total of the basic service price plus taxes. (All orders under this contract shall not exceed the prices contained in the price schedules of this Section B.

All price tables shall be effective at the time of contract award. Prices provided in the proposal shall not increase within the base period or within an option year but may increase from option year to option year. Prices may decrease at any time to reflect changes, such as the benefits resulting from applications of new technology or improved market conditions in accordance with Section H.7, Price Reductions.

All prices revised as a result of a contract modification shall become effective on the date established by the modification action. A revised pricing table(s) shall be provided, indicating the changes and reflecting the revision date. Revised pricing tables shall be provided a minimum of 30 calendar days prior to the effective date of the modification.

B.1.3 Price Categories

Table B.1-1. Tax, Surcharge, and Fee Category Code Acronyms and Descriptions

Table B.1-2. Taxes, Surcharges, and Fees

Jurisdiction

Date Cost or Value

RTAS prices fall into three general categories:

1. Basic service

2. Features

3. Other charges

Basic service is defined as that set of basic capabilities that are inherent within the base price and shall not be unbundled. Basic service prices shall consist of all access, transport, and applicable discretionary surcharges and fees. Basic service shall also include management and operations; migration and implementation; billing and reporting functions unless specified otherwise in this contract.

The Pricing Tables shall be used by the Offerors to identify the price of service and the taxes, surcharges, and fees that will be billed to the Government or Government end-user. The information provided in these tables, excluding mandatory taxes, will be considered in the evaluation of the Offerors proposal. Any other charges not included in the pricing tables and supporting documents submitted by the Offeror shall not be allowed for the term of this contract.

Features are required service functionalities that may be bundled or priced separately by the Offeror. Other charges may include, but are not limited to charges associated with changing the features assigned to a line, processing a service order request on an expedited basis, etc. The Offeror may also provide optional products and services that are within the scope of this contract but are not identified in the price tables.

The Offeror shall provide the features that are bundled within product lines. For example, features for Analog Centrex could include: Call Forwarding, Remote Call forwarding, 3 way calling. Bundled service on ISDN BRI could include: Caller ID and Multiple Call Appearances.

Charges for “Other Direct Costs” (ODCs) shall be established on an individual-case basis, in accordance with Section H.26, Other Direct Costs. Examples of ODCs include provision of services and materials to prepare sites for RTAS services and equipment. Repeated use of an ODC, for the same type of task, is prohibited and will lead to a contract modification and the establishment of a new CLIN.

B.1.3.1 Price Sensitivity

The Offeror may propose prices that are sensitive to the following factors:

1. Year. Designates the Nth year during the lifetime of the contract; i.e., N = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The Offeror may change prices on a yearly basis in the Price Proposal and may decrease prices at any time, in accordance with Section H.7, Price Reductions.

2. Time of Day. The Normal Business Day (NBD) (Offeror shall identify peak hours, e.g. 8:00am–5:00pm, Monday–Friday, Local Time), Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Outside of Normal Business Day (ONBD) specifies all other times.

3. Types of Services and Features Provided. For example, VS, DS, DTS and SRS.

4. Geographic Location

a) NPA-NXX Groups

i. The Numbering Plan Area (NPA or “area code”) and Exchange Code (“NXX”) of the serving central office or wire center shall define the location of an SDP for pricing purposes. Referring to Table J.3-1 of Section J.3.1, RTAS Numbering Plan Areas, the Offeror may partition the NPA-NXXs assigned to the RTAS service area into one to a maximum of the total number of NPA-NXX groups presently working in the Region 5 area using the format of Table B.1-3. Each NPA-NXX in the RTAS service area shall be assigned to one and only one NPA-NXX group. Entries of “NCA,” “Not Commercially Available” or “NA,” “Not Available” for other reasons, are not allowed. There shall be no local transport charge if the two buildings are in the same central office or wire center group.

ii. The Government will be able to issue service orders to serve a new Service Delivery point (SDP) or to provide new services to an existing SDP using the prices established for that NPA-NXX group.

iii. The Offeror shall inform the GSA Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) of new NPA-NXX assignments or changes to these assignments made by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator and request a contract modification to change Table J.3-1 of the contract within 30 calendar days from the time they become public knowledge. If the customer moves and the serving office changes to a new NPA-NXX group, the Offeror shall change the NPA-NXX group assignment at the time the move is completed, even if the customer’s telephone number does not change (i.e., the customer may require Local Number Portability [LNP]).

iv. The Government specifies flat-rate pricing for designated services.

v. For purposes of preparing the Price Proposal, the Offeror shall establish one set of NPA-NXX groups for the life of the contract. Changes to the NPA-NXX groups may be proposed at any time after contract award in accordance with Section H.14, New, Improved, or Additional Services. The Government reserves the right to review the appropriateness of a proposed change in NPA-NXX groups.

Table B.1-3. NPA-NXX Groups

in Group Start

Date Stop

Date Replaced

Date

B.1.3.2 Price Elements

The pricing for each service may include, unless otherwise stated, any appropriate combination of the following price elements:

1. Service Initiation Charge (SIC). This price element includes all one-time, initial charges (such as installation charges, if applicable) when a service or feature is accepted.

2. Monthly Recurring Charge (MRC). This price element allows for fixed monthly charges for basic RTAS services. The MRC shall begin on the date the service is accepted by the customer, in accordance with Section E, Inspection and Acceptance; and end on the effective service disconnect date required by the customer; and shall be prorated according to the number of days the service is available.

3. Hard Change (HC). A hard change to a line or trunk requires the dispatch of a technician to the site; e.g., when a circuit is moved to a new location at the customer’s request after it has been accepted. The cost of a HC depends on the service and the access type.

4. Soft Change (SC). A soft change to a line or trunk requires a programming change to change, add or remove a feature to complete the service order request.

5. Usage Charge. The Offeror may assess usage charges only for voice services. Usage charges shall not be sensitive to distance. Pricing shall be provided in six second increments reflected in the Pricing Tables.

6. Volume Discounts. The Offeror may provide a volume discount based on the total invoiced RTAS charges for services and usage for the month. If offered, the Offeror shall provide details on how this discount shall be determined, at the individual line level or at the customer billing account number.

7. Mandatory Taxes. Mandatory taxes are those taxes that have been imposed by a federally recognized taxing body, with jurisdiction to impose such taxes. Applicable taxes and charges have been identified in Tables B.1-1 and B.1-2. In addition, all taxes shall conform to the requirements of H.16 and be reflected in the Pricing Tables.

B.1.4 Instructions for Pricing

RTAS services shall be priced as follows: The price of installation shall be the sum of the SIC charges for local access, features, inside wiring (if required) – and discretionary surcharges and fees that the Offeror chooses to bundle with the prices of services. The Monthly Recurring Charge shall be the sum of the pricing components associated with the monthly price for local access, features and discretionary surcharges, and fees that the Offeror chooses to bundle with the prices of services.

The Offeror shall provide all prices in the format and structure provided. Although the Offeror may not propose any additional price elements not included in the formatted structure, the Offeror is not required to use each price element available. Where charges do not vary by year, time-of-day, etc., the Offerors price entries for each similar element shall be the same. Where the Offerors charges do not vary by usage, or there is no SIC or MRC or hourly charge, price entries shall be set to zero. The price items that are “not separately priced” (NSP) and are included as part of the basic service shall be identified in the price tables as “NSP.” Price items that are “not applicable” or “not allowed” are identified by the Government as “N/A.”

The Offeror is also responsible for interfacing with the Long Distance carriers in establishing and maintaining necessary arrangements such as testing services and acceptance of the correct Carrier PIC codes ordered with local service, and sending long distance traffic to the correct Carrier network.

Price items that are not “Commercially Available,” as this term is defined in Section J of the RFP, or “Not Available” from the Offeror during the contract year under consideration for other reasons shall be identified as “NCA” or “NA.” Such entries will be marked “red” in the pricing tables to remind the Offeror to provide supporting evidence in a document entitled, ” Items That Are Not Commercially Available or Not Available for Other Reasons.”

B.1.5 Service Prices All Inclusive Any service delivered under this contract, for which a price is not specifically identified by the Offeror, shall be considered to be included in the price of another item or provided at no cost to the Government. However, at the discretion of the Administrative Contracting Officer, the contract may be amended to add CLIN’s to properly deliver a product or service if there has been an omission.

B.1.6 Organization of This Section

The CLIN’s used for this RFP are comprised of ten alpha numeric characters. The first three digits indicate the service type (VS, DS, DTS or SRS), the fourth and fifth characters identify the state (IL for Illinois as an example), the sixth digit indicates the Service Delivery Point (SDP1 through 4) and the last four digits are related to the available features (switched services) or the service locations (dedicated services) for the service type required.

The pricing requirements and format for RTAS services are described in the following sections. Features and other price elements shall be priced in Pricing Table Section J-4.

The Switched Access pricing supporting voice service and circuit switched data services shall be provided by the Offeror in the Pricing Table. These charges shall apply throughout the RTAS service area.

The Dedicated Access Pricing supporting VS and DS shall be provided by the Offeror in the Pricing Table. These charges shall apply throughout the RTAS service area.

The Dedicated Transmission Service Pricing supporting DTS shall be provided by the Offeror in the Pricing Table. These charges shall apply throughout the RTAS service area.

The Internet Access Service Pricing supporting IAS shall be provided by the Offeror in the Pricing Table. These charges shall apply throughout the RTAS service area.

The SONET Pricing shall be provided by the Offeror in the Pricing Table. These charges shall apply throughout the RTAS service area.

B.1.6.1. Voice Services (VS) and Data Service (DS), Switched Access.

The following are examples of the service types with an explanation of the full CLIN.

B.1.6.1.1. Voice Services (VS)

010XX30072

This is an analog line with a SDP 3 termination of service and voice mail as a feature. This CLIN will be associated with a telephone number.

030XX30063

This is an ISDN BRI line with a SDP3 termination of service and six way conferencing as a feature. This CLIN will be associated with a telephone number.

B.1.6.1.2. Data Services (DS)

051XX10062

This is an example of T1/DS1 service with a SDP 1 termination with a shared ISDN/ PRI D channel feature.

060XX20000

This is an example of unchannelized T3/DS3 service l with a SDP 2 termination and no features.

B.1.6.2. Voice Services (VS) and Data Service (DS), Dedicated Access.

052XX10044

This is an example of T1/DS1 service with a SDP 1 termination with a DOD Outward Dialing (DOD) trunk feature.

B.1.6.3 Dedicated Transmission Service (DTS)

073XX10500

This is an example of an OC12 Concatenated SDP1 originating and terminating in NPA 224.

052XX10512

This is an example of a T1/DS1 SDP1 originating in NPA 630 and terminating in NPA 708.

All DTS types shall be priced based on access and transport at the originating and terminating NPA’s. The Pricing Tables show the NPA combinations available and provide the last four digits that will complete the CLIN for this service. There are no features on DTS service. The CLIN composition is described in section B.1.6.

Additional CLIN's will be provided by the CO as a modification to the contract. DTS (Point-to-Point) service shall be provided within the lata. Circuits outside the lata will be purchased via the FTS2001, or follow-on contract.

B.1.6.4 Internet Access Service (IAS)

030XX00205

This is an ISDN BRI line with a SDP1 termination of service providing IAS at a speed 1.54kbs.

060XX00206

This is a unchannelized T1/DS1 service with a SDP 1 termination providing IAS at a speed of 1.54 kbs.

B.1.6.5 Features

010XX0XXXX

This is the Service Initiation Charge (SIC) for an Analog Business Line for features.

010XX00010 This is the SIC for an Analog Business Line for analog directory number feature.

B.1.6.6 Moves Adds and Changes (MACS)

010XX0500

This is an Inside Move for an Analog Business Line.

010XX0501

This is an Outside Move for an Analog Business Line.

An Inside Move is defined as a change to the end user’s location within the confines of the same customer premise. An Outside Move is defined as a physical change to the end users location from one customer premise to another customer premise. A reconfiguration is defined as a software change to the end users service that does not require any physical changes to facilities.

B.1.6.7 Labor and Materials

010XX20301

This is a labor and Materials charge for an Analog Business Line SDP2 for a (4) Pair, Category 5e Cable, Termination, and Cross-Connect SDP2, 1-100ft (vertical wiring).

B.1.6.8 Other Charges

XXXXXX0400

This is a charge for COTR and COR Training.

B.2. Organization of Pricing Columns – Pricing Tables This section describes the pricing columns for each pricing table.

B.2.1 VS – CSDS Switched Access Pricing Table

Required capabilities are specified in Section C.

B.2.1.1 Installation of Service Column The installation of a service shall reflect the Firm Fixed (Base) Service Initiation Charge (SIC). This Firm Fixed (Base) SIC price is to include all related price elements to provision, install and maintain a service. All mandatory Taxes applicable to the SIC are to be separately identified for each service. The Total Inclusive SIC column is to be the summation of the Firm Fixed (Base) SIC and the mandatory taxes.

The SIC shall reflect applicable prices for access connections that terminate at the NETPOP of the building. Where the user requires an SDP closer to the desktop, other charges as identified on the Labor & Materials Pricing Table, may apply as addressed in Section C.2.1. Refer to Figure C.3-3.

B.2.1.2 Recurring Line Charge Column The Recurring Line Charge shall reflect the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price for the individual CLIN service. The price shall include all related price elements to maintain the service for the monthly service period. All Taxes applicable to the Monthly charges are to be separately identified for the individual services. The Total Inclusive Monthly Price is to reflect the summation of the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price and the Taxes on the Monthly service.

The Recurring Line Charge shall reflect applicable prices for access connections that terminate at the Network Point of Presence (NETPOP) of the building. Where the user requires an SDP closer to the desktop, other charges as identified in the Labor & Materials Pricing Table, may apply as addressed in Section C.2.1. Refer to Figure C.3-3.

B.2.1.3 Year Column The contractor shall provide unit prices for each designated contract year service.

B.2.2 VS-CSDS Dedicated Access Pricing Table

Required capabilities are specified in Section C.

B.2.2.1 Installation of Service Column The installation of a new service shall reflect the Firm Fixed (Base) Service Initiation Charge (SIC). This Firm Fixed (Base) SIC price is to include all related price elements to provision, install and maintain a new service. All mandatory Taxes applicable to the SIC are to be separately identified for each service. The Total Inclusive SIC column is to be the summation of the Firm Fixed (Base) SIC and the mandatory taxes.

The SIC shall reflect applicable prices for access connections that terminate at the NETPOP of the building. Where the user requires an SDP closer to the desktop, other charges as identified in the Labor & Materials Pricing Table, may apply as addressed in Section C.2.1. Refer to Figure C.3-3.

B.2.2.2 Recurring Line Charge Column The Recurring Line Charge shall reflect the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price for the individual CLIN service. The base price shall include all related price elements to maintain the service for the monthly service period. All mandatory taxes applicable to the Monthly charges are to be separately identified for the individual services. The Total Inclusive Monthly Price is to reflect the summation of the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price and the Taxes on the Monthly service.

The Recurring Line Charge shall include mandatory prices for access connections that terminate at the NETPOP of the building.

B.2.2.3 Year Column The contractor shall provide unit prices for each designated contract year service.

B.2.3 DTS - Dedicated Transmission Pricing Table.

Required capabilities are specified in Section C.

B.2.3.1 Originating NPA Column

Originating NPA or Service Location One, for a Point-to-Point, Dedicated Service.

B.2.3.2 Terminating NPA Column

Terminating NPA or Service Location Two, for a Point-to-Point, Dedicated Service.

B.2.3.3 Base SIC for Service Column

The Base SIC For Service shall reflect the installation of a Firm Fixed (Base) Service Initiation Charge (SIC). This Firm Fixed (Base) SIC price is to include all related price elements to provision, install and maintain, a Dedicated Transmission Service. All mandatory Taxes applicable to the SIC are to be separately identified for each service. The Total Inclusive SIC column is to be the summation of the Firm Fixed (Base) SIC and the mandatory taxes.

The SIC shall reflect applicable prices for access connections that terminate at the NETPOP of the building. Where the user requires an SDP closer to the desktop, other charges as identified on the Labor & Materials Pricing Table, may apply as addressed in Section C.2.1. Refer to Figure C.3-3.

B.2.3.4 Monthly Recurring Charge Column

The Monthly Recurring Charge shall reflect the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price for the individual CLIN service. The price shall include all related price elements to maintain the service for the monthly service period. All mandatory Taxes applicable to the Monthly charges are to be separately identified for the individual services. The Total Inclusive Monthly Price is to reflect the summation of the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price and the Taxes on the Monthly service.

The Recurring Line Charge shall reflect applicable prices for access connections that terminate at the NETPOP of the building. Where the user requires an SDP closer to the desktop, other charges as identified in the Labor & Materials Pricing Table, may apply as addressed in Section C.2.1. Refer to Figure C.3-3.

The Recurring Line Charge shall reflect the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price for the individual CLIN service.

B.2.3.5 Year Column

The contractor shall provide unit prices for each designated contract year service.

B.2.4 IAS - Internet Access Service Pricing Table

Required capabilities are specified in Section C.

B.2.4.1 Installation of Service Column

The installation of a new service shall reflect the Firm Fixed (Base) Service Initiation Charge (SIC). This Firm Fixed (Base) SIC price is to include all related price elements to activate and maintain the service. All mandatory Taxes applicable to the SIC are to be separately identified for each service. The Total Inclusive SIC column is to be the summation of the Firm Fixed (Base) SIC and the taxes. The SIC shall reflect applicable prices for activation.

B.2.4.2 Recurring Line Charge Column

The Recurring Line Charge shall reflect the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price for the individual CLIN service. The price shall include all related price elements to maintain the service for the monthly service period. All mandatory Taxes applicable to the Monthly charges are to be separately identified for the individual services. The Total Inclusive Monthly Price is to reflect the summation of the Firm Fixed (Base) Monthly price and the Taxes on the Monthly service. The Recurring Line Charge shall reflect applicable prices for maintaining the service.

B.2.4.3 Year Column

The contractor shall provide unit prices for each designated contract year service.

B.2.5 Features Pricing Table

Required capabilities are specified in Section C.

B.2.5.1 Feature Column The Feature Column denotes a feature that would be charged. “Additional directory number” is a chargeable feature.

B.2.5.2 CLIN Column The CLIN column represents the last four positions assigned for a CLIN feature. An example is CLIN XXXXXX0010 is used to designate the Additional directory number feature.

B.2.5.3 Charging Unit Column

This Column represents the designation of the applicable charging unit, per bundled feature, code, line, channel, etc. An example of a CLIN for an Additional directory number is CLIN XXXXXX0010. Another example is Billing Account codes (BAC) CLIN XXXXXX0017, with a Charging unit “per code.”

B.2.5.4 SIC For Features Install Column

The SIC for Features Installed Column represents the installation charge for features for each service line type. This Column may be applicable for all Service Types from Analog Business thru T3 Channelized Services. If the charge is not applicable to the particular service type or provided at no additional charge, the field shall be filled with “N/A.”

B.2.5.5 Monthly Recurring Charge Column.

The Monthly Recurring Column represents the total monthly charge per feature for each service line type, beginning with 010IL0XXXX (i.e. Analog Business Line in Illinois). This column may be provided for all Service Types from Analog Business thru T3 Channelized Services. If the charge is not applicable to the particular service type or provided at no additional charge, the field shall be filled with “N/A.”

B.2.5.6 Year Column

The contractor shall provide feature pricing for each designated year of service.

B.2.6 Moves Adds and Changes (MAC’s) Pricing Table Required capabilities are specified in Section C.

B.2.6.1 Charge Type Column

The Charge Column represents the move, add, and change actions that are anticipated and considered chargeable.

B.2.6.2 CLIN Column

The CLIN Column represents the contract line item number that is associated with a service type, as an example, 010ILX0500 is the CLIN for an inside move of an Analog Business Line in Illinois.

B.2.6.3 Charging Unit Column

The Charging Unit Column represents the unit applicable to each CLIN.

B.2.6.4 Price Column

The Price Column represents the total price that will be chargeable under this contract per (each) Charging unit.

B.2.6.5 Year Column

This contractor shall provide MAC pricing for each designated year of service.

B.2.7 Labor and Materials Pricing Table

Required capabilities are specified in Section C.

B.2.7.1 Charge Type Column The Charge Type Column represents the type of services anticipated and considered chargeable. An example of a Charge Type is a 4 Pair, Category 5e Cable, Termination, Cross-Connect SDP2, 1-100ft (vertical wiring).

B.2.7.2 CLIN Column The CLIN column represents the contract line item number for each Charge Type. An example of a CLIN for Labor and Materials, a 4 Pair, Category 5e Cable, Termination, and Cross-Connect SDP2, 1-100ft (vertical wiring) in Illinois is, “XXXIL20301.”

B.2.7.3 Charging Unit Column The Charging Unit Column reflects the respective unit of measure, i.e., “Each,” “Per quarter hour,” “Per foot” or “Per jack” units. A CLIN example for “On site labor initial increment (Normal Business Day) would be CLIN XXXILX0319, First ¼ hour in Illinois. “

B.2.7.4 Price Column The Price Column shall reflect the contractors total cost for each Charge Type and CLIN by Charging Unit and contract year. Prices for the necessary service enabling equipment shall be provided as a function to the delivery of the SDP.

B.2.7.5 Year Column

This Column represents the Labor and Material pricing required for each designated year of service.

B.2.8 Other Charges Pricing Table Required capabilities are specified in Section C.

B.2.8.1 Charge Type Column The Charge Column represents the specific action that is being charged, for example, COTR Training is a Charge Type.

B.2.8.2 CLIN Column The CLIN Column represents the contract line item number that is associated with a service type, as an example, XXXILX0010 is the CLIN for an Additional Directory Listing in Illinois.

B.2.8.3 Charging Unit Column

The Charging Unit Column is used to denote unit of measure for each designated charge type, i.e., each or per hour. Examples of this are COTR Training is an “each” Charging Unit and a Service Order is priced per “each” order.

B.2.8.4 Price Column

The Price Column represents the total price for each Charging Unit.

B.2.8.5 Year Column This Column represents the Other Charges pricing for each designated year of service.

B.2.9. Usage Pricing Table

B.2.9.1. Charge Type Column

The Charge Type Column identifies the required service. In this table, all service is RTAS area usage, the Offeror shall identify the usage coverage areas and the pricing related to each. The Government requires uniform pricing for usage with the broadest coverage commercially available.

B.2.9.2. CLIN Column

The CLIN column designates the contract line item number assigned for the service.

2.9.3. Charging Unit Column

The Charging Unit column has identified the unit of time to be priced.

2.9.4. Price Column

The price column is provided for the contractors to identify the total price for each six second increment of usage provided in support of RTAS services.

2.9.5. Year Column

The year column designates the contract year for which usage service shall be provided.

B.3 Reserved B.4 Inside Wiring Where the existing wiring for an order is determined unsatisfactory, the Government may request the Offeror to install the inside wiring at a price that is specified in the Pricing Table, as applicable (see Section C.2.1.2.2). Installation pertains to the vertical wiring from SDP1 (location of the main distribution frame in a building, MDF) to the Intermediate Distribution Frame (IDF) which are located on each floor of the building, including the frames, cross-connects, and terminations; and the horizontal wiring from the IDF to the RTAS SDP (from the IDF to the desktop), including IDF frames, cross-connects, and terminations on the same floor. The Pricing Table shall be used to price the connection between the designated service locations as a function of the type of wire used and the distance. The wiring shall meet the specifications of Section C.2.1.2 (Inside Wiring). The Government reserves the right to contract with a third party or to request a quote from the Offeror to do the work on an individual-case basis.

B.5 Optional Services Proposed by Offeror The Offeror may propose optional services for inclusion in the RTAS contract and provide pricing in the Pricing Table Section. These additional items will be evaluated for reasonableness but will not be included in the Offerors Total Evaluated Discounted Cost. They may, however, be incorporated into the initial contract.

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