Regional Telecommunications Acquisition Services (RTAS)

Added: January 28, 2008 Modified: Apr 18, 2008 9:20 amTrack Changes

The Regional Telecommunications Acquisition Services (RTAS) procurement will provide local telephone services (includes analog and digital business and Centrex lines, PBX direct inward dial (DID) numbers, and associated Primary Rate Interface (PRI) trunks) for Federal Agencies in the city or cities identified in the Region 5 six state boundary where the offeror currently sells or resells local telecommunications services to commercial customers.  The award areas will include locations currently served by the expiring Metropolitan Area Acquisition (MAA) and Regional Local Services Contracts (RLSC). 

The purpose of this amendment is 1) provide offerors with responses to technical questions and 2) amend Sections of the RFP. The due date for proposals has been changed to May 19, 2008 4:00PM CDT.

Added: January 28, 2008 Modified: Apr 04, 2008 4:50 pmTrack Changes

The Regional Telecommunications Acquisition Services (RTAS) procurement will provide local telephone services (includes analog and digital business and Centrex lines, PBX direct inward dial (DID) numbers, and associated Primary Rate Interface (PRI) trunks) for Federal Agencies in the city or cities identified in the Region 5 six state boundary where the offeror currently sells or resells local telecommunications services to commercial customers.  The award areas will include locations currently served by the expiring Metropolitan Area Acquisition (MAA) and Regional Local Services Contracts (RLSC). 

The purpose of this amendment is to notify offerors of an extension to the due date of proposals. GSA is in the process of drafting changes to the above referenced RFP. An amendment to the RFP will be issued to provide further clarifications as a result of vendor questions. The amendment is expected to be issued within ten calendar days from the date of this notice. All proposals will be due 30 calendar days from the date of the release of the forthcoming amendment. This amendment also changes the amendment number to match FEDBIZOPPS as a result of the system upgrade.

Added: January 28, 2008 Modified: March 10, 2008Track Changes Solicitation No. RTAS-RFP-08002Amemdment No. 0002

Dated March 10, 2008



The purpose of this amendment is to provide offerors with responses to the technical questions received. The closing date and time is changed to April 16, 2008 4:00CDT.



Amemded RFP documents have been incorporated in this solicitation and will be included in all contract awards made as a result of this solicitation.

Added: January 28, 2008 Modified: February 4, 2008Track Changes The purpose of this amendment is to provide a due date for all technical questions.

Offerors must submit all technical questions concerning this solicittion in writing to the Contracting Officer via mail or email by 4:00 CDT, February 15, 2008. GSA will answer questions which may affect offers in an amendment to the solicitation.

Added: January 28, 2008 A Presolicitation Notice was previously issued for this requirement under Solicitation No. RTAS0701RFP. The solicitation number has been changed to RTAS-RFP-08002.

GSA Great Lakes Region 5 is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the procurement of a telecommunications local service contract for the six states within Region 5 area to include Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.



The Government has defined two service groups: voice services and data services, with related technical support and ancillary service enabling devices. The Government?s approach to the acquisition of these services is as follows:



The Government has defined six service groups: Voice Services (VS), Circuit Switched Data Service (CSDS), Dedicated Transmission Service (DTS), Internet Access Service (IAS), Broadcast Access Service (BAS), and SONET Ring Service (SRS). Of the six service groups, there will be three mandatory services the offerors shall propose to be eligible for a RTAS award. The three services are: Voice Services, Dedicated Transmission Service, and Internet Access Service. Offerors shall provide the mandatory services to the Government and the other services where commercially available.



Summary of RTAS services are as described below. Offerors will be encouraged to propose additional commercially available services and equipment that enable, enhance, or otherwise extend their service offerings and value to the Government.



RTAS services include local access; i.e., the dedicated or switched connection from the Offerors office to the customer?s Service Delivery Point (SDP) and includes transmission. RTAS services include local access and transport, the connections between the Offerors locations serving the originating and terminating SDPs within the RTAS service area, and the IXC access, the connection between the RTAS network and the IXC?s Point of Presence (POP). The Offeror shall support IXC access by providing customer organizations the ability to choose the Government-specified Government Designated Interexchange Carrier (GDIXC)/Pre-subscribed Interexchange Carrier (PIC) for long distance services.



RTAS Services

(Note: Services may be provisioned with functional equivalents.)



Voice Services (VS)

1. Analog Business Lines.

2. Analog/Digital Centrex Lines or Centrex type service.

3. EKL (Electronic Key Line)

4. Digital ISDN Direct BRI and ISDN Centrex

5. Digital ISDN PRI PBX System Access Line

6. Analog Trunking

7. Internet Access-Dynamic DSL

8. Internet Access-Static DSL

9. T-1/DS1 Access Line

10. T-3/DS3 Access Line

11. SONET

12. Interface to the Federal Technology Service FTS2001 Network and/or subsequent contract(s) awarded as its replacement (i.e. Networx Universal and Enterprise).

13. Provide Voice Messaging Services to include Voice Mail boxes, Automated Attendants, Remote Access, and Call Processors where the service is requested.

14. Equal access to the long distance carrier selected as the inter-exchange carrier (PIC) by dialing 1 before the long distance number. The PIC selected may be a FTS2001 or Networx vendor.



Data Services (DS)

15. Circuit Switched Data Service (CSDS)

16. Dedicated Transmission Service (DTS) Pt to Pt

17. Internet Access Service (IAS)

18. Broadcast News Service

19. SONET Ring Service (SRS)