Telecommunication System Maintenance and Repairs

See amendment 1 attached.

Questions and Answers:

1. If the battery and DC system in included?

Response: Maintenance and repairs of the Emerson NetSure 502 DC Power System and associated batteries are included in the FFP portion.

 2. Is cabling or wiring repairs from the PBX to the end users telephone included?

Response: Maintenance and repairs will include the trunk and station cabling, fused protections, terminal blocks and distribution frames from the PBX to the end users telephone in the FFP portion.

3. With regard to the disaster recovery, it is our understanding that we must meet the requirement to have parts on hand within the requirements of the Scope of Work but not to provide pricing for a fully redundant, off-site system. Please confirm.

Response: The plan should not include an offsite disaster recovery solution but rather demonstrate how the contractor would respond to a catastrophic failure and their ability to have spare parts in such an emergency.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This requirement is being issued in conjunction with FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR 13.5 Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The solicitation number is FDA1116131. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

Please see the attached combined synopsis/solicitation.