United States Department of State, Diplomatic Telecommunications Service-PO, 3920 Pender Drive, Fairfax Center, VA 22030

D -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITRY SOL SDTSPO-96-B-0051 DUE 080996 POC Victor A. White, Contracting Officer, 703-302-7906 The Department of State (DTS-PO) has a requirement for the following telecommunications services between the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) of the U.S. Department of State, Beltsville Information Management Center (BIMC) and the MDF at the American Embassies as indicated: (1) One full period, full duplex, voice grade type 3002 (M-1020) circuit capable of supporting 9.6 kbps service between BIMC and Port of Spain, Trinidad. (2) One full period, full duplex, voice grade type 3002 (M-1020) circuit capable of supporting 9.6 kbps service between BIMC and Nassau, Bahamas. (3) One full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 64 kbps between BIMC and Canberra, Australia. (4) One full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 256 kbps between BIMC and Manila, Philippines. (5) One full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 1.544 mbps (T-1) between BIMC and London, England. (6) One full period, duplex circuit capable of supporting 1.544 mbps (T1)between BIMC and Mexico City, Mexico. It is the intent of the Department of State to issue the IFB for these services on or about July 8, 1996. The bids are due into the Department of State, 3929 Pender Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, no later than 10 a.m., August 9, 1996. NOTE: The Department of State has initiated an automation project to streamline the solicitation process for contracts worldwide. The Department plans to post solicitations on the A/SDBU Bulletin Board System (BBS), which may be dialed up via modem at 703-875-4945. Instructions for downloading RFPs will be made available upon request by emailing or faxing the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (email anthony.jones@dos.us-state.gov or fax 703875-6825). In addition, solicitations may appear on the Department's acquisition home page (at the following URL: http://www.statebuy.Inter.net/home.htm). (Note that all letters are lower case except the ''I'' in ''Inter''). Hard copies may not be issued; however, firms that are unable to use the BBS or Internet may send a disk requesting that the solicitation be loaded onto that disk and returned. The solicitation will generally be prepared in MicrosoftWord for Windows (2.0 or 6.0), although other formats may be available. Disks should be sent to the following address: U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office, DTSPO/ADMIN/ACQ, 3920 Pender Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030. THIS ADDRESS IS FOR SERVICES REQUESTED BY THE DIPLOMATIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM OFFICE (DTS-PO) ONLY. The Department expects this process to be advantageous to both the Government and industry. Interested firms are strongly encouraged to use the BBS and Internet to avoid the delays involved in receiving solicitations by mail. (0180)

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