70 -- Telecommunication Services

The Government intends to negotiate a Sole Source Firm Fixed Price type contract with firm fixed price unit prices as a contract modification to extend existing contract N00189-99-C-0003 with Altura Communications Solutions for the period of 01 May 2004 to 30 September 2004, as required by the Naval Portsmouth Hospital in Portsmouth, VA. This requirement is for telecommunication services that include on-site provision of technical maintenance support for an existing Fujitsu telephone switch system, supporting voice communications for a number of Medical Clinics and associated sites in North Carolina and Tidewater Virginia area. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 423490. The estimated release date of the contract is 30 April 2004.