GSA seeks proposals for first Montgomery County, Maryland telecenters.The U.S. General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. has announced it has issued a request for proposals (RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. ) for a contractor to provide the facilities and all necessary management, supervision, personnel, equipment and supplies to establish and operate two telework centers in Montgomery County, Md.--the first in the county. One center will be located along the Route 355/I-270 corridors. The second will be located along the corridor defined by Georgia and New Hampshire avenues. "PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, aims to provide its Federal customers with a full range of workplace services, including teleworking capabilities," said F. Joseph Moravec, Commissioner of GSA's Public Buildings Service. "This is an important and attractive alternative to the traditional workplace. We appreciate the continuing support from Congress." The need for the new telecenters surfaced during a GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. study, requested by Congress on the recommendation of Maryland Congresswoman Connie Morella, whose district includes Montgomery County. The GSA study, released in May, showed that more federal workers live in Montgomery County than in any other jurisdiction in the Washington Metropolitan area The Washington Metropolitan Area, formally known as the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA is a U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of November 2004. . Separate awards will be made for each center, according to the RFP, issued July 15. |
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