Exhibit 10.55
BEST VALUE
BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA)
NO. 45-3142-3-04051
WIRE AND CABLE SERVICE CONTRACT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
NATIONAL FINANCE CENTER
In the spirit of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act the United States
Department of Agriculture and Government Telecommunications, Inc. (GTI)
enter into a blanket purchase agreement to further reduce the administrative
costs of acquiring commercial items from the Wire and Cable Services
Contract(s) WACS GS00T97NSD0112, Modification P0006.
Wire and Cable Service Contract BPAs eliminate contracting and open market
costs such as: the search for sources; the development of technical
documents and solicitations; and the evaluation of bids and offers.
Contractor Team Arrangements are permitted with Federal Supply Schedule
contractors in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart
9.6.
This BPA is for VOICE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM at the NATIONAL FINANCE CENTER
FACILITIES (NFC) per USDA's Statement of Work (SOW) enclosed as Attachment 1
Signatures:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx /s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxx
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XXXXXXX XXXXXX DATE XXXXXX XxXXXX DATE
Contracting Officer Vice-President Operations
United States Department of Agriculture Government Telecommunications, Inc.
BPA NUMBER 45-3142-3-04051
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Pursuant to WACS Contract Number GS00T97NSD0112, P0006, the Contractor
agrees to the following terms of a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
EXCLUSIVELY WITH USDA, OPPM:
1) The Government estimates, but does not guarantee, that the volume of
purchases through this agreement. Under WAC Contract GS00T97NSD0112,
P0006, This BPA 45-3142-3-04051 is issued as a Firm Fixed Price with a
Lease to Own purchase that contains a Performance SOW and full
Maintenance Contract.
2) Contractor: Government Telecommunications, Inc.
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DUNS NO. 00-000-0000, Tax ID. 00-0000000
3) GTI's proposal received Sep 17, 2003 confirms governments selection of
Base and Option items to be included in BPA with analysis of lease cost
and savings if full funding for Capital assets were to become available
in the future.
4) The Contract line items (CLINS) for Base & Option with lease to own
with projected funding needs and projected payment years are shown in
the following firm budget projections:
(a) Firm Budget Projections Matrix
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Fiscal Base Option *
CLIN Year Installation (Tano TSPD) Maintenance Total
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1 FY 2003 [Omitted for Confidentiality]
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2 FY 2004
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3 FY 2005
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4 FY 2006
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5 FY 2007
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6 FY 2008
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7 FY 2009
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8 FY 2010
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Total Price
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*Estimated
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BPA NUMBER 45-3142-3-04051
5) This BPA does not obligate any funds. The Base, Option and Maintenance
packages are to be funded as funds are available, summary as follows:
ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION GTI BASE ORDER OPTION ORDER MAINTENANCE
Initial Task Order Future Task Order
BASE [Omitted for Confidentiality] Items 1, 5, & 6
1 COST
5 VOIP TEST LAN
6 ADD'L HDW
OPTIONS Items 7,12, & 13
12 SPARES
13 BILLING
7 TRAINING
OPTION 1 Items a & b
A COST
B RECORDING REPL
OPTIONS Items c & d
C SPARES
D TRAINING
OVERALL OPTIONS Item 14
14 SOLDER FRAME
15 MAINT - BASE Item 15 & 16
16 MAINT - TSPD
TOTALS
6) The following office(s) is hereby authorized to place orders under this
BPA:
POINT OF CONTACT
USDA, OPPM, POD Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Contracting Officer
USDA, OCIO, NFC Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Contracting Officer Technical
Representative (COTR)
7) Orders will be placed against this BPA via Purchase Card, FAX, or
paper.
8) Unless otherwise agreed to, all deliveries under this BPA must be
accompanied by delivery tickets or sales slips that must contain the
following information as a minimum:
(a) Name of Contractor;
(b) Contract Number;
(c) BPA Number;
(d) Model Number or National Stock Number (NSN);
(e) Task/Delivery Order Number;
(f) Date of Purchase;
(g) Quantity, Unit Price, and Extension of Each Item (unit prices
and extensions need not be shown when incompatible with the use of
automated systems; provided, that the invoice is itemized to show
the information); and
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(h) Date of Shipment.
9) The requirements of a proper invoice are as specified in the contract.
Invoices will be submitted to the address specified within the
task/delivery order transmission issued against this BPA.
10) The terms and conditions included in this BPA apply to all purchases
made pursuant to it. In the event of an inconsistency between the
provisions of this BPA and the Contractor's invoice, the provisions of
this BPA will take precedence.
11) Government shall keep the Asset(s) free and clear of all levies, liens
and encumbrances, except those in favor of Contractor and its assigns,
in accordance with the provisions of FAR 52.229-1.
12) Prompt Payment: Prompt Payment Act shall apply to Leasing (incorporate
FAR 52.232-25).
13) Prepayment Option: Upon ninety (90) days written notice, the Government
has the right to pre-pay the remaining Payments for the Asset(s). Such
pre-payment price will be the discounted value of all the remaining
Payments under this Agreement at the annual rate of 5% or actual
leasing rate together with the Residual Value plus any payments then
due and owing.
14) The Warranty is two (2) years under the GSA WACS contracts
GS00T97NSD0112. The warranty will include all software patches and
updates for a particular release level at no additional cost to the
Government during the warranty period.
15) Maintenance Contract: This contract has a full Maintenance Service,
which includes all manufacturers' recommended preventative and
scheduled maintenance. The maintenance contract provides a toll-free
(1-800) trouble reporting number, which will be answered 24x7. SWITCH
troubles will be automatically reported, on a 24-hour basis, to the GTI
Team's Remote Maintenance Administration Center (RMAC) in Atlanta, GA,
through the installed Site Event Buffer (SEB). Any other troubles may
also be called in on the 1-800 number.
16) When on-site assistance is requested, a GTI Team service technician
will be on-site within two hours after the Government notifies the GTI
Team's designated point of contact of any major or critical problem.
The GTI service technician will identify all affected components and
take all necessary steps required to restore the system(s) to operating
condition.
Escalation will ensure that close monitoring of service call events
will be conducted. For this project, the GTI Team's escalation process
for NFC will be established at two hour intervals for emergency and
priority service calls after which time at eight hours, the CEO of GTI
will be the Government's Point of Contact until the problem is
resolved. After award, the GTI Program Manager will provide the
government with the specific name, official work hours, telephone
numbers, and contact information for periods outside of official work
hours. Any changes to the information on the escalation list will be
updated with the NFC.
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NOTIFICATION
OF FIELD
SERVICE TYPE/ SERVICE TIER 2 SUPPORT TIER 3 SUPPORT OEM TECH SUPPORT
RETURN TO SERVICE TIER 1 SUPPORT SUPERVISOR DISPATCHED/ DISPATCHED/ INITIATED/ GTI CEO BECOMES NFC'S
TIME DISPATCHED AND GTI PM CONTACTED CONTACTED DISPATCHED POC
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Emergency/4 Hr Immediate Immediate 1 Hour after Tier 2 Hours after 3 Hours after 6 Hours after event
1 on-site Tier 1 on-site Tier 1 on-site start-CEO Notification
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Priority/8 Hr Within 1 Hr of Within 2 Hrs 2 Hours after 4 Hours after 6 Hours after 8 Hours after event
Notification of event Tier 1 on-site Tier 1 on-site Tier 1 on-site start
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Routine/24 Hr Within 8 Hr or As Required 4 Hours after 6 Hours after 8 Hours after As Required to resolve
Next Business Day Tier 1 Tier 1 on-site Tier 1 on-site customer satisfaction
on-site without without
without resolution resolution resolution
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17) It is the intent of the Government by placing this Order to exercise
each renewal option and to extend the lease until completion of the
full Lease Term so long as the bona fide needs of the Government for
the products or functionally similar products continues to exist. The
Total Contract Price shall be defined as the sum of all lease payments.
18) FAR 52.229-1, State and Local Taxes (April 1984) is incorporated by
reference. The Government agrees to prove exemption from all taxes on
the sale, use, or value of the equipment and/or software lease
hereunder.
19) Performance Matrix is as follows:
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PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE STANDARD PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT DEDUCTION FROM TOTAL COST
REQUIREMENT FOR EXCEEDING MEASUREMENT
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1. Technical The contractor shall deliver the The COR will verify 0.5% for every week the
Requirements system IAW the Technical Requirements IAW the acceptance test, cutover date is missed
specified in Sections 3 and 4 of as specified in because of contractor
Attachment 1 Section 11 of Attachment 1. activities.
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2. System The contractor shall meet the Test results will be as Free installation and one
Performance performance criteria in Para. 3.6 specified in Para. 3.6 month service for additional
required trunks
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3. Maintenance The contractor shall respond on-site The contractor will not miss the 1. 0.5% of annual lease
to critical outages within two hours performance standard more than payment plus extend warranty
of the reported outage. three times during the contract by one week per incident
year. during warranty period
2. 0.5% of maintenance
contract invoice after
warranty
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