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DA 08-1788
July 29, 2008
COMMISSION RELEASES REQUEST FOR QUOTATION FOR CONTRACTOR TO BUILD 
AND OPERATE CENTRALIZED DATABASE FOR INTERNET BASED 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE NUMBERING SYSTEM
CG Docket No. 03-123
WC Docket No. 05-196
On June 24, 2008, the Commission released a Report and Order adopting a system for assigning 
North American Number Plan (NANP) ten-digit telephone numbers to Internet-based 
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) users.1 In this Order, the Commission determined that a 
neutral third-party administrator will build, maintain, and operate a centralized numbering directory 
mechanism to map the NANP telephone numbers assigned to Internet-based TRS users to an appropriate 
Internet address (or other appropriate endpoint identifier).  As set forth in the Order, the neutral database 
administrator must be selected, and must construct the database, work with industry to populate the 
database, test the functionality of the database, and be prepared to support ten-digit numbers for Internet-
based TRS users no later than December 31, 2008.  On June 25, 2008, the Commission posted a Sources 
Sought Announcement on the Government Wide Point of Entry (FedBizOpps), seeking a contractor 
capable of implementing and operating the centralized numbering directory.2
Based on the results of the Sources Sought Announcement, on July 28, 2008, the Commission 
posted a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation as a Request for Quotation (Solicitation Number:  
RFQ08000022) on FedBizOpps, available at https://www.fbo.gov.  Responses to the Combined 
Synopsis/Solicitation must be e-mailed to Arnett Rogiers, Administrative Operations, Office of the 
Managing Director, arnett.rogiers@fcc.gov on August 11, 2008 by 12:00 pm.3 Any questions regarding 
the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation must be e-mailed to Arnett Rogiers by 5:00 pm EDT August 1, 2008.  
For further information, refer to the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, available at https://www.fbo.gov.
  
1 See Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 
Disabilities; E911 Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers, CG Docket No. 03-123, WC Docket No. 05-
196, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 08-151 (rel. June 24, 2008).
2 See Commission Releases Sources Sought Announcement Seeking Contractor to Build and Operate Centralized 
Database for Internet Based Telecommunications Relay Services Numbering System, CG Docket No. 03-123, WC 
Docket No. 05-196, Public Notice, DA 08-1483 (rel. June 25, 2008).
3 As set forth in the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, the original response due date of August 6, 2008 was 
modified to August 11, 2008.