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software architecture development, hardware impact analysis by specific
system analysts, etc. The evaluation performed by BellSouth and provided
to TC SYSTEMS will include a detailed breakdown of the cost supporting
the proposed fee, including the development costs to complete the
preliminary analysis. TC SYSTEMS shall submit such fee within thirty
(30) business days of BellSouth’s notice that a fee is required. Within
thirty (30) business days of BellSouth’s receipt of the fee, BellSouth shall
respond to TC SYSTEMS by providing a preliminary analysis of such
Requested Services that are the subject of the BFR.
2.4 Within two (2) business days of receipt of a BFR, BellSouth shall
acknowledge in writing to the TC SYSTEMS SPOC its receipt of the
request and identify its single point of contact (BellSouth SPOC)
responsible for responding to the request and shall request any additional
information needed to process the request. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
BellSouth may reasonably request additional information from TC
SYSTEMS at any time during the processing of the BFR/NBR. BellSouth
shall respond to TC SYSTEMS by providing a preliminary analysis of
such Requested Services that are the subject of the BFR within thirty (30)
calendar days of its receipt of the request or receipt of fee as set forth in
2.3 above, or notify TC SYSTEMS that it needs more time to provide TC
SYSTEMS with its preliminary analysis. Should BellSouth require more
time to deliver the preliminary analysis, TC SYSTEMS and BellSouth will
then determine a mutually agreeable date for delivery of the preliminary
analysis. The preliminary analysis shall either confirm that BellSouth will
offer access to the Requested Services or confirm that BellSouth will not
offer the Requested Services. If the preliminary analysis states that
BellSouth will not offer the Requested Services, BellSouth will provide an
explanation of why the request is not technically feasible, does not qualify
as a BFR for the Requested Services or is otherwise not required to be
provided under the Act.
2.5 The preliminary analysis will state whether BellSouth can meet TC
SYSTEMS's requirements and shall include BellSouth's proposed price
plus or minus 25 percent (“the Preliminary Analysis Range”) and the date
plus or minus 10 business days that BellSouth can meet the request. If
BellSouth cannot provide the Services by TC SYSTEMS’s requested date,
it shall provide an alternative proposed date. The preliminary analysis also
will include a detailed breakdown of the costs supporting the proposed
price, including the development costs necessary to complete TC
SYSTEMS's BFR. BellSouth also shall indicate, prior to evaluation of the
request, its agreement or disagreement with TC SYSTEMS's designation
of the request as an obligation under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
If BellSouth does not agree with TC SYSTEMS's designation, it may use
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