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58 -- TACTICAL SWITCHING EQUIPMENT POC James Gallagher, Technical Point of Contact, (908) 532-9275. This is a Market Survey attempting to identify any vendors capable of providing the various existing switching equipments delineated below and the associated technical services required to deliver, train and install the equipment at its final destination. The US Army, Office of the Project Manager, Joint Tactical Area Communications Systems (PM JTACS), is seeking sources in which existing, certified interoperable, Tactical Switching Equipment, can be purchased and provided to various Defense Agencies. To PM JTACS knowledge the only existing switches that meet these requirements are specifically, any of GTE Corporation's family of Compact Digital Switches (CDS), GTE P/N: 02-1414102-1, the Army family of Line Termination Units (LTUs) CV-4180 A(V)1, CV-4180 A(V)2, and CV-4180 A(V)3 and all associated peripherals, cables, and variable card sets associated with the designated equipments. The switching equipment must be able to run the Routing TEP switch software developed and owned by GTE. Additionally, any proposed alternative to the subject equipment must be form, fit and function exactly like aforementioned equipment. The aforementioned Tactical Switching Equipments provide existing, forward looking, tactical switching systems which have already been certified by the Executive Agent for Tactical Switches. As the Government does not own the full technical documentation and data rights to aforementioned equipments, potential qualified vendors must obtain/possess the tachnical information and data rights to the GTE Compact Digital Switch Family of Switches, and the Digital Line Termination CCAs necessary to populate the LTU to meet the various terminal interface requirements of all potential customers. Potential qualified vendors must also possess and demonstrate an intimate knowledge of both the MSE and AN/TTC-39 family of circuit and message switches. Vendors must possess and demonstrate the capability to provide technical engineering support services to assist potential customers in integrating the CDS family of switches into any mission specific equipment and/or assemblages. Vendors capable of furnishing this equipment must so indicate by writing to PM JTACS, ATTN: SFAE-CM-JTC-CSS, Building 787, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000. For additional information contact Mr. James Gallagher, (908) 532-9275. The deadline for response to this notice is 3 Mar 95. (0044)

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