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70 -- TERMINAL AREA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTOMATION SYSTEM DUE 033195 POC Eugene Johnson, Contracting Officer, at (202) 233-3088 17. STANDARD TERMINAL AUTOMATION REPLACEMENT SYSTEM (STARS) . Note: Due to the amount of text required for publication of the STARS Qualification Criteria, the file was published in two parts. The STARS Qualification Criteria will also be made available on the Hanscum A.F.B. Electronic Bulletin Board. This is the first part of the criteria. Part 2 should be published on the same date as part 1.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has limited the competition for the STANDARD TERMINAL AUTOMATION REPLACEMENT SYSTEM (STARS). Within this limited competition, vendors will be prequalified through minimum qualification criteria published in this announcement. The intent of this prequalification process is to assure FAA that qualifying vendors are truly capable of successfully performing the STARS acquisition. The agency has established minimum qualification criteria which are NOT UNDULY RESTRICTIVE . However, the Government reserves the right to waive minimum qualifications if it would otherwise enhance competition. The planned date for award of the STARS contract is July 1996. Vendors are required to certify in writing that they meet the stated criteria. As a means of assuring fairness to potential STARS offerors that meet the minimum qualification criteria, during the STARS pre-contract award process, any offeror found not to have met the minimum qualification criteria will be disqualified from continuing in the STARS competition. The exception to disqualification will be the Government's waiver of the minimum qualifications under the conditions stated above. What follows are the Government's MINIMUM QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: 1.0 Operational System Eligible vendors shall have deployed an air traffic control (ATC) system which is operational and being used to separate aircraft somewhere in the world, prior to the due date for response to this CBD notice. a) The qualifying ATC system shall perform ATC functions that allow control of arrival, departure, and overflight aircraft simultaneously. b) The qualifying system shall process radar inputs; calculate and update tracking data automatically from radar inputs; and display the target track location graphically on a controller's display. c) The qualifying system shall perform transfer of flight data to another ATC system. d) The qualifying system shall have associated system documentation to include training, maintenance, and operator manuals.Deliverables:To substantiate the ability to meet criteria 1.0 above, the vendor shall supply to the STARS Contracting Officer the following items: Customer references for the qualified ATC system(s) which includes a customer point of contact, customer address, customer telephone number, and the associated contract name and number. The vendor shall provide a list of the qualifying system(s) deliverable documentation as well as a copy of the operator and maintenance manuals for that system(s). NOTE: The Government reserves the right to contact the user/procurer of the qualifying system to verify compliance with the minimum qualification criteria. The Government also reserves the right to request further system documentation from the vendor.1.1 Controller Training using Aircraft Simulation: The ATC system meeting criteria 1.0 above shall currently provide the capability to perform controller training using aircraft simulation integrated with the operational ATC system that is controlling live air traffic.Deliverables: To substantiate the ability to meet criteria 1.1 above, the vendor shall supply to the STARS Contracting Officer the following items: Commercially available literature describing the ATC training and simulation capabilities of the qualifying system. 1.2 Monitor and Control:The ATC system meeting criteria 1.0 above shall currently provide a Monitor and Control position possessing the single focal point of total system operations.Deliverables:To substantiate the ability to meet criteria 1.2 above, the vendor shall supply to the STARS Contracting Officer the following items: System architecture diagram, of the system meeting criteria 1.0 above, showing a single point Monitor and Control position. A copy of the System Operations Manual for the operations of the Monitor and Control position.Additional information concerning this planned acquisition will be provided at the soonest possible date via separate announcement. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SYNOPSIS NOR IS THE FAA SEEKING OR ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS. The required certification for the STARS minimum qualification criteria must be forwarded to Eugene Johnson (STARS Contracting Officer) no later than March 31, 1995 by fax at (202) 233-5094 or by mail to:Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Systems Development, Suite 200, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Code ASU-350, Washington, DC 20004 Eugene Johnson, STARS Contracting Officer (0076)

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