United States Special Operations Command, Directorate of Procurement, 2408 Florida Keys Ave, MacDill AFB, Florida 33621-5323.

58 -- IMPROVED LIGHTWEIGHT SATELLITE ANTENNA (ILSA) SOL MDA911-95-R-0023 DUE 061595 POC Donna Moran, Contract Specialist, 813-840-5446 or Jeffrey C. Armstrong, Contracting Officer, 813-840-5453 United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) intends to negotiate a sole-source contract for a small, lightweight, rugged, quick-deploying, directional, high gain satellite antenna. The improved lightweight satellite antenna (ILSA) will be used by special operations forces when communicating with current inventory manpack UHF satellite communications terminals such as the AN/PSC-3, LST-5C, AN/PSC-7 and AN/PRC-117D, as well as, the enhanced manpack UHF terminal, AN/PSC-5, once fielded. The desired characteristics and capabilities include: 225.0 to 399.9 MHz frequency range, 5 and 25 KHz bandwidth operation, 12 dB gain - objective (9.5 dB gain - threshold), 2 pounds maximum weight (less carrying case) - objective (3 pounds maximum weight (less carrying case) - threshold), 100 cubic inches or less total volume, and no single component longer than 8 inches. Based on a preliminary market investigation and government conducted technical, enviornmental and destructive testing on candidate systems, the only readily available source to meet the ILSA requirement is the Trivec-Avant AV 2055-3. The government may procure approximately 1300 ILSA systems to include necessary connectors/adapters and 3 and 6 foot length RF cables. Issue/response date is 15 June 1995. TO: Trivec-Avant Corp., 17831 Jamestown Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92647. All parties interested in this requirement will be considered and must submit capability statements within 45 days after publication of this notice. See Note 22. (0121)

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