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A -- ANALYSIS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS SOL FY7620-95-07043 POC Gino F. Cascieri, Contract Specialist, ESC/PKRB, (617) 377-2623, Robert W. Tyrrell, Contracting Officer, ESC/PKRB, (617) 377-2920. Research and Development sources are sought in support of Rome Laboratory, Antenna and Components Division (RL/ERA), to develop and apply state-of-the-art analysis, computational, and coding techniques to solve a variety of theoretical and experimental problems in electromagnetics. In this program, elements of advanced electromagnetic theory, physics, and computational, numerical, and statistical techniques, will be applied to problems such as target detection in heavy clutter environments and the development of neural networks for the control of phased arrays. Contractor will analyze data for communications and surveillance propagation experiments, reduce and reformat data tapes for analysis on computer work stations, and examine HF propagation phenomena for HF communications and surveillance. Investigate the stability and operations of coupled Josephson Junction arrays with respect to variations in junction and biasing parameters. Contractor will maintain and service the Rome Laboratory Electromagnetic Directorate software and hardware components of a heterogenous computer network of personal computers, UNIX workstations, and antenna experiments. This includes administering file systems, adding and removing users, hardware, and software, executing backups, maintaining system security, troubleshooting system and user problems. Technical problems need to be addressed in such diverse areas as scattering of EM radiation, propagation of HF and VHF radio waves, antenna technology, detection and recognition of targets and radar system performance evaluation. The research effort is part of a thirty-six (36) months program requiring collocation of contractor personnel at Hanscom AFB, MA for close day to day interface with Rome Laboratory research staff. Security Clearances up to the level of Secret will be required of the successful bidder or offeror. Offerors should also indicate their status if qualified as socially or economically disadvantaged. Each offeror responding to this synopsis is requested to submit with its reply a name and telephone number for a point of contact. Offerors interested in documenting their capabilites to perform this work should reference Purchase Request FY76209507043 in responding to the Deputy of Small Business, Attn: ESC/BC, Mr. Alan Hart, 275 Randolph Road, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2818. Information on file at ESC/BC must be supplemented to document the capabilities in the above stated areas. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offeror during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Thomas Mackey, ESC/CS at (617) 377-5107. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes, does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government. Closing date for submission of responses is thirty (30) days from the publication of this notice. See Numbered Note(s): 1, 25. (0125)

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