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A -- ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF RL DIGITAL BEAMFORMING EXPERIMENTS SOL F19628-95-R-0030 POC POC Patricia J. Forest, Contract Specialist, (617) 377-4019, Karen M. Stone, Contracting Officer, (617) 377-5914. Notice of Contract Action for advanced development in support of the Antennas & Components Division (RL/ERA), Rome Laboratory Electromagnetics and Reliability Directorate, to provide specific tasking in the area of digital beamforming. The approach of this effort will be to upgrade and modify an existing antenna interface, receiver boards, and local oscillators. The effort will also require a new design and delivery of a prototype of a C-Band receiver board, with an option to purchase additional boards. The effort may require work to be performed on-site at Rome Laboratory's test facility in Ipswich, MA. An 18 month effort is contemplated for the basic effort, with an option period through FY97. Offerors interested in receiving a copy of the Request for Proposal should reference RFP No. F19628-95-R-0030 when submitting a letter request to the Electronic Systems Center (PKRC), ATTN: Patricia J. Forest, 104 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1806. This acquisition was previously published in the Commerce Business Daily on 4 April 1995, referencing PR No. FY7620-95-07014. Each offeror responding to this synopsis is requested to submit with its reply a name and telephone number for a point of contact. Any offeror who was initially judged to be unqualified in response to the Sources Sought will be provided a copy of the solicitation upon their request and the offer from that firm will be evaluated without prejudice. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal 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 J. Mackey at (617)-377-5106. The Ombudsman should be only 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 does not constitute an IFB or RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government. The offeror should indicate its status as socially or economically disadvantaged. Closing date for submission of responses is fifteen (15) days from the publication date of this notice. RFP release will be in May 1995 and proposals will be due thirty (30) days after release of RFP. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0129)

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