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70 -- WEATHER AND RADAR PROCESSOR (WARP) SOL DTFA01-95-R-41302 DUE 061495 POC Barbara Doherty, Contracting Officer, (202) 267-7801 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is releasing the DRAFT WARP Request for Proposal (RFP) for industry review and comment. The WARP is the FAA's future en route weather processing and display system. The FAA intends to replace the existing meteorologist weather processor system with the WARP at all air route traffic control centers and the air traffic control system command center. The FAA plans to procure WARP as a full and open competition. The DRAFT WARP RFP will be available for review and comment on May 24, 1995. The FAA plans to issue the RFP solicitation in the summer of 1995; contract award is planned for mid-1996. The technical evaluation will include an Operational Capabilities Test (OCT) of Stage 0 systems and a Software Capability Evaluation (SCE) of offerors' software process capability per Sections L and M of the DRAFT WARP RFP (Sections L and M are not included in this draft release). The DRAFT WARP RFP includes the DRAFT WARP System Specification dated February 12, 1995. Previously submitted industry comments need not be resubmitted.The DRAFT WARP RFP will be provided in Microsoft Word 6.0. It will be available on the Internet (on the Department of Transportation's main gopher server) at the following location: ''gopher://depository.dot.gov:70/11/faa/Acquisition_Information/RFPs''. Potential offerors who download the DRAFT RFP from the Internet are requested to send their complete mailing address, point of contact, and phone number to ''warp@mail.hq.faa.gov'' to confirm receipt. The subject line should read exactly ''draft warp rfp via internet''. The DRAFT RFP may be requested via electronic mail by sending a message to ''warp@mail.hq.faa.gov'', the subject line should read exactly ''request for draft warp rfp''. The body of the message should include a complete mailing address, point of contact, and phone number. The DRAFT RFP will be sent by return electronic mail to the originator of the message. Requests for the DRAFT RFP on 3.5 inch disks may be faxed to (202) 554-0996, Attn: B. Doherty. Written requests should be sent to the FAA, Attn: B. Doherty, ASU-320, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington D.C. 20591. Potential offerors should include their complete mailing address, point of contact, and phone number. Telephone requests will not be accepted.Comments should be submitted no later than June 14, 1995 for consideration. Comments may be faxed to (202) 554-0996, Attn: B. Doherty. Soft copy comments in MS Word 6.0 are preferred. Hard or soft copy comments should be sent via regular mail to the FAA, Attn: B. Doherty, ASU-320, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington D.C. 20591. Comments sent via electronic mail in an attached file should be addressed to ''warp@mail.hq.faa.gov''. The subject line should read exactly ''comments on draft warp rfp''.WARP RFP Release to Industry CBD Announcement. (0143)

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