Commandant (G-ACS-1A/VH), U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001

70 -- ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) TESTING SYSTEM SOL DTCG23-95-B-TNAB97 POC Contact: Mrs. Vivian Haynes, Ph: (202) 267-6207/Contracting Officer: Mr. Jerome Hensley, Ph: (202) 267-6211 The U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) intends to issue a Brand-Name or Equal solicitation with ancillary devices equivalent to Tektronix Model 27120 Diagnostic and Pre/Post Certification Electromagnetic Compliance Measurement System. This system will be portable. Systems that consist of printed circuit boards/cards to be added to a desktop personal computer are not, for the purpose of this requirement, portable and will not be accepted. The system shall have the ability to be controlled manually by pre-programmable internal instruction set or by EMC Compliance Software control signals from an IBM compatible notebook style computer via a GPIB or RS-232 interface and shall conform to the Standards for Type III Class 5 in MIL-T-28800. Enclosure requirements shall comply with Style D enclosure of MIL-T-28800. The Tektronix model 27120 or equal system shall be composed of the Tektronix model 1712 Spectrum Analyzer and Option 10 Video Monitor Mode or equal. Tektronix model 2706 or equal Stepping RF Preselector. Tektronix model 2707 tracking generator, Tektronix model S26EMI12 or equal electromagnetic compliance testing software. Provide systems and individual equipment operation manuals normally supplied with the system and software operation manuals. System components shall be eligible for purchase of five years calibration service at the manufacturers calibration facility(ies), Tektronix Option C5 or equal and shall be in compliance with MIL-STD-45662, Calibration System Requirements. All correspondence shall reference solicitation number DTCG23-95-B-TNAB97 and include the responding firm's name, address, contact point, telephone number and business status (i.e., large, small or 8(a)). All responses to this notice shall be received within fifteen days from date of publication. The following notice is for information purposes only for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information regarding the bonding and lending program please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition contact the contracting officials listed above. (0201)

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