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A -- DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, AND TESTING OF THE NATO IMPROVED LINK ELEVEN (NILE) SYSTEM NETWORK CONTROLLER (SNC) SOFTWARE, AND THE NILE REFERENCE SYSTEM (NRS) SOL N00039-96-R-0001(Q) POC S. Segich, 0221, (703)602-0854. Synopsis No. 60. Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the NATO Improved Link Eleven (NILE) Reference System (NRS) and System Network Controller (SNC) Development. The United States (US) Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWARSYSCOM), in support of the Program Executive Officer for Space, Communications and Sensors (PEO-SCS), plans to award a contract for the design, development, integration, and testing of the NATO Improved Link Eleven (NILE) System Network Controller (SNC) software, and the NILE Reference System (NRS). NILE is an international cooperative project among seven nations: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NILE has been designated as Link 22 by NATO. The United States, as host nation for the NILE Project Management Office (PMO), will carry out the entire procurement process under US laws, regulations and procedures. Refer to US Commerce Business Daily (CBD) Synopsis No. 19, published 21 Feb 95 (Sources Sought for this procurement), for additional information. The purpose of the Draft RFP is to invite comments and questions from the public that will be considered before formulation and release of a final RFP that will invite competitive proposals to be submitted by prospective contractors. The draft RFP (not including the specifications) will be transmitted through the SPAWARSYSCOM Bulletin Board System (BBS). Copies of the draft RFP, including specifications, will be mailed to those industries who responded to the Sources Sought announcement (see above). The specifications are available only to industries of the seven NILE nations, and will be provided if requested in writing. The Draft RFP will be available by calling the SPAWAR BBS, (703) 602- 9494, and downloading the RFP. Written requests for the Draft RFP will be honored. The Bulletin Board operates at 14,400 BAUD with a setting of 8:N:1. The Draft RFP file name will be NILEDRFT.ZIP, and will be in WordPerfect 6.0 format. The file will be compressed by a shareware program, PKZIP 2.04G. The Draft RFP will be available within 5 days from the date of this synopsis. To download the Draft RFP, the prospective offeror will need, at a minimum, PC or MAC, with modem emulation software that supports VT100 or ANSI standing, a modem that operates between 300 bps - 14.4K bps and X.X MEG of free disk space. The bulletin board will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, as the demand may be heavy, it may be necessary to call repeatedly or during non-business hours. If any assistance is needed regarding use of the BBS, please contact Kelley Kershner at (703) 602-0802 or Pam Frawley at (703) 602-0798. Offerors who would like a copy of the Draft RFP and do not have access to a modem, may bring a high density, 3 +'' disk to the Contractor Liaison Branch, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, 2451 Crystal Drive, CPK5, Room 201, Arlington, VA, 22245-5200, between the hours of 7:30am - 4:00pm Mon-Fri. This request for questions and comments is not a final Request For Proposal (RFP), a promise to issue a final RFP, nor a promise by the government to pay for information received in response to this synopsis. Any resulting final RFP will be separately synopsized in the US Commerce Business Daily (CBD) and its equivalent in other participating NILE nations, and will be restricted to sources within those nations. Direct telephone inquiries regarding this synopsis to Ms. Shari Segich, Contracts Specialist at (703) 602-0854, or Mr. Gary Blasser, Contracting Officer at (703) 602-0839, FAX (703) 602-7367. Release of the final Request for Proposal (RFP) O/A March 1996 is planned. Written responses (in English) should be received not later than 30 October 1995. Send written responses to Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Attn: Code 02-21M, 2451 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA USA 22245-5200. Responses must reference the Synopsis Number shown above on both the mailing envelope and the enclosures. Proprietary data submitted in response to this synopsis will be protected when so designated on the submitted material. Interested parties may also upload their questions and comments to the ACTIVE RFP File Library of the BBS, and the file name must contain NILE plus three other characters of their choice, for example NILESYS.DOC. Acknowledgment of receipt will not be made. A presolicitation conference will be held in O/A early October 1995 in the Washington DC area to discuss the Draft RFP and provide more information. The specific date of the conference will be announced on the SPAWARSYSCOM Bulletin Board System (BBS) at least 15 days in advance. Written requests to the Contracts Specialist or Contracting Officer (see above) for the announcement of the conference will be honored. (0230)

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