U.S. DOE, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 3402, Golden, CO 80401 ATN:A1520

58 -- DIGITAL MICROWAVE RADIOS - MARKET RESEARCH INFORMATION DUE 120495 POC Jon Olsen, Contract Specialist, (303) 275-1583, W. Donald Ray, Contracting Officer. Western Area Power Administration of the Department of Energy is soliciting vendor information for possible contract arrangement for a number of digital microwave radios. The information provided should address whether this requirement can be met with commercial type items, or modified commercial type items as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.1. Vendors are requested to send product information that meets the following criteria: The radio equipment shall be a current production commercial digital microwave radio operating in the 7.125 to 8.500 GHz band. Equipment shall have an expandable traffic carrying capacity of 1, 2, or 3 DS3s (672 to 2016 channels); shall have standard a time domain equalizer (TDE) and an adaptive IF equalizer to mitigate the effects of multipath induced distortions; shall be able to work in a substation environment; can be configured for hot-standby with space, frequency, or quad diversity; transmitter power shall optionally be able to operate at a continuous duty cycle of 1 watt or 2 watts. The radio equipment shall be designed to operate from standard -24V or -48V dc power systems; the radio system shall be capable of providing an integral orderwire which shall include the ability to terminate the audio channel with a handset and/or headset; the radio shall have the capability of local alarm, status and performance monitoring display. The display may be through the use of a laptop PC, a hand-held terminal, or LCD or LED display panels. The radio shall provide an interface for remote network management and control, and shall be designed for a service life of at least 15 years. It is intended that this acquisition will be conducted IAW FAR Part 12, therefore, customary industry practices relating to modifying or customizing items, warranty, financing, discounts or other contractual terms under which commercial sales of the products are made are also requested. Please send product information to: Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 3402, Golden, CO, 80401, MS A2140, Attn: Bill Bailey. Send all information related to standard commercial practices to the above address, MS A152, Attn: Jon Olsen. All responses should be submitted no later than 12/4/95. Information hours 7:00am-4:30pm (MST), Monday through Friday. (0324)

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