Commander, USAINSCOM SPT BN (PROV), Attn: IASB-DCO, 8825 Beulah Street, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5246

66 -- DUAL CHANNEL DIGITAL DISC/DIGITIZER SOL DAHC90-96-R-0008 DUE 051796 POC Contact Point, Alice Kenny, 703/706-2778/Contracting Officer, Scott Crosson, 703/706-2764. THE U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND (INSCOM) INTENDS TO ACQUIRE 1 EA DUAL CHANNEL DIGITAL DISC/DIGITIZER WHICH SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS: THE DIGITAL DISC/DIGITIZER SHALL PERFORM CONTINUOUS ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL (CAD), BURST ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL (BAD), AND TIME BASED DIGITIZER (TBD) OPERATING MODES. DIGITIZING RATES FOR CAD AND BAD SHALL BE FROM A MINIMUM OF 5KHZ TO AT LEAST 100MBITE/S. THE DIGITIZER SHALL INCLUDE AN INTERNAL CLOCK WITH A STABILITY OF 1 X 10 TO THE MINUS 6TH OVER ONE HOUR, OR BETTER. THE DIGITIZER SHALL HAVE PROVISION TO ACCEPT AN EXTERNAL CLOCK OF 20MHZ, PLUS OR MINUS 1 PERCENT. THE DIGITIZER SHALL HAVE TWO SYNCHRONOUS CHANNELS, WITH INDEPENDENT SINGLE CHANNEL RECORD AND PLAYBACK OPTIONS. THE DIGITIZER SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM OF 8 BITS OF AMPLITUDE QUANTIZATION. THE DIGITIZER SHALL HAVE AT LEAST 256 MBYTES OF MEMORY PER CHANNEL. THE DIGITIZER SHALL RECORD AND STORE A MINIMUM OF 10 SECONDS OF CAD DATA PER CHANNEL AT A 20MHZ SAMPLE RATE. THE DIGITIZER SHALL FUNCTION AS A PLAY BACK RECORDER TO CONTINUOUSLY REPRODUCE THE RECORDED DATA SAMPLE. THE PLAYBACK SHALL INCLUDE A MODE TO REPETITIVELY PLAY THE ENTIRE RECORDED SAMPLE, TO SELECT ANY PORTION OF THE MEMORY AND REPRODUCE ONLY THAT SEGMENT, AND A FEATURE TO STEP THROUGH THE MEMORY IN OPERATOR SPECIFIED BLOCKS OF MEMORY. THE DIGITIZER SHALL HAVE A FEATURE TO TRANSFER THE ENTIRE RECORDED MEMORY OR ANY SPECIFIED MEMORY BLOCKS IN A MOCKINGBIRD STANDARD DATA FORMAT COMPATIBLE FILE TO A SUN SPARC 5 AND A SUN SPARC 20 WORKSTATION. OUTPUT FORMAT OF ALL OF THE DIGITIZER MODES SHALL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE MOCKINGBIRD DIGITAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM. THE DIGITIZER SHALL ALSO FUNCTION AS A THROUGH PUT DIGITIZER TO NEAR REAL TIME TRANSFER DIGITIZED DATA TO A SUN SPARC 5 AND A SUN SPARC 20 WORK STATION. THE DIGITIZER SHALL PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY SOFTWARE TO CONTROL THE ENTIRE RANGE OF FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY THIS SYSTEM FROM A SUN SPARC 5 AND A SUN SPARC 20 WORK STATION. THE DIGITIZER SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH ALL CONNECTIONS AND WIRING NECESSARY TO INTERCONNECT THE DEVICE WITH A SUN SPARC 5 AND A SUN SPARC 20 WORKSTATION. ON SITE INSTALLATION, INITIAL POWER UP, SYSTEM CHECK, AND OPERATOR FAMILIARIZATION AND TRAINING TO BE PERFORMED BY THE SUPPLIER. ALL SIGNAL AND DATA INPUT AND OUTPUT CONNECTIONS SHALL BE REAR MOUNTED. THE DIGITIZER SHALL BE DESIGNED TO BE MOUNTED IN A STANDARD 19'' RACK. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT AN OFFER, WHICH SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. ONLY WRITTEN OR FAXED REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ACCEPTED. DELIVERY SHALL BE FOB DESTINATION, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, WITHIN 90 DAYS OF CONTRACT AWARD.TO ENSURE TIMELY PROCESSING, ALL SOLICITATION REQUESTS SHOULD BE RECEIVED WITHIN 15 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. NOTE: THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION IS TO BE 100% SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS (SB) WITH POSSIBLE CONVERSION TO UNRESTRICTED IF SB RESPONSE IS NOT ADEQUATE. ACCORDINGLY, LARGE BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST IN WRITING. SOLICITATIONS WILL ONLY BE ISSUED TO SUCH LARGE BUSINESSES IN THE EVENT UNRESTRICTED COMPETITION IS NECESSARY. IF THE SET-ASIDE IS DISSOLVED, NO FURTHER PUBLIC NOTICE WILL BE PUBLISHED. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0089)

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