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58 -- PROCUREMENT FOR VLF/LF COMMUNICATIONS: MODIFIED MINIATURE TERMINAL (MMRT) POC Capt. Steven Schiefen, Technical POC, 617-377-2555; Ms. Barbara Lawrence, Contracting Officer, 617-377-6419; Mr. Jeffrey Wong, Contract Negotiator, 617-377-5860. The Electronic Systems Center (ESC) of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) intends to award a Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) contract to accomplish the design, development and fabrication required to modify the GFE AN/ARR-85 Airborne Radio Receiver Miniature Receive Terminal (MRT)to a Modified Miniature Receive Terminal (MMRT). The basic effort will consist of: a. Deliver hardware and software for MMRT System Suites and peculiar support equipment, and provide MMRT System Suite integrated logistics planning and support, and operator and maintainer training for E-6 and E-4 aircraft. Provide support for E-6 aircraft during MMRT development, installation, and testing. Deliver MMRT training hardware and software for MMRT System Suites in E-6 training facility. b. Deliver engineering data, design documents, provisioning data, Technical Manuals, and TCTOs. c. Travel to activities detailed in above stated paragraphs. Options to: a. deliver hardware and software for MMRT System Suites, training equipment and peculiar support equipment, and provide MMRT System Suite integrated logistics planning and support, and operator and maintainer training for ICBM LCCs. Installation in ICBM LCCs at the Hill AFB engineering and integration facilities. Training for LCCs MMRT Training Equipment. b. Modify MMRT H/W and S/W for reception of the VERDIN Modes 22 and 23. Develop VERDIN Modes engineering data, design documents, Technical Manuals, and TCTOs for the MMRT VERDIN Mode H/W and S/W modification design, development, fabrication, installation, operation, and maintenance. Training for VERDIN Modes 22 and 23. c. Design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver Software Support Facility (SSF)Hardware for supporting the MMRT PME, and installation equipment. Develop all Software Support Facility (SSF) data, documentation and manuals for installation, operation and maintenance of the PME and installation equipment software. Training for SSF. d. Design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver software for installation, operation and maintenance of the PME, installation equipment, and software Support Facility. Deliver software for E-4, E-6 and LCC PME, and installation equipment. Develop all data, documentation and manuals for installation, operation and maintenance of the, installation equipment, and Software Support Facility software. e. Deliver applicable Test Program Sets for equipment modified and developed under this contract. Deliver test requirements documents and any other documentation required for installation, operation and maintenance of test program sets. f. Reprocurement Technical Package. The period of performance, including options is approximately forty three (43) months. Upon completion of this acquisition the Government intends to award a production contract for up to two hundred (200) MMRTs, that may or may not be awarded on a competitive basis. The MRT was developed by Rockwell International. It is the intention of ESC to award a sole source contract to Rockwell International, 3200 East Renner Road, Richardson, Texas 75083-3807. The authority for negotiations is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only one (1) responsible source. The Government intends to award a contract by August 1996. However if a firm believes it is capable of performing the Government's requirements they may identify their interest and capability to meet the following screening criteria within fifteen (15) days of this publication to ESC/TGK Attn: Jeffrey W. Wong, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2120. Firms must possess the following criteria: a. Have, or be able to obtain, a facility clearance commensurate with the security clearance of Top Secret, and COMSEC account, b. Have technical expertise in strategic C3 VLF/LF systems, including knowledge and experience designing complex, hardened INFOSEC hardware and software, c. Have technical knowledge of the HIDAR, Nonlinear Adaptive Processing (NONAP) standards and specifications, d. Shall be a United states Contractor, f. Have proven experience with/knowledge of VLF/LF signal processing, g. Have proven experience with/knowledge of software modification and development to existing C3 systems to include Ada, h. Have proven experience with/knowledge of communications systems integration, deinstallation, installation, checkout and test support for military aircraft, i. Have management experience of engineering design, manufacturing, integration and installation of systems of similar complexity of the MMRT, j. Have experience with obtaining military aircraft and FAA type certifications. Your prospectus should include the name and telephone, and Fax number of a point of contact within your firm. As a goal, the prospectus should not exceed twenty pages. A copy of the Draft RFP and acquisition technical documentation is currently available for review and Industry comment electronically on the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin board (HERBB). The information for Proposal Preparation, Section M and data item list for the Modified Miniature Receive Terminal (MMRT) can be reached through a computer modem by calling (617)377-1487 and runs at up to 28.8 Kbps. It can also be accessed through DDN by typing ''OPEN RFP.hanscom.af.mil'' at the DDN Telnet prompt and on the Internet World Wide Web at http://HERBB.HANSCOM.AF.MIL. IP address is 129.53.28.221. Telephone requests for draft material will not be honored. A reference library has also been established at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory Library, Building 1103, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731. Rules and instructions for use of the reference library are available from the program office by contacting Ms. Betty Cox at (617) 377-4847. Disclosure of classified and export controlled unclassified (including sensitive unclassified) information shall be denied to foreign Governments and Foreign Nationals, including firms under foreign ownership, influence, or control, even if the firm has been granted a reciprocal industrial security facility clearance. This Foreign Disclosure denial applies to both the solicitation and to contract performance, and it also applies to prime contractors as well as to all subcontractors. This was previously synopsized as a Sources Sought on 24 October 1995. Notes 22 and 26 apply. (0093)

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