NISE East Charleston, Contracts Division, P.O. Box 190022, N. Charleston, S.C. 29419-9022

58 -- INTEGRATED PORTABLE WIREFREE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, HYDRA 2 SOL N65236-97-R-0302 DUE 121696 POC Contact Richard Miller, Code 1115RM, (803)743-3917/Contracting Officer, Jean Duncan. Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center, In-Service Engineering, East Coast Division (NISE East), as the result of a joint effort with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) and the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), has a requirement to procure an Integrated Portable Wirefree Communications System, HYDRA 2. The HYDRA 2 will be installed in U.S. Navy ships. This system may use a single wirefree technology or a variety of wirefree technologies to provide wirefree announcing, wirefree telephony, and paging services to support flight deck, well deck, damage control, security, fire fighting, ship coordination and personal safety operations. Regardless of the technology chosen, the system will use spectrum support approved by the National Telecommunications Information Agency (NTIA) for the stated purpose. HYDRA 2 will provide the following features: Wirefree push-to-talk announcing, Seamless, full duplex, below-deck and topside voice connectivity using internal systems, Automatic, seamless wirefree connectivity to the commercial cellular (AMPS) network, Line-of-sight communications, Connectivity to the public switched telephone network, Multi-level prioritization and preemption, Alpha-numeric paging, Digital data capability, Flight Deck Announcing System (5MC) interface, Wirefree wide area network between HYDRA 2 systems, Exterior communications circuit interface, Land mobile radio (LMR) interface, Privacy encryption compliant with FIPS 140-1, Type I encryption option compliant with an NSA endorsed standard, Over-the-air re-keying of privacy encryption, Survivability equivalent to simplex operation, Portable RF units that provide RF side-tone, low battery alarm, drop resistance, water resistance, electromagnetic compatibility, and operation in extremely noisy environments. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this procurement is 3663, which has a size limitation of 750 employees. In order to facilitate industry involvement an Industry Conference will be conducted at NISE East Charleston, SC on 23-24 October 1996. The schedule and room/building for the conference will be provided separately. This conference will be divided into two sessions, a. The first session (morning of 23 October 1996) will allow NISE East to formally introduce its requirements to industry. The first session will also give industry an opportunity to ask general questions about the Integrated Wirefree Communications Program (Hydra 2) project. b. The second session (afternoon of 23 October 1996 and continued on 24 October 1996 if needed) will consist of a series of separate closed meetings between individual companies and NISE East personnel to discuss the draft requirements in order to gain maximum industry input in the final requirements definition. Each company will be given a brief opportunity to present its capability as it relates to Hydra 2, so as to broaden our technical understanding of industry capabilities for this and possible future requirements. The individual company sessions will also allow each company the same amount of time to respond to technical and project questions. Companies must pre-register for the individual sessions. Those who wish to register for the second session should include their request in their response to this CBD notice at the facsimile number and/or electronic mail address listed below, or by contacting Richard Miller at (803) 743-3917 by 3:00 pm EST, October 21, 1996. Times will be assigned based on date of notification and number of respondents. Information from the industry conference may be incorporated into the final specification and statement of work, depending on project technical and schedule impacts. The final specification and statement of work will be issued as part of the solicitation. A draft specification is being developed and it is our intent to make it available prior to the industry conference. It is anticipated that a three year firm fixed price contract consisting of 1 Lot and 2 options will be awarded by 31 March 1997. A complete system must be delivered within 90 days after contract (DAC). The estimated release date of this solicitation is 25 November 1996. This is the only notice to be published for both the draft Specification/Statement of Work and the solicitation to be issued after the conference. All requests for copies of either of these documents should be submitted in writing by either facsimile at (803) 743-6160 or electronic mail at cbd_niseeast@niseeast.nosc.mil. All requests must contain the company's name, address, telephone number, facsimile number, point of contact, business size, and, if applicable, electronic mail address. (0295)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0180 19961022\58-0001.SOL)