Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, 2451 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22245-

58 -- COMMERCIAL AFOAT TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (ATS) POC Lt. Courtney Turner, 02-33, 703-602-0641. Synopsis No. 07. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) seeks sources for and is planning to acquire Afloat Telecommunications Services. The ATS will implement voice and data services on ships at sea by employing vendor provided ship to shore commercial frequency band satellite communications (SATCOM). ATS will provide bulk data data transfer, long distance voice/data/fax/STU-III and ISDN service capabilities. The statement of work and statement of requirements will describe the telecommunications services for three types of telecommunication service: Service Type A provides bulk capacity for end-to-end transmission of military and other user (i.e. personal use) aggregates of voice, video and/or data to specified Navy shor or vendor locations. Service Type B provides official-use long distance two-way dialing voice, fax, data modem or STU-III secure voice service. Service Type C provides long distance two-way dialing ISDN services. All ship to shore STACOM links will implement military or commercial encryption of the transmitted aggregate bit stream unless specifically exempted. There are three shipboard categories: category 1 is specified for large ship high capacity users typically requiring dedicated bulk capacity, category 2 is specified for ships with medium capacity users typically requiring on-call or per-use services, category 3 is specified for ships with medium capacity users typically requiring on-call or per-use services with mission restrictions. The ATS will service naval ships and will cover a period of up to ten years under the intended competitive, indefinite delivery, firm fixed price contract . The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) is 8711. Potential offerors must possess a CONFIDENTIAL clearance. U. S. Companies Only (NOFORN). DRAFT pre-solicitation technical information (specification, statement of requirements, contract data deliverables requirements, contract line items) should be posted on the SPAWAR electronic bulletin board system (BBS) commencing on/about 21 November 1996. Written comments are requested within 10 days of the date that the draft technical information is first posted to the BBS. A DRAFT RFP will also be posted on the BBS on/about 25 November 1996. A pre-solicitation conference will be conducted prior to RFP release on/about 5 December 1996 at SPAWAR/NCCOSC, San Diego, CA. Further details regarding this conference will be placed on the SPAWAR BBS. SPAWAR anticipates issuance of the formal RFP in January 1997 with a targeted award in April 1997. Since Small Business (SB) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), and 8(a) firms are a major concern of SPAWAR, all respondents should indicate their status as a SB, SBD, or 8(a) or the extent to which they could include SB/SDB or 8(a) as a significant part of a resultant procurement. SPAWAR intends to use its BBS for pre-solicitation information and for the issuance of any resultant requests for proposals (RFP). The SPAWAR BBS may be accessed from personal computers (PC) or Macintosh (MAC) computers by calling (703) 602- 9494. The Bulletin Board operates at 14,400 baud with a setting of 8:N:1. The file will be in either MS Word 6.0 format or Wordperfect 6.0 format. The file will be compressed by a shareware program, PKZ204G.EXE. The file will be on the Draft File Library. To download this file, the prospective offeror will need, at a minimum, a PC or MAC with modem support software that supports VT100 or ANSI standard, a modem that operates between 300 bps - 14.4K bps and a minimum of 1.5 Mb free disk space. All offerors are encouraged to provide answers to an electronic questionnaire concerning electronic contracting. The bulletin board will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, as demand of the bulletin board may be heavy at times, it may be necessary to call repeatedly or during non-business hours. If assistance is needed regarding the bulletin board, please contact Mark Gurganus at 703-602-1842. Offerors who would like a copy of the Afloat Telecommunications Services information and do not have access to a modem may bring a formatted high density, 3.5 inch disk to the Contractor Liaison Branch, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, 2451 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22245-5200, room 201 between the hours of 7:30am and 4:00pm Mon-Fri. Interested firms are invited to submit their responses to the sources sought in writing to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, 2451 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22245-5200, Attn: LT Courtney Turner, 02-33E by 15 December 1996. Respondants should submit two (2) copies of their qualification packages. Responses should include brochures, drawings, and other substantive information demonstrating the contractor's ability to provide the aforementioned requirements. Please do not upload comments to the SPAWAR bulletin board. Proprietary data submitted in response to this synopsis will be protected when clearly identified as such. This is not a request for proposals nor does the Government intend to pay for any information solicited. The information received under this announcement will not be used to qualify any source. it is for planning purposes only. Responses must refer to Synopsis No 07 on both mailing envelopes and enclosures. Acknowledgment of receipt will not be made, nor will telephone inquiries be honored. (0323)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0212 19961119\58-0004.SOL)