NISE East, 4600 Marriott Drive, PO Box 190022, North Charleston, SC 29419-9022

36 -- COMMERCIAL MATERIAL CONSISTING OF AN INTEGRATED PORTABLE WIREFREE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (IPWDS). SOL N65236-97-R-0325 DUE 011597 POC Point of Contact -- Nina Burgsteiner, Code 1115NB, 803-743-4362, Contracting Officer, Jean C. Duncan E-MAIL: NISE East Charleston, burgsten@niseeast.nosc.mil. This procurement is intended to a competitive contract for firm fixed priced commercial items. The government will consider split award of the land mobile radio (LMR) and personal communications service (PCS) portions of the system. Material requested is to provide the USS Rushmore (LSD 47) with an integrated portable wirefree communications system (IPWCS) capability. The government will design and install the LMR antenna system. The government and contractor will together determine optimum placement of the PCS cell repeaters. The government will install the system in accordance with contractor's instructions. The government will witness the contractor's pre-delivery testing, and the contractor and government will jointly test the system after installation. The contractor will provide commercial technical manuals, installation and instructions, parts lists, system programming instructions, and training materials. The contractor will provide training for the system administrator, users, and maintenance/repair personnel. The IPWCS LMR will provide flight deck, well deck, damage control, and engineering portable radios for use throughout the ship, and must operate within the 406.1 MHz to 420 spectrum. The LMR base station will include six low-power RF repeaters (under 20 watts RF power per channel) and an 8-channel central combiner (including duplexer), and should fit into minimum installation space. The LMR will provide interfaces to telephone lines from the existing ship service telephone switch system, and one interface to the flight deck announcing system (5MC). A variety of LMR portable radios will be required, including: low-power (under 100 milliwatts); higher-power (one to five watts); and flight deck helmets with portable radios. The portable LMR radios must provide privacy encryption in accordance with FIPS 140-1. The LMR radios must provide a low-battery alarm, and resist damage from six-foot drops, oil, saltwater, and common solvents. The LMR radios must operate on the weatherdecks of the ship in an extremely noisy, windy environment, with heavy potential for severe electromagnetic interference. The LMR radios must operate in simplex mode if the LMR base station fails. The IPWCS PCS capability will provide a low-power, full-duplex, portable telephone system operating within the unlicensed spectrum authorized for PCS or cordless telephone devices. The PCS base station must be interoperable with the existing ship service telephone system, and should fit into minimum installation space. The PCS system is expected to provide coverage to at least 90 percent of the LSD 47 ship volume, with sufficient channel capacity to provide a two percent grade of service (in the busiest hour of the day) for approximately 100 subscribers. A standard PCS and system handset will be required. The standard PCS and system handset must operate in the generally protected interior environment of the ship, with resistance to occasional weatherdeck exposure. A ruggedized PCS and system handset is also desired, to resist the same damage and operate in the same weatherdeck environment as the LMR radios. The PCS and system handsets must provide privacy encryption to prevailing commercial standards, with compliance to FIPS 140-1 desirable. Requests for the solicitation should be sent to NISE East, P.O. Box 190022, North Charleston, SC 29419-9022, Attn: Nina Burgsteiner, Code 1115NB or faxed to 803-743-6160. (0348)

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