Commander (fcp-1), Maintenance & Logistics Command Pacific, Coast Guard Island, Bldg. 54-A, Alameda, CA 94501-5100

J -- MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT SOL DTCG89-97-R-65M701 DUE 043097 POC Ms. Jocelyn Brox-Chester, Contract Specialist, (510) 437-5913. The Coast Guard intends to solicit, negotiate and award a firm-fixed price, sole-source procurement to Raytheon Electronic Systems, 1001 Boston Post Road, Marlborough, MA. The SIC Code is 7629, Electrical and Electronic Repair Shops. The contract shall cover maintenance services of electronic equipment that comprises the Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) Automated Identification System (AIS), and associated equipment installed at the Prince William Sound Vessel Traffic Center, and at Potato Point, Cape Hinchinbrook, Naked Island and Spit Site remote sites, all located in Alaska. Raytheon is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and data rights are not owned by nor available from the Coast Guard. Raytheon developed the software and it is proprietary. The performance period will be 1 October 1997 through 30 September 1998, with four one year options, if exercised. The contractor shall provide necessary personnel, material, supplies, transportation and electronics maintenance services to maintain the VTSAIS System and LAN. Services shall include but are not limited to, hardware maintenance, system administration duties in support of software, software upgrades, system configuration, and maintenance of the operating system and associated applications software. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Written responses, providing sufficient data to determine capability to meet the requirement, must be received by this office within fifteen (15) days after date of publication of this synopsis. Sources must have secured a licensing agreement from Raytheon to maintain this equipment. If no responses are received within the fifteen (15) days, with sufficient information to determine that another responsible source is available, negotiations will be conducted with Raytheon Electronics Systems. The solicitation will be issued on or about 3 April 1997, and closing on or before 30 April 1997. This Notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000.00. For further information and application forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. See Numbered Notes 22 and 26. (0008)

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