Department of the Navy, Carderock Division Headquarters, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 9500 MacArthur Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817.

A -- A SHARC PROCESSORS SOL N00167-97-R-0012 DUE 031097 POC Lynda FOlk, Code 3324, Contract Specialist, (301) 227-5824/ Contracting Officer, RENEE CAIRO-IOCCO. The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center will be building embedded computer systems utilizing Sharc signal processing chips. The systems will be integrated into PC and Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) computers. The modules required will be PCI boards containing onboard Sharc chips, memory, and Sharcpac module sites, and ISA boards containing Sharcpac sites. The Sharcpacs will house Sharc chips, memory or combinations of both. Software development tools will be required which include AMSI C compiler, assembler, linker, debugger, hand coded digital signal processing libraries and run-time libraries which support I/O, DMA and interrupt service. PC and SGI Host resident software will be required which include server, loader, reset, interrupt handling, DMA, probe utility, and performance and memory tester. The contract type is anticipated to be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with a firm fixed price pricing arrangement for a contract period of five years. This is a 100 percent small business set-aside; however, for reporting purposes, any firm responding to this synopsis needs to indicate on their written request their current size status: i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Business, 8(a), and or Historically Black College or University/Miniority Institution (HBCU/MI. This requirement is listed under SIC Code No. 3672. Number of employees is 500. (0023)

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