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58 -- NATO JOINT STARS SOL F19628-97-R-0018 POC Capt Stephen Walsh, Contract Specialist; 617=377-6814; Richard A. Cooper, Contracting Office, 617-377-5454. Sources are sought for Phase I of the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Program (NATO Joint STARS). During Phase I the Contractor will design, develop, test, and integrate the NATO interoperability software modifications, support development of contract changes to facilitate delivery of two (2) systems to NATO, support the requirements definition for Phase II Cooperative development and production proposal effort, support NATO Consultation, Command, and Control Agency (NC3A). Interested firms should respond by indicating their capabilities to meet the following screening criteria: (a) possess or have the ability to obtain both US and NATO Secret level security clearances, (b) possess system level knowledge of the Joint STARS architecture, (c) demonstrate past experience in large scale software development, integration and system testing, (d) demonstrate experience in developing and testing user interfaces for tactical systems using standard Graphical User Interfaces, (e) demonstrate experience in using1553 Data Bus, (f) demonstrate experience in interfacing computer systems and developing interface documentation, (g) demonstrate experience in developing software documentation (h) demonstrate experience in developing military training documentation, (i) demonstrate experience in integrating UHF SATCOM radio equipment into airborne platforms with multiple collocated UHF radios, (j) knowledge in integrating NATO symbology and databases in to the Joint STARS software baseline. Firms should indicate whether they are a large or small business and whether they qualify as socially or economically disadvantaged. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute an RFP nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will solicit those firms meeting the screening criteria in this synopsis. Interested firms should submit a capabilities package to ESC/JSK, Attn: Capt Stephen Walsh, 75 Vandenberg Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2119 within 30 days of this publication. The ESC Ombudsman is Col Lee Hughes, ESC/CX, (617) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should be contacted only with issues or problems that have been brought previously to the attention of the program manager and/or contracting officer and could not be resolved satisfactorily at that level. Any offeror initially judged to be unqualified will be provided a copy of the solicitation upon request. Any offer submitted by such a firm will be evaluated without prejudice. The Government anticipates the release of an RFP for this requirement in May 1997. Anticipated contract start date is 2nd Qtr FY98. See Numbered Note(s): 25, 26. (0034)

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