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A -- INDEPENDENT VALIDATION & VERIFICATION OF THE SPEAKEASY MULTI-BAND, MULTI-MODE RADIO SOFTWARE SOL F30602-97-R-0045 POC Doug Rosenthal, Contract Specialist,315-330-1957, Captain Mike Gudiatis, Program Manager,315-330-7329 A twenty-eight (28) month completion effort to validate and verify the software/hardware design and capabilities of the Speakeasy Multi-band, Multi-mode Radio. Provide system analysis and software engineering for the development, testing, demonstration, and evaluation of Speakeasy Software and Hardware Technology. Assess the Speakeasy end objective, to produce a fully modular reprogrammable multi-band radio system. A read library containing technical information relating to this acquisition is available for review by potential offerors on line at Rome Laboratory WebSite: http://www.rl/af.mil:8001/lab/c3/c3bb/ speakeasy.html. This acquisition will be conducted under the Air Force Acquisition Reform Lightning Bolt Initiatives. Copies of the RFP will be available within the Rome Lab WebSite. To access, go to the Rome Laboatory Homepage, at Internet address: http://www.rl.af.mil. Select Business Opportunities; then select Local Business Opportunities. For direct access, use http://www.rl.af.mil: Hard copies will be mailed to those registered. The RFP will be released no sooner than 24 Feb 97. SECRET clearances will be required for performance. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be "significant concerns" and should be communicated directly to the Contracting Officer, Gary L. Slopka, 315-330-3204. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at 315-330-7746. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Doug Rosenthal, reference the code C-7-2400-D, and contain the respondent's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. Requests may be sent via FAX (315-330-1777), email (rosenthald @rl.af.mil, or through the mail. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, in response to the RFP, which shall be considered. (0037)

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