US Army CECOM, CECOM Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008

61 -- MARKET SURVEY FOR RADIO ACCESS UNIT (RAU) RANGE EXTENSION PROGRAM POC Walter Grudus, Engineer, (908) 532-8489 E-MAIL: CECOM Acquisition Center, defazioj@doim6.monmouth.army.mil. The following information is provided in addition to that which was published in the 4 March 97 CBD issue. The government anticipates issuing a RFP later this year in the Oct/Nov 97 time frame. The RFP will require contractors wishing to respond to the RFP to demonstrate their approach/concept to the Government during the proposal evaluation/selection period of approximately Feb-May 98 time frame. The RFP will require any bidder to address the complete integration of a proposed solution, that substantially increases the operational range between the RAU and the Mobile Subscriber Ratiotelephone Terminal (MSRT) AN/VRC-97. The integration issues must address, as a minimum, both the physical and electrical aspects of installing and interfacing any hardware, if required, with other existing equipment in the RAU shelter or MSRT and the system compatibility issues associated with the existing system operational features between the RAU and MSRT. Anticipate contract award in the July 98 time frame where the Government will be interested in procuring some form of a complete retrofit package and any required associated logistical support items. It is anticipated that a AN/TRC-191 Shelter will be made available to be scheduled for use at Fort Monmouth, NJ (or other Government facility) for the above periods and by the winning contractor if required. The Government's present hardware requirements for this program are such that Product Acceptance Test & Evaluation (PATE) testing be completed 14 months after contract award and initial production delivery 17 months after contract award. (0084)

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