Electronic Systems Center, Intelligence and Information Warfare Systems Div. (ICK), 50 Griffiss Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1619

58 -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR THE S-BAND TACTICAL AUTOMATED RECEIVER (STAR) POC Mr Mark Patten, Contracting Officer, (617) 271-3989. The STAR terminal is a transportable receive-only satellite earth terminal which will automatically position its receive antenna to acquire and track the satellite signal, receive, demodulate, decode, descramble, decrypt and process digital data from the down link of S-band satellite transponders. A graphical user interface provides controls and indicators for terminal operation. The received digital data is passed to Government supplied software for processing prior to being forwarded to user provided tactical intelligence processors. When stowed for transport, each transport case will be less than 48 inches in any dimension, be less than 130 inches in girth and not exceed 88 pounds total weight. When deployed, the item shall not weigh more than 105 pounds; as a goal, it should weigh no more than 80 pounds when deployed. Significant Characteristics: 1) Gain to Noise Temperature Ratio (G/T): Not less than 4.0db/deg K at 5 degree elevation or greater; 2) Carrier Frequency: 2242.5 MHz; 3) Polarization: Right Hand Circular; 4) Subcarrier Modulation: Binary Phase Shift Keyed (BPSK) up to 128 Kbps, Quadrature Phase Shift Keyed (QPSK) at 256 Kbps; 5) Antenna Pointing Angle: -5 to +90 degree elevation, 0 to 360 degree azimuth; 6) Receive Data Rates: 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 Kbps (BPSK); 256 Kbps (QPSK); 7) Receive Signal Power: -129 to -152 dBm; 8) Bit Error Rate: Not more than 1.0E-6 at Eb/No = 7.0 dB; 9) Decoding: Viterbi decoder, rate 1/2, K=7; 10) Descrambling: IESS 308 rev. 6; 11) Set-Up Time: Less than or equal to 30 minutes with 2 people; 12) Tear-Down Time: Less than or equal to 30 minutes with 2 people; 13) Prime Power (Nominal): 90-264 VAC, 47-440 Hz; 22-30 VDC; 14) COMSEC: Removable KIV-7; 15) Processor: Sun Sparc compatible with Sun Solaris 2.5 operating system. A Technical Data Package (TDP) from the prior development effort will be available however it is expected to require updating prior to starting production. The unclassified portions of the STAR Request For Proposal (RFP) will be available on the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) and can be reached using the World Wide Web at: http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil. Questions in regard to the bulletin board should be directed to the HERBB Webmaster at address: herbb@hanscom.af.mil. ESC may select one contractor to produce the item described above with a planned initial purchase of 25 units; potentially 175 additional units may be purchased. The contract has an estimated value of $10 -- $30 million. Established firms that recognize and produce the item described above are encouraged to identify themselves to the Contracting Officer by providing capabilities statements as to their qualifications. Responses to this sources sought synopsis must: 1) Include the firm's level of interest (prime / subcontractor), business size (large / small / disadvantaged / 8A) and teaming arrangements, if applicable. 2) Demonstrate the capability to meet the expected production requirements of this contract by describing experience in the: a) Design, development, configuration control, production and logistical support of satellite communications antennas, receivers and related hardware and software. b) Information security practices used in the design, development and operation of communications and data processing systems. c) Development, integration, configuration control and maintenance of classified software in a Sun Sparc/UNIX environment. 3) Demonstrate the ability to meet the expected security requirements of the anticipated contract in which the contractor must: a) Obtain a Secret Facility Clearance and personnel for design, development and production of hardware and software cleared to the Secret level. b) Handle cryptographic equipment and keying material. c) Provide key personnel with Top Secret/SCI clearances by 180 days after contract award. 4) Demonstrate the ability to manage the anticipated contract effort by showing current availability of: a) Necessary and suitable organizational processes and resources for design, development, quality assurance and production of hardware and software for the purpose described above. b) Sufficient numbers of qualified personnel. c) Sufficient financial resources. Foreign or foreign-owned offerors are excluded from participation as prime contractors in this solicitation. Capabilities statements in original and two (2) copies are limited to fifteen (15) pages each. Standard brochures, if directly applicable, are acceptable and do not count against the page limit but the information contained therein will not be evaluated for qualification. Capabilities statements must be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 30 days after publication of this notice. This is not an RFP. The information you provide will be evaluated to identify capable potential offerors. Respondents will be notified of the results of the evaluation of the data received. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or otherwise pay for any information solicited. The Government will solicit those firms meeting the screening criteria in this synopsis. Any potential offeror initially judged unqualified will be provided a copy of the resulting solicitation, if issued, upon their request and the offer from that firm will be evaluated without prejudice. Please submit the capabilities statement to: ESC/ICK (attn: Mr Mark Patten), 50 Griffiss Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1619. Questions concerning ths synopsis should be addressed to Mr Mark Patten (617) 271-3989. See Numbered Note(s): 25, 26. (0099)

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