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

58 -- GROUND DATA TERMINAL/AIR DATA TERMINAL SOL DAAB07-97-R-S322 DUE 062597 POC Point of Contact -- Sophia Braszko, Contract Specialist, 732-427-1395. Contracting Officer -- Arnold A. Rappaport, 732-532-3428. E-MAIL: 58 -- Ground Data Term/Air Data Term, braszko@doim6.monmouth.army.mil. The U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) anticipates negotiation with Cubic Defense Systems (CDS), San Diego, CA for the following: (1) production, test, and delivery of seven Ground Data Terminals (GDT), (2) production, test, and delivery of up to two Airborne Data Terminals (ADT), (3) production, test, and delivery of GDT Shop Replaceable Unit (SRU) Spares, (4) development, production, test and delivery of up to four GDT Test Sets, (5) specification of Integrated Logistics Support tasks and efforts required for the GDT (6) specification of Time and Materiel tasks and efforts required to support the GDT, and (7) two sets of LRU spares. Letter Request for Proposal to be issued to CDS per FAR 6.302-1(b)(1), "Only One Responsible Source". CDS, the developer/producer of the Surveillance Control Data Link (SCDL), is the only company possessing the knowledge and expertise for this acquisition. The Government does not possess technical data completely defining form, fit and function of the items being procured and has no way of evaluating a substitute item. See Note 22. (0160)

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