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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 10,1997 PSA#1884

NISE East, 4600 Marriott Drive, PO Box 190022, North Charleston, SC 29419-9022

R -- ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ROTHR DUE 081597 POC Nancy Alger, Code 1116NA, (803)743-3580, Contracting Officer, C. O. Walsh E-MAIL: NISE East Charleston, algern@niseeast.nosc.mil. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. Naval Command, Control Ocean Systems Center In-Service Engineering East Coast Detachment (NISE East) is seeking qualified sources capable of providing program support services for the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) system, including emergent special short-term requirements to adapt the system to fulfill the counterdrug support mission which it is currently tasked by the Department of Defense (DOD). The Navy ROTHR system is a bistatic high frequency (HF) radar that was developed to provide forward-based, wide area surveillance coverage for U.S. battle groups. A prototype system was developed and successfully operated for two years in the Aleutian Islands before it was deinstalled as a fallout from the end of the cold war. The first of three production systems was installed at Chesapeake, Virginia and is operated by the Fleet Surveillance Support Command (FSSC) under the operational command of Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command (USACOM). The second production system was installed in Texas and is also operated by FSSC. The third production system is currently scheduled to be installed in Puerto Rico and be operational in 1999. In support of the counterdrug mission, ROTHR complements and optimizes the use of other sensor systems by providing continuous, non-obtrusive, long-range detection and monitoring over large areas of South America drug production and Central America transit regions. ROTHR system users have identified requirements to improve existing or develop new capabilities to support this new mission. Counterdrug forces continue to increase their reliance on ROTHR necessitating continuing attention to enhancing current capabilities. Approved R&D projects developed under Rome Laboratories and the Advanced Research Project Authority are transitioned into the system as part of the Block Upgrade process. Other relatively straight forward modifications to current capabilities are implemented directly as Block Upgrades under Configuration Management. All system upgrades of whatever nature are funded for transition into the ROTHR system through this Program Support contract. Major categories covered under the contract are Engineering and Technical Support (ETS), Management Support Services (MSS), and Maintenance and Support Services. Additional information concerning ROTHR can be found on the World-wide Web (WWW) server which may be accessed using client browsers, such as MOSAIC or NETSCAPE at URL: http://manta.nosc.mil/~swecker/sys_over.html.. Potential sources should have the following basic experience/qualifications: (1) Over-the-Horizon Radar Principles (2)-Propagation Management and Assessment Principles (3) Signal Processing Techniques (4) Assessment of Radar Performance Techniques (5) Signal to Noise Predictions (6) Frequency Selection Techniques (7) Coordinate Registration Techniques (8) Ship and Air Detection and Tracking Techniques (9) Control and Monitor of Radar Resources (10) Antenna Systems (TX and RX) (11) Communication Equipment (data and voice) (12) Fortran, C++, 68000 Assembly (13) Open VMS and Windows NT operating systems (14) DEC Alpha hardware configuration (15) Configuration Management and Control. All interested sources are encouraged to submit information that supports their ability to perform and successfully complete the required services in two (2) copies, not to exceed thirty (30) pages, no later than 15 August 1997 to NISE East Det Norfolk, Attn: Bill Stokes, Code 635BS, PO Box 1376, Norfolk, VA 23501-1376, telephone 757-485-6422, ext. 358, E-Mail address: stokesb@nosc.mil. This is not an RFP nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Acknowledgement of receipt will not be made. Proprietary Data will be protected when so designated. Include in your response whether or not your firm is a small business or small disadvantaged business This sources sought synopsis is provided to assure inclusion of interested firms on the eventual solicitation source list and should not be seen as a formal solicitation document from which a contract will be awarded. A formal synopsis of this procurement will be published electronically and in the Commerce Business Daily, pursuant to FAR 5.2 after review of information received from this sources sought synopsis. (0189)

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