Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.0), 47123 Buse Road, Unit 353/IPT Bldg, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547

58 -- THE AN/ARC-210 FAMILY OF ELECTRONIC PROTECTION RADIO EQUIPMENT POC Contact, Pamela Gray, facsimile (301) 757-6516 E-MAIL: graypk.jfk@navair.navy.mil, graypk.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command, Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209) intends to award a sole source contract to Rockwell Collins Avionics and Communications Division (CACD), Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the fiscal year 1999 and subsequent procurements of the AN/ARC-210 family of Electronic Protection radio equipment. The current family of radios consist of the RT-1556/ARC, RT-1736/ARC, RT-1744/ARC, RT-1745/ARC, RT-1747B/ARC and the RT-XXXX (Digital Communication System receiver-transmitter). Present capabilities include embedded COMSEC, embedded DAMA for UHF SATCOM, Link 4A/ACLS, MIL-STD-188-220A protocol implementing Variable Message Format, CYZ-10A, ARC-210 Fill program, DS-101 keyfill capability, and ICAO 8.33 Khz channelization. This procurement will be supported by an Organizational to Commercial Depot maintenance philosophy with a performance and reliability guarantee. The projected procurement quantity range is 1000 -- 3000 units plus the associated equipment. The Navy will consider product information from other sources which have existing products that can satisfy the program requirements. Interested sources must be able to demonstrate their ability to: satisfy existing program form, fit, function, (F3) integration and commonality requirements; meet the targeted systems availability and delivery in fiscal year 2000; meet a turnaround time for commercial Depot of 30 calendar days; deliver production units which meet all contract requirements to support the existing platforms integration schedules; dedicate manufacturing capacity in excess of 100 units per month; and reconfigure the receiver-transmitter (RT) software using the AN/USQ-131 Memory Loader Verifier Set. Due to the nature of this potential effort, no foreign country sources will be considered. Prospective sources will be required to have a DOD security classification at the SECRET level. Interested sources shall submit their responses with the following minimum information addressed: product descriptions, logistics support and affordable readiness concepts, RT guaranteed MTBF of 1500 hours or greater, RT warranties, Built-In-Test to include performance projections and actuals, past experience with MIL-STD-1553 data bus, various MIL-STD-1553 implementations, DS-101, quality assurance program description, parts selection and control process, software and hardware configuration control process, software development process and software verification process. Interested sources should also include the following cost information in their submission: unit costs for each RT configuration and associated equipment in then year dollars and rough order of magnitude in then year dollars for costs associated with the above listed supporting requirements. In addition, the Navy would like interested sources to provide responses to the following specific questions: Is the proposed radio a nondevelopment item or commercial-off-the shelf? How will the proposed radio architecture support functional upgrades? How much memory and throughput reserves are available for future upgrades? How do you plan to manage hardware and software configurations for parts obsolescence, and future improvements? Have you done an Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Software Capability Maturity Assessment? If so, what is your current level? How long have you been at your current level? Were reliability predictions performed during the development of your system? If so, what prediction models were used and what was the predicted reliability? How has the fielded reliability of your equipment compared to the laboratory reliability? What process did you use for measuring field reliability? Was a thermal analysis performed? What was the result? What failure modes were detected during reliability testing? Is the COMSEC portion of the item certified? If not, what is the plan to achieve certification? What is the expected schedule? What is your previous experience with COMSEC and SATCOM certifications? How much of the current software is expected to be modified? How much redesign and/or relayout of boards is required to achieve the F3 requirement? What similar efforts (i.e., reduction of form) has the company undertaken successfully in the past? What level of testing has been accomplished on the unit? Do you possess the technical skills and abilities to establish and maintain a repair of repairables and commercial depot program for the items under consideration? What specific areas does the company perceive as the highest risk of this effort? Interested sources should submit their responses in writing within ninety (90) days of the date of this announcement. Telephone and other oral means of requesting information will not be permitted. All correspondence relating to this matter should be directed to Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-2.5.1.4, 47123 Buse Road, Unit 353, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547, or by facsimile to (301) 757-6516. The Navy will not pay for product research, development, qualification testing, re-packaging, re-design and/or information received in response to this announcement. The Navy may use support contractor employees from McDonnell Douglas Aircract Division, Snead and Snead, DCS, Incorporated, and Hughes Aircraft Warfare Center to assist in reviewing the responses received under this announcement. The Navy reserves the right to conduct on-site surveys and fact-finding sessions with interested sources for the purposes of evaluating facilities and products under consideration. Additional cost information may be requested during the fact-finding sessions. To assist interested sources in preparing their response, a library containing detailed system performance descriptions, interface specifications, and other system requirements documents has been established at the Naval Air Warfare Center -- Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Webster Field Annex, St. Inigoes, MD. To obtain access to the ARC-210 data library offerors are required to submit a written request to the address above. In order to facilitate scheduling access to the library, please submit this request within thirty (30) days from the date of this announcement. All information received in response to this announcement will be kept confidential. See note No. 22. -- NAVAIR synopsis No. 50058-97.***** (0212)

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