AMC Contracting Flight, AMC CONF/LGCF, 102 E Martin St, Rm 216, Scott AFB IL 62225-5015

D -- TCP/IP CONNECTIVITY SOL FA4452-97-QA485 DUE 090597 POC Nancy Jurke, Contract Specialist, 618-256-1900 ext 301, Barbara Steinmann, Contracting Officer, 618-256-1900 ext 261 WEB: AMC Contracting Flight Business Opportunities Page, http://amclg.safb.af.mil/public/. E-MAIL: Contact Nancy Jurke, Contract Specialist via e-mail, jurken@hqamclg.safb.af.mil. The Air Mobility Command (AMC) Contracting Flight intends to issue a purchase order for leased, real time, world-wide, TCP/IP compatible connectivity between the Advanced Computer Flight Plan (ACFP) and Optimized MAC Computer Flight Plan (OMCFP) systems located at Scott AFB and Offutt AFB and world wide military flight planners from1 Oct 97 through 30 Sep 98. These C2 systems will be providing prepositioned aircrews at en routes optimized flight plans to file with the Air Traffic Control of Federal Aviation Administration. Connection to the following places currently is required: Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Macau, Malawi, Malta, Martinique, N. Mariana Islands, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Togo, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zambia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kindgom, USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, Japan, Mexico, Hong Kong, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts, and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Reunion, South Africa, Swaziland, New Zealand, Venezuela, Belarus, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Samao, Guam, Saipan, Israel, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peruu, South Korea, Malaysia, Phillipines, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan. The system must provide the following: 1) Unlimited Win95-compatible software suite to be hosted on a PC platform. This suite must allow deployed flight planners local access in the event of contingencies. The suite will provide flight planners dial-up connectivity to a TCP/IP compliant network to access the host systems at the locations identified above. The vendor will consider flight planners input considering on-going development of software suites. 2) The Vendor will provide training to 20 government administrators to support network security via login user accounts with passwords. 3) The software suite will be posted on a web site for flight planners to down load. The government will maintain up to 5000 logins and passwords. 4) The Vendor's TCP/IP compatible connectivity system will provide up 1500 hours per month of fixed price access. A standard hourly rate will be established for anything over 1500 monthly hours. 5) As the Vendor obtains communication access agreements with other countries, connectivity to those additional countries will be added to the existing compatible software suite. 6) Vendor will provide all network equipment necessary to support connectivity to the host systems. 7) Vendor will provide 24 hour/day, 7 day/week help desk to answer government questions concerning connectivity operations. Interested offerors should provide the name and size of business, address with "zip plus four", Cage Code, TIN, DUNS, telephone number, and fax number. Quote should include flat rate for 1500 hours of monthly service and an hourly rates for anything over 1500 hours used in a month. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. Reference FA445297QA485. Written request for quote may be faxed to 618-256-5724. (0232)

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