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16 -- HC130H SENSOR UPGRADE SYSTEM SOL DTCG23-98-R-EA8016 DUE 022698 POC Contact: LCDR Orie Davis, Ph: (202) 267-0531 Contracting Officer: L. Scott Palmer, Ph: (202) 267-2489 The Coast Guard will be issuing a solicitation for the integration and installation of a palletized HC130H Sensor Upgrade System. The Sensor Upgrade System hardware will include a Forward Looking Infrared Radar and Electro Optical device (FLIR/EO), an Airborne Tactical Workstation (ATW), and a Military Satellite Communications system (MILSATCOM). System hardware will be selected and installed by the Contractor. The Contractor will also be responsible for the system integration effort required to ensure the new hardware and any associated software, in concert with existing HC130H hardware and software systems meets the Sensor Upgrade System performance requirements. Qualified Contractors will be ISO 9001 certified and a Software Capability Evaluation based on the Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model will be conducted as part of the pre-award survey. Competition for this contract will be full and open. An Indefinite Quantity Firm Fixed Price type contract is anticipated. The contract will consist of a base year and four option years. Delivery of the First Article will be timed so that the Sensor Upgrade System's initial operating capability (IOC) will be no later than 270 days after contract award. Up to eleven more systems will be delivered after the first article. An option to modify up to eighteen additional aircraft to accept the palletized system will be included. An option for a Contractor managed logistics/maintenance system will be included. An option for a Bench Test Tool (ATW) will also be included. Orders for systems, aircraft modifications, logistics/maintenance, and the Bench Test Tool will be contingent on funding available at award and in the contract out-years. The U.S. Coast Guard anticipates issuance of the Request for Proposal (RFP) on or about 12JAN98. Written proposals will be due 45 days after issuance of the solicitation. Oral presentations will be required and will be scheduled by the Contracting Officer. This contract is scheduled for a middle 3rd quarter FY98 award. Telephone inquiries for a copy of the solicitation will not be accepted. Requests for the solicitation must be in writing. For Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged enterprises to acquire short term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800)532-1169. Direct inquiries and requests for the solicitation to the contact listed above.***** (0336)

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