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58 -- JOINT STARS RADAR TECHNOLOGY INSERTION PROGRAM (RTIP) COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT SOL F19628-98-R-0008 POC Contact Contract Manager:Capt Stephen Walsh, 781/377-6814, or Contracting Officer: Stephen P. Kent,781/377-6741 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, walshs@hanscom.af.mil. Sources are sought for US Air Force Joint STARS Radar Technology Insertion Program (RTIP) with an option for a United Kingdom (UK) cooperative development of common radar technology. The Contractor will be required to design, develop, install, test, and integrate advanced radar systems in the Joint STARS system with an option for integration into a UK system. Interested firms should respond by indicating their capabilities to meet the following screening criteria: (a) possess or have the ability to obtain both US and UK Secret level security clearances, (b) possess the knowledge and experience necessary to develop an advanced technology, state-of-the-art airborne ground surveillance radar, (c) possess system level and subsystem level knowledge of the Joint STARS prime mission equipment and software architecture, (d) have demonstrated experience in aircraft modification design and installation of large scale airborne radar and avionics equipment, (e) have demonstrated experience in developing and testing physical and functional interfaces with advanced computational and operator workstation equipment including various types of associated data busses, (f) have demonstrated experience in large scale software development, (g) have demonstrated experience in system integration and system testing, (h) have demonstrated experience in developing equipment, software, interface and military maintenance/training equipment and associated documentation, and (i) possess knowledge of and experience with implementing human machine interfaces, symbology, and databases into the Joint STARS baseline. Firms should indicate whether they are a large or small business and whether they qualify as socially or economically disadvantaged. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute an RFP nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will solicit those firms meeting the screening criteria in this synopsis. Interested firms should submit acapabilities package to ESC/JSK, Attn: Capt Stephen Walsh, 75 Vandenberg Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2119 within 30 days of this publication. The ESC Ombudsman is Col Lee Hughes, ESC/CX, (617) 377-5106. The Ombudsman should be contacted only with issues or problems that have been brought previously to the attention of the program manager and/or contracting officer and could not be resolved satisfactorily at that level. Any offeror initially judged to be unqualified will be provided a copy of the solicitation upon request. Any offer submitted by such a firm will be evaluated without prejudice. Should no other contractor be deemed capable, it is the Government's intent to award this acquisition, on a sole source basis, to Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronics and Systems Integration Division, Surveillance and Battle Management Systems -- Melbourne, P.O. Box 9650, 2000 W. NASA Boulevard, Building 222, Melbourne, FL, 32902-9650. The Government anticipates the release of an RFP for this requirement in Jan1998. Anticipated contract start date is 1st Qtr FY99. See Numbered Notes: 22, 25, and 26. (0356)

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