SPAWARSYSCEN, Charleston, PO Box 190022, North Charleston, SC 29419-9022

58 -- SECURE VOICE INTERCOM -- TECHNICAL DATA SOUGHT SOL N65236-98-R-5999 DUE 073198 POC Kathy Breitkreutz, Contract Specialist (803)974-5933; Jean Duncan, Contracting Officer E-MAIL: SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston, breitkrk@spawar.navy.mil. Space and Naval Warfare System Center, Charleston is soliciting information from potential sources for production of up to 100 Secure Voice Intercom systems with the following desired capabilities: (1) At least 15, up to approximately 25, stations; (2) Stations capable of making "single-button" calls to any other station or group of stations, or to pre-defined groups of other stations; (3) High degree of isolation security against deliberate or accidental eavesdroppers, such as use of fiber-optic connections; (4) Calling station controls which other stations may join a call in process; (5) All stations in a call have visual indication of all other stations in the same call; (6) No operator action required at called stations to make connections; (7) Programmable to enable/disable individual stations and to permit/ prohibit connections between selected pairs of stations; (8) Multiple levels of programmable "executive override" carried with the station operator from station to station, not tied to the physical station. There is no firm procurement requirement for these Intercoms at this time. If a firm requirement develops at some future time, a fully-competitive solicitationmay be issued for an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract with Firm-Fixed-Price delivery orders, using procurement procedures for commercial, non-developmental items. This request is for technical information only to enable government engineers to better understand the equipment and level of technology currently available in commercial systems. Interested firms are invited to submit technical data, descriptive literature, or information brochures. Such material may be submitted by mail to: SPAWAR Det St Juliens; ATTN: Tom Russel, Code 514TR; PO Box 1376; Norfolk VA 23501-1376; and a copy (without attachments) to: SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston; ATTN: Code 1115KB; PO Box 190022; North Charleston SC 29419-9022. Such material may also be submitted as electronic mail to: russel@spawar.navy.mil (with documents as Word 6 attachments,if convenient); and a copy addressed to: breitkrk@spawar.navy.mil (without attachments). Information submissions are requested by 30 June 1998. THIS SYNOPSIS IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS, AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND/OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. RESPONDENTS WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS OF THE DATA EVALUATION. RESPONDENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF ANY SOLICITATION ISSUED AS A RESULT OF ANY FIRM REQUIREMENT THAT MAY DEVELOP FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONSIDER A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE OR 8(A) SET-ASIDE FOR ANY RESULTING SOLICITATION. (0093)

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