HQ Electronic Systems Center MILSATCOM Terminals Program ESC/MCK 50 Griffiss Street Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1620

59 -- SHIELDED EQUIPMENT SUPPORT SHELTER (SESS) AT SHAPE, MONS, BELGIUM POC Lt Jason Lindgren, Buyer, 781-271-6091 Mr. Joseph Zimmerman, Contracting Officer 781-271-6279 WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC,. Notice of intention to award a non-competitive contract to Shield Rite, Inc. (SRI), Albuquerque, NM for a modified MILSATCOM 100 db shielded Extremely High Frequency Antenna Support Shelter (EFASS) to be manufactured, assembled, and installed at SHAPE Headquarters, Mons, Belgium. In addition, the Government intends this contract to provide additional support for all EHFASS shelters previously produced and fielded by SRI. The modified EHFASS will be referred to as a Shielded Equipment Support Shelter, (SESS). The modifications to the existing power system facility that supports the MILSATCOM installation are intended to improve the operational capability of the power system when subjected to the effects of external electromagnetic radiation. The power system consists of electrical equipment located within an auxiliary building as well as equipment external to that building. SRI will provide design and analysis support, and a site survey at SHAPE in preparation for the final modifications that will take place on the current power system. This support will be an extension of the unique work provided by SRI for the equipment shielding effort under the EHFASS program and the HEMP filter work done by SRI at SHAPE. As a result of final design and analysis performed by MITRE and supported by SRI under part I. above, it is proposed that a modified Extremely High Frequency Antenna Support Shelter (EHFASS) be manufactured, assembled, and installed at SHAPE by SRI. SRI has manufactured 27 EHFASS units for the MILSATCOM Program and is currently manufacturing a number of shielded doors for Buckley ANGB, CO. The SESS would utilize the technology developed for MILSATCOM on the EHFASS Program and the manufacturing techniques, tools, and fabrication equipment currently being used in the shielded door construction to fabricate and assemble a SESS for SHAPE. The SESS will be a modified design of the EHFASS currently installed at 17 CONUS sites, 3 Alaskan and Hawaiian sites, 2 Asian sites, 3 European sites, and provide the shielded enclosure for MILSATCOM equipment at SHAPE as the EHFASS does for MILSATCOM equipment at the sites mentioned above. A firm fixed price contract award, pursuant to 10 USC 2304(c)(1) as described in FAR 6.302-1, would be anticipated in the fall of 1998 with a period of performance through December 1999. FY99 funds have been allocated for manufacture, assembly, and installation of the SESS at SHAPE. Support will be provided through the use of Time and Materials Line Items and be funded with FY98 and 99 funds. Despite the Government's intention to issue the contract to Shield Rite, Inc., if your firm believes it can meet the criteria specified above, submit a qualification package to ESC/MCK, 50 Griffiss Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1620, attention Lt Jason Lindgren, no later than 10 calendar days after publication of this synopsis. This synopsis does not constitute a request for proposal (RFP) or an invitation for bid (IFB) and should not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue an order orotherwise pay for the information solicited. Any questions regarding this synopsis should be directed to Lt Jason Lindgren at (781) 271-6091, or the Contracting Officer, Joseph Zimmerman at (781) 271-6279. See Note 26. (0141)

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