Regional Contracting Department (Code 201), Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, 1942 Gaffney Street, Ste 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-4549

58 -- COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (RADIO) SOL N00604-98-Q-3704 DUE 082698 POC Vanessa Pappalardo, Purchasing Agent, PH. (808) 474-2397 Ext. 111, Marguerite Mattson, Contracting Officer The Simplified Acquisition Division of the Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, Pearl Harbor intends on negotiating a commercial contract for a Communication System for the Fleet & Industrial Supply Center Fuel Department. The requirement is to provide all materials, labor and equipment required to provide full radio coverage of the Red Hill Fuel Facility. The work includes installation and connections of the necessary repeaters to the base stations to provide full coverage in the facility while ensuring all components are rated intrinsically safe by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Six hand held radios, two base radio stations, a spare repeater, and a spare base radio needed to communicate within the Red Hill Facility. The project will include providing a translator to interface to the governments existing Motorola's Astro Digital Saber III Radio System Model #H04RDH9PW7AN. The Base radios will be located at the gauger station in the lower tunnel of the Red Hill Facility and the Under Ground Pump House located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. One base radio will be provided to the Government as a spare. The contractor shall connect a translator for the Motorola trunk system to the base station at the Under Ground Pump House. The translator shall allow communication with the Motorola Astro Digital Saber III Radio System Model #H04RDH9PW7AN used by Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Fuel personnel in the Pearl Harbor Area. The contractor shall provide and install repeaters as necessary to provide full radio communication coverage of the entire Red Hill Facility to include the 6 miles of subterranean tunnels. One repeater will be provided to the government as a spare. Each of the six hand held units will be supplied with a minimum of an (8) eight hour standby use battery pack. Two spare (8) hr minimum standby use battery packs and six chargers shall be installed in the gauger station. Each hand held unit shall be complete with antennas, and carrying cases. The contractor shall be responsible toprovide all materials and labor provide 120V power to the equipment provided under this contract. A pre-bid site visit will be conducted to allow each bidder to verify existing electrical sources and to determine the scope of this effort. The contractor shall support acceptance testing, to include a demonstration of the radios effectiveness at various locations in the Red Hill Facility. The contractor shall provide two four hour training sessions and shall include operation and maintenance of the system and six sets of manuals. The contractor shall provide one year parts and labor warranty covering maintenance and/or replacement of/or improper installation procedures/processes. Due to the security and specifics of the location of the system, there will be a ONE-TIME, MANDATORY, site visit held during the week of August 17-21, 1998. No other site visit will be held. Date and time of this mandatory site visit will be announced on the Request for Quotation (RFQ) package. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by this agency. Requests for RFQ packages must be faxed to any of the following fax numbers: (808) 471-0811 or (808) 471-8865, ATTN: Vanessa Pappalardo. No telephone requests please. Due to the one-time site visit, it will be necessary that all request for bid packages arrive no later than August 14, 1998 for planning purposes. Posted 07/22/98 (W-SN226973). (0203)

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