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70 -- DATA FUSION DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM SOL DTRS57-98-Q-80173 DUE 090498 POC Point of Contact -- Julia Kent, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2440 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, kentj@volpe.dot.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ), No. DTRS57-98-Q-80173. The Volpe Center plans to solicit a sole source simplified acquisition purchase from Primagraphics LTD, New Cambridge House, Litlington, Nr. Royston, Herts, England, to deliver a processor that interfaces with all available surveillance sensors and provides two controller display stations . This system will be used to test and demonstrate data fusion techniques at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW). The system hardware and firmware must provide the same functionality as the system currently owned by the USDOT. This proposed action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered, solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All interested sources must identify the product by submitting pricing data and an accurate description of the equipment being offered, which includes the make and model numbers. If there are no responses received by close of business September 4, 1998, a firm fixed price purchase order will be awarded to the above named source. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-05. This solicitation is a small business set-aside; the standard industrial classification code is 7373 and the small business size standard is $15.0 Million. A list of contract line items number(s) and items are (See the Statement of Work for detailed description for each of the Tasks.): Task No. 1: Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. Task No. 2: System Assembly and Configuration. Task No. 3: Software Development and Testing. Task No. 4: Installation and Configuration. (Total CLINs = 4) (vi) Statement of Work -- 1. OBJECTIVE -- The Volpe Center is leading the Data Fusion Development Platform (DFDP) project. The goal of this project is field a system (DFDP2) at DFW to test and demonstrate data fusion techniques on a centrally located processor unit that interfaces with all available surveillance sensors. We are requesting hardware, software and system integration services to support this project. DFDP2 must provide the same functionality as the DFDP with the added capability of two controller display stations that provide scan-conversion and video overlay. 2. TASKS -- Task No. 1: Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware: a) Velocity + RISC Processor cardwith 4 Mbytes DRAM (Quantity 2), b) Vantage Scan Converter with RGB daughterboard (Quantity 2), c) Scan Conversion Firmware License (Quantity 2), d) Viper Video Windows card with dual channel grabber daughterboard (Quantity 2), e) Vortex triple-input video keyer (dual PLL) (Quantity 2), f) PARIS host software license (Quantity 2), g) Gateway 2000 Pentium II GP6-350 System, 350 MHz CPU, 64Mb, SDRAM, 8.4Gb Hard Drive, CD-ROM, Ethernet PCI Network card, 8Mb Graphics Card, 21inch Vivitron color Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Windows, h) NT operating system PARIS host software license (Quantity 2), i) ASDE-3 Radar Interface Card (Quantity 1), j) Victory DMA Controller Polar Receiver (Quantity 1), k) 16 Mbytes Viceroy Polar Store card (Quantity 1), l) Force SPARC CPU-5V with 64Mbytes RAM (Quantity 1), m) 2.1 Gbyte Winchester Disk drive (Quantity 1), n) Solaris 2.6 for SPARC including all applicable drivers (Quantity 1), o) PAR IS Tracker Single User license (Quantity 1), p) 10U 19 inch Rack Mount Enclosure (EMC sealed unit design) with front card access behind hinged door (Quantity 1), q) 20 Slot VME backplane with dual Primabus (Quantity 1), r) 1 Kwatt Power Supply (Quantity 1), s) System cabling (Quantity 1 set), t) Technical Manuals (Quantity 1 set). Task No. 2: System Assembly and Configuration. Assemble the system hardware described in Task No. 1. Install all software and configure the system for software development and testing. This task is to be completed at the contractor s facility. Task No. 3: Software Development and Testing. Software that will support the distribution of track reports from the SPARC 5 CPU to each of the display workstations. This software will support a client server link between each display station and a tracking server. Task No. 4: Installation and Configuration. Deliver the system and assist the DFDP software development team with the installation and configuration of the hardware and software described in tasks 1, 2, and 3 at the Volpe Center. 3. DOCUMENTATION AND DELIVERABLES-a) The primary deliverables are the hardware outlined in Section 2 under Task 1 and the software outlined under Task 3. The delivered hardware is COTS and should be tested to a level that is consistent with sound engineering practices for a commercial system. The software should be developed and tested using sound engineering practices for commercial software. b) Other deliverables should include standard COTS design documents that are required for software development using the del ivered hardware and software. c) Runtime and Developers Licenses for all delivered software. d) Installation and configuration documentation is expected at the completion of Task 3. Delivery shall be FOB for Items 1 through 4 to: USDOT/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; Attn.: Mr. David Olster, DTS-54; Kendall Square, 55 Broadway, Room 1-543; Cambridge, MA 02142. All deliverables are due on or before September 25, 1998. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. As allowed by 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 1997), (a) the Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Governmen t, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers (in descending order of importance): (i) Technical capability of the item(s) offered to meet the Government requirement (Certification that the system provides the same functionality as the Data Fusion Development Platform with the added capability of two controller display stations that provide scan-conversion and video overlay.); (ii) Price. Technical capability is significantly more important than cost or price. Award: Offers will be received on an all or none basis. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror conforming with the quotation that will be the best value to the government. Offerors are to include a completed copy of the p rovision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; additional FAR clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 1,5,16,17. Two copies of each offer must be delivered to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, ATTN: Ms. Julia Kent, Contract Specialist, DTS-852, 55 Broadway, Building 4, Room 195, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142 no later than 3:00 p.m. EST on September 4, 1998. The package must be marked RFQ DTRS57-98-Q-80173. FAX quest ions to Julia Kent at 617/494-2440. The following notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Departmentof Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business 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. Posted 08/28/98 (D-SN243178). (0240)

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