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58 -- TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (TDMA) INTERFACE PROCESSOR (TIP) SOL N00039-98-R-4003 DUE 091598 POC Ed Wallace (619) 524-7189 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP., http://c4iweb.spawar.navy.mil/02. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, wallacee@spawar.navy.mil. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command intends to award up to two commercial contracts for Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Interface Processor (TIP) boards. The TIP provides interconnection between users and the Navy Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Program (NESP) terminal. Presently the NESP terminal provides a serial interface to users which forces users to develop their own interface. TIP provides an Open Systems, i.e., IP (Internet Protocol) interface, which means users can use the TIP without developing their own special interface to the NESP terminal, and also supports legacy users such JTIDS (Joint Tactical Information Display System). It allows those users to take advantage of EHF MDR capability which includes data rates to T1 (1.544 MBPS) and survivable communication. Significant enhancements provided by the TIP over existing communication systems are supporting net cycle times less than one second and supporting data rates to T1. These are an approximate two order magnitude improvement over existing systems. This CBD announcement serves also as the Request for Proposal (RFP). SPAWAR has placed the SF 1449, the various sections of the RFP, and the performance specification on the open solicitation section of the following website: http://c4iweb.spawar.navy.mil/02. The Government intends to conduct this acquisition in four phases. In the first phase, the Government will evaluate the proposals, including all written technical documentation and price documentation, submitted by all offerors. Offerors will be required to submit at least one sample TDMA Interface Processor board with their proposals for Government test and evaluation. The Government will evaluate the written proposals prior to conducting any evaluations of sample boards. When this evaluation of the written proposals has been completed, the Government intends select up to three offerors' TDMA Interface Processor board for Government evaluation. The second phase is a one month Government evaluation period of the TDMA Interface Processor boards provided by the selected offerors. The Government will run test software on these boards during this evaluation. The evaluation will also verify the technical information contained in the offerors' written proposals, assess any additional technical merits that the offerors claim their boards possess, and demonstrate that the boards are compatible with the software that will run on them. The third phase begins after the one month evaluation period. At that time, the Government intends to award the first production year contract to up to two of the three offerors who provided processor boards for evaluation. If the Government evaluation determines that two contracts should be awarded for the first production year, then these awards will be made on either a 70/30, 60/40, or 50/50 share ratio, based on the evaluation results. For the Contractor(s) awarded first year production contracts, the demonstration board(s) will be counted toward fulfilling the production quantity. The Government will return the demonstration board(s) to the Offeror(s) who are not awarded first year production contracts. In the fourth phase, the Government may choose to exercise the second through fifth year production options for one or both existing contracts. The Government reserves the right to exercise no options and conduct a new procurement as new operational requirements emerge and as technology advances. The option exercise decision will be based on the Government's assessment of "best value" based on actual operational performance during the first year (including logistics and maintenance) in the fleet, capability of the board to meet evolving performance requirements that will emerge during the life of the contract, and price. For all production years, the Government intends to ask offerors to propose unit prices based on variable quantities. In the first year production year, those quantities are in ranges of 1-25, 26-50, 51-100, 101-200, and 201-400. The most likely total award quantity in the first production year is 160 boards. In the second and third year production options, those quantities are in ranges of 1-25, 26-50, 51-100, 101-200, 201-400, 401-800, and 801-1000. In the fourth and fifth production options, those quantities are in ranges of 1-25, 26-50, 51-100, 101-200, 201-400, and 401-800. The most likely total award quantities in the second and third production years are 365 and 395 boards, respectively. The most likely award quantities in the fourth and fifth years are 245 and 275 boards, respectively. All questions concerning the RFP can be forwarded either by fax to (619) 524-7158 or via e-mail at wallacee@spawar.navy.mil. Posted 08/31/98 (W-SN244134). (0243)

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