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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 16,1998 PSA#2181

89th Contracting Squadron, 1419 Menoher Drive, Andrews AFB, MD 20762-6500

R -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION -- SOFTWARE SUPPORT POC Point of Contact: Greg Cate (301) 981-2308, FAX (301) 981-1910 Request for Information (RFI) only. No solicitation is available at this time. Firms having interest in providing these services shall submit company's business size, a capability statement, including most recent and relevant experience and points of contact. The capability statement shall also address past experience with the systems and software listed below. Responses are due no later than 30 Sept 1998. Required services are as follows: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform 89th Communications Squadron (CS) Software Maintenance Element at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), MD. The contractor shall provide systems technical services and engineering support for specified software. This support consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following actions: systems development/enhancement, installation and maintenance; response to user requests and trouble calls; software engineering, technical solutions, systems testing; and develop, modify, and maintain systems documentation. The following is the major systems descriptions: Mystic Star Presidential Communications System. Mystic Star is a ground communications system for the USAF special air missions (SAM) fleet. The mission of Mystic Star is to provide high quality secure voice and data communications to the President, Vice President, Cabinet Members, Foreign Heads of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Commanders In Chiefs (CINCs) of operating commands, and other senior military and government officials while aboard SAM aircraft anywhere in the world. The Mystic Star network is comprised of antiquated heterogeneous computer software, telecommunications equipment, operating systems, and software, mixed with a modern upgrade to the Remote Switching Unit (RSU) portion of the system. Computer systems consist of PDP 11/73a, HP 1000s and VAX 11/730s. Four operating systems are utilized: RTE-6, VMS 3.5, RT 11, and Windows NT. Nine software languages are used: three versions of Pascal, two versions of Fortran, three assembly languages, and one preprocessing language. The system is tied together with contractor-unique networking components: SITFAA -- Electronic Mail System provides HF radio electronic mail capabilities for the Chief-of-Staff to communicate with his/her counterparts from 18 North, Central, and South American countries. This system runs on PCs connected via modem and provides an electronic bulletin board function where users can send and receive mail messages. ****(W-152 SN 206063) Posted 09/14/98 (W-SN249216). (0257)

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