Commander, Marine Corps System Command, Code CTQ, 2033 Barnett Avenue, Ste 315, Quantico, VA 22134-5010

58 -- MARINE CORPS COMBAT IDENTIFICATION (CID) SOL M67854-99-R-2026 DUE 112398 POC Vicki Whiteman, Ph 703-784-5822 ext 256, Fax 703-784-5826/Ellen Simonoff WEB: Click here for information regarding this notice, http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/mcscctq/cid.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, whitemanv@quantico.usmc.mil. SOURCES SOUGHT -- The Marine Corps Systems Command is considering the development of a Marine Corps Combat Identification (CID) system using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), near-COTS, Government-off-the-shelf (GOTS), or near-GOTS components. The objective is a system that is tailored to support all CID mission areas: air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface. The CID system solution may be obtained through the integration of several systems which, when combined, fulfill the Marine Corps CID deficiencies in all four mission areas. The CID system(s) must integrate with the targeting mechanisms of the weapons platforms and/or command and control systems they are designed to support. The CID system(s) must provide situational awareness (SA) for commanders in near-real time, Target Identification (TI) for commanders in real-time, and prevent fratricide in all four USMC CID mission areas under the full spectrum of battlefield conditions. Near-real time SA is information provided to the commander which facilitates decisions for rapid employment of friendly forces based upon the disposition of friendly, neutral and hostile forces. Real-time TI is information provided to the shooter with sufficient timeliness for the shooter to engage the target at the maximum effective range of the shooter's weapon or weapon system(s). The CID systems proposed must be reliable, resistant to countermeasures and designed to be interoperable with the Marine Air Ground Task Force's (MAGTF) communications electronic equipment. Proprietary data will be protected when so designated. Interested firms capable of meeting the aforementioned minimal CID requirements using COTS or near-COTS components are invited to submit the above information in three (3) copies not to exceed thirty (30) pages. All interested firms shall contact Vicki Whiteman by 23 November 1998 either electronically in Microsoft Word format to whitemanv@quantico.usmc.mil; via U.S. Mail to Commander Attn CTQ2VW, Marine Corps Systems Command, 2033 Barnett Ave Suite 315, Quantico, VA 22134; or by overnight delivery services to Marine Corps Systems Command, Attn Vicki Whiteman, 3041A McCawley Avenue, Quantico, VA 22134. Information should include company point of contact with email address, telephone number and facsimile number. Acknowledgement of receipt will not be made. Technical questions may be addressed to pritzkerc@quantico.usmc.mil . Based upon Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) is 3669, size 750 employees, interested sources should also provide information on their business size (i.e. large, small, 8(a), small disadvantaged or woman owned). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, NOR WILL THE GOVERNMENT PAY FOR ANY INFORMATION SOLICITED. All interested firms are encouraged to monitor Marine Corps Systems Command Web Page at http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/mcscctq/cid.htm for a listing of interested parties (posted by 12/04/98) and for updates to this Sources Sought Request and to the CID effort. Posted 10/21/98 (W-SN264221). (0294)

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