U.S. Army CECOM, CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008

A -- ADVANCED RADAR INTERFACE FOR NATO AND US COMMON GROUND STATION AND RELATED NATO ACTIVITIES SOL DAAB07-99-R-048 POC Holly Landis, Contract Specialist, (732) 427-1379 or Aaron Rappaport, Contracting Officer, (732) 532-3428 WEB: Army Business Opportunities Page, select CECOM for, http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. E-MAIL: E-mail the Contract Specialist, Landis@mail1.monmouth.army.mil. The Communications and Electronics Command and PM Joint STARS anticipates the award of a Sole Source cost plus fixed fee completion type contract to Motorola, Inc., in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(b)(1), "Only One Responsible Source." The base contract effort will develop an interface for an Advanced Radar Sensor via an architecture supporting both NATO Common Ground Stations and US Army Joint STARS systems being used under other contracts with Motorola. Options are included for support of other anticipated requirements related to the NATO and US Ground Stations, and the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Program. Motorola is the prime contractor for the Common Ground Station, the system configuration manager and currently controls all hardware and software components and interfaces below the system performance specification. The anticipated contract will include a 12-month period of performance with options for an additional 12-month period that can support four distinct taskings. The solicitation and all related documents will be issued to the Army Business Opportunities Page in approximately two weeks. See Note 22. Posted 03/10/99 (W-SN306856). (0069)

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