Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commandant (G-ACS), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St., SW, Washington, DC, 20593-0001

59 -- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS SOL DTCG23-99-R-LORAN POC John Manko, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 267-2515, Fax (202) 267-4019, Email jmanko@comdt.uscg.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&;ProjID=DTCG23-99-R-L ORAN&LocID=14. E-MAIL: John Manko, jmanko@comdt.uscg.mil. The United States Coast Guard is the world_s pioneer in Long Range Navigation (LORAN). The Coast Guard currently operates and maintains the U.S. Loran-C Radio Navigation service to meet the needs of air, land and marine users. Loran operations and maintenance was transferred to the Coast Guard from DoD in 1974. Although the Federal Radio Navigation Plan (FRP) of 1994 announced the closure of Loran in the year 2000, the Coast Guard, in concert with DOT and FAA is exploring options for possible continuance of Loran to the year 2008. Refer to the following documents for a complete description of the North American Loran-C System: COMDTPUB P16562.6, "Loran User Handbook", 1992; COMDTINST M16562.4A, "Specification of the Transmitted Loran-C Signal", 1994; and "Federal Radionavigation Plan", 1996. These documents can be viewed on the World Wide Web at www.navcen.uscg.mil. Additional information is available at www.lsu.uscg.mil. The purpose of this market survey announcement is to solicit indications of interest from industry for the following two areas: 1. Capability and capacity to produce and install Solid-State Transmitters. The installed Solid-State Transmitters must operate in accordance with the performance requirements listed in COMDTINST M16562.4A, "Specification of the Transmitted Loran-C Signal", 1994. The USCG is considering replacing existing AN/FPN-44/45 series Tube-Type Loran-C Transmitters (TTX) with newer Solid-State Loran-C Transmitters (SSX). Approximately 11 to 13 transmitters may be required, including Organizational and Depot Level spares. Any proposed SSX would need to operate using existing USCG timing and control signals, would need to operate into existing Loran-C transmitting antennas, would need to be equivalent in operational concept of existing USCG Solid-State Transmitters (modular, soft fail capable, low maintenance, extremely high reliability), and would need to provide peak radiated output power ranging from 400KW to 1.2MW when delivering the 100kHz Loran-C signal at 300 Pulses Per Second. Existing TTX and SSX Transmitters and USCG timing and control equipment may be viewed by appointment at the USCG Loran Support Unit in Wildwood, NJ. The Coast Guard reserves the right to hold a one day industry site visit based on the level of interest in viewing the existing equipment. 2. Capability and capacity to assume 24X7 responsibility for USCG owned Loran-C facilities and electronics systems maintenance, administration, logistics, and support; Loran-C equipment and system training; system-wide software and hardware configuration management, configuration status, and configuration control; low-level watchstanding; depot level repair, equipment replacement, and logistics; and overall communications and network infrastructure. The Coast Guard envisions that operational control of the North American Loran-C Radionavigation System will continue to be a governmental function. All other facility, system, watchstanding, logistics, training, and utility services would be considered for contracting. Facilities are divided into three main areas: Control Sites (CONSITES), Monitor Sites (MONSITES), and Transmitting Sites (TRANSITES). CONSITES would most probably be located at USCG owned and operated facilities and would require maintenance and watchstanding of the Loran-C Consolidated Control System equipment suite and its communications interfaces. Various operational and maintenance level reporting would be required. Watchstanders would report to USCG Operational Supervisors. MONSITES would require preventive and corrective maintenance and facilities support. TRANSITES would require facilities and structures support for buildings, fuel farms, generators, receiving and transmitting antennas, HVAC systems, barracks, runways, etc. The Coast Guard is evaluating whether the major facility renovations and maintenance will continue to be a Coast Guard responsibility. Casualty recovery watchstanding capability would be required. The required availability for a TRANSITE is 99.9 percent. Note that six TRANSITES andseven MONSITES are located in Alaska. Note also that although the North American Loran-C System encompasses USCG and Canadian Coast Guard sites, the Canadian components are not considered part of this survey. All responsible sources are encouraged to identify their interest and capability to respond to this request for information. Interested parties must submit a capability statement that sufficiently demonstrates qualifications, capabilities, facilities, and previous experience relevant to fulfilling either or both of the above requirements, in total, or in part. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal. There will not be a contract award(s) as a result of this request for information. Responses to this announcement should be submitted within 30 days after the date of publication. Responses should be forwarded to the attention of Mr. John P. Manko, U.S. Coast Guard, Commandant (G-ACS-5), 2100 2nd Street, S.W., Washington D.C. 20593-0001. For information concerning this request, please contact Mr. Manko on (202) 267-2515. Posted 03/25/99 (D-SN312783). (0084)

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