ESC/GAK, Global Air Traffic Operations/Mobility Command and Control, 75 Vandenberg Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2103

17 -- GROUND BASED NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATIONS FOR POLAND SOL F19628-99-R-POLD DUE 042299 POC Mr. David H.Hawkins, Contracting Officer, ESC/GAK, (781) 377-9220, hawkinsd@hanscom.af.mil, or Mr. Robert Toombs, Contract Specialist, ESC/GAK, (781) 377-9178, toombsr@hanscom.af.mil WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, hawkinsd@hanscom.af.mil. The Global Air Traffic Operations/Mobility Command and Control System Program Office (GATO MC2 SPO) is supporting the upgrade of ground base navigation aids and communications equipments for Poland. These upgrades help provide the Polish Ministry of Defense interoperability with NATO aircraft and communications equipments. The GATO/MC2 SPO is requesting information from industry in support of a Foreign Military Sales/Financing Program for the Polish Ministry of Defense. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. It is not a Request for Proposal, or solicitation, or an indication that the government will contract for these supplies. The government will not pay for information received in response to this RFI. This RFI is for two basic equipment groups and services. The first group includes two (2) Mobile TACAN Systems (AN/TRN-26 or equivalent), to include electronics, outfitted tactical equipment shelters (MM-6000 variant or equivalent) and mobilizers, antennas, all necessary cabling and interconnects, a one year warranty, spare parts, manuals, test equipment, factory acceptance testing, installation and integration, and shipping. The second group includes four (4) Category III ILS systems (Mark 10 or equivalent and ICAO Annex 10 compliant), localizers, glideslope, inner marker, middle marker, outer marker, localizer far field monitor, shelters, remote control and status equipment, a two year warranty, factory acceptance testing, spare parts, test equipment, installation and integration, manuals, and shipping. Contractor support (i.e., in country and on site) to Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron for operator and maintenance training will also be required. All warranties will start from completion of installation, integration and checkout at the military airfield sites. The equipments described above will be installed and integrated at two military airfields in Poland. The ground based NAVAIDS and installation and integration services will be acquired for the Polish Ministry of Defense usingForeign Military Sales (FMS) procedures. Installation, integration, and checkout as well as certification support to the Polish Ministry of Defense is required. These military airfields have legacy air traffic control and navigation equipments, which will remain in use across a 10-year transition phase out period. The items described above will be co-located with the existing legacy systems and ground based radio communications equipments. Integration of the TACAN and ILS items described above will be required to minimize harmful interference and allow both systems to effectively perform, and minimize harmful interference to/from items & equipments in the operating area. Interested parties should describe their experiences in integrating the required equipments with legacy ground based NAVAIDS systems. Interested parties are requested to provide a rough order of magnitude for performing site surveys at two military airfields in Poland. The items described above are considered to be mature commercial off the shelf items. Operations and maintenance manuals shall be in the English language. Delivery of all items to Polish sites would occur no later than 12 months from date of contract award, inclusive of the time required by the vendor to comply with all export laws and regulations. Interested parties should provide product information meeting the above stated requirements no later than 20 days from date of this notice. See the Hanscom Air Force acquisition web site for additional information concerning existing navigational aids at existing airfields in Poland (www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil, Current Business Opportunities, Poland Groundbased NAVAIDS). All responders are requested to indicate if they are a large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a) concern or women-owned small business. In addition, contractors will indicate whether or not their equipments and services are offered through the GSA schedule or any other government-wide agency contract. Contractors desiring to do business with the Air Force shall be registered in the DoD Central Contracting Reporting System. All correspondence relating to this matter should be directed to ESC/GAK, Attn: Mr. David H. Hawkins, 75 Vandenberg Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2103. The Government may solicit firms meeting the screening criteria in this synopsis. Posted 04/02/99 (D-SN315675). (0092)

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