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58 -- 59-REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON USCG NATIONAL DISTRESS & RESPONSE SYSTEM MODERNIZATION PROJECT DRAFT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SOL NA POC Mary Small, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-267-0523, Fax 202-267-4019, Email MSmall@comdt.uscg.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=NA&LocID=14. E-MAIL: Mary Small, MSmall@comdt.uscg.mil. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) solicits comments on the draft solicitation posted to the Internet sites on or about 30 April 1999. The draft solicitation will be posted on the NDRSMP Internet site at http://ndsmp.spawar.navy.mil and on GSA_s Electronic Posting System (EPS) at http://www.eps.gov under EPS for Vendors. It is the offeror_s responsibility to routinely monitor these sites and/or the CBD for the release of the draft solicitation. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with features of the EPS including its Acquisition Notification service. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the draft solicitation. If you encounter problems downloading the document from EPS, please email Pamela Hartman at phartman@comdt.uscg.mil. If you encounter any problems downloading the document from the NDRSMP Internet site, please email Mary Small at msmall@comdt.uscg.mil. The USCG strongly encourages interested parties to submit substantive comments on the draft solicitation. The comments shall be submitted no later than 30 June 1999. Industry comments will be fully considered in preparation of the final Request for Proposal. The USCG will not provide individual responses. The objective of this acquisition is to modernize and upgrade the National Distress System (NDS). The primary functions of the NDS are to: (1) allow the USCG to receive maritime distress and emergency response alerts, (2) coordinate Search and Rescue operations, and (3) communicate with mariners. The secondary function of the NDS is to allow command and control (C2) of responding facilities for all operational missions that occur in coastal and inland waterway areas. The USCG requests that no general telephone or email inquiries be made to the Contracting Officer or any USCG employee. Interested firms are encouraged to read the project documents already posted on the NDRSMP Internet site. Comments on the draft solicitation may be transmitted to Mary Small, Contracting Officer, by one of the following methods: (1) Email: msmall@comdt.uscg.mil, (2) FAX: (202)267-4475 or (3) first class mail to: Commandant (G-ACS-5/MS) U S Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 THIS REQUEST FOR COMMENTS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND IN NO WAY COMMITS THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT. Posted 04/29/99 (D-SN325842). (0119)

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