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52 -- 50 GHZ NONLINEAR NETWORK MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (NNMS) SOL 52RANB90C034 POC POC Jan Beer, 303/497-6320 or Procurement Technicians, 303/497-3221 E-MAIL: Jan.L.Beer@noaa.gov, Brenda.S.Summers@noaa.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, intends to negotiate with only one source, Hewlett-Packard Company, PO Box 4026, Englewood, CO 80155-4026 for a 50 GHz Nonlinear Network Measurement Sytem. NIST requires, at a minimum, a measurement system capable of: 1) providing stimulus signals with frequencies up to 50 GHz; 2) synchronously and simultaneously downconverting four broadband (50 GHz) vector signals to intermediate-frequency (approximately 4 MHz) vector signals; 3) digitizing the four downconverted waveforms with the resolution of a 23 bit converter; 4) completely calibrating two-port vector scattering parameters in software; 5) calibrating absolute signal strength at measurement ports using traceable technique; 6) calibrating total signal phase at measurement ports using traceable technique; 7) reconstructing current and voltage waveforms in software; and integrating and controlling these required functions with software. These are all required in order to deliver the necessary vector data. This notice is for information purposes only. No solicitation will be issued. See Note 22. Posted 08/13/99 (W-SN367562). (0225)

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