Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

U -- MOTOROLA RADIO EQUIPMENT TRAINING SOL S-OPRAQ-99-C-0149 DUE 100199 POC JoAnn Stewart, Contracting Officer, Telephone: 703/875-6051 The U.S. Department of State (DoS), the Office of Acquisition, is soliciting on a sole source basis to negotiate with Motorola, Inc. to develop course curriculum and training materials for the following Motorola equipment ASTRO, Quantar Base Station, MRTI 2000, ASTRO Spectra Mobile/Consollette, w/RCH300/XTS 3000, MCS2000, HT1250 and Iridium Hand held units developed for the Department's Motorola wireless system. Operational and maintenance personnel will be trained in the operational programming and maintenance of deployed wireless systems overseas. The training will duplicate a mid-size post-wireless system scenario. Training will be conducted in the metropolitan area on a continuous basis and one-time training of regional technical personnel located at Department of State Regional Centers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Frankfurt, Germany; Pretoria, South Africa; and Bangkok, Thailand. The contract will be a firm price with cost reimbursement for travel. There is no solicitation available. See Note 22. Posted 08/13/99 (W-SN367641). (0225)

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