U.S. Army CECOM, CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008

58 -- JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM (JOINT STARS) JOINT SERVICES WORK STATIONS (JSWS), AN/TSQ-220, WHICH IS A DIRECT VARIANT AND FULLY COMPATIBLE ITEM OF THE JOINT STARS COMMON GROUND STATION (CGS), AN/TSQ-179 SOL DAAB07-99-R-L046 POC Point of Contact Mr. Robert Grasso, Contract Specialist, 732-427-1320, Mr. Arnold Rappaport, Contracting Officer, 732-532-3428 WEB: Army Business Opportunities Page, http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. E-MAIL: Robert Grasso, grassor@mail1.monmouth.army.mil. The US Army Communications and Electronics Command intends to procure up to 120 each Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) Joint Services Work Stations (JSWS), AN/TSQ-220, which is a direct variant and fully compatible item of the Joint STARS Common Ground Station (CGS), AN/TSQ-179. The Common Ground Station Production contract was awarded under a best value competition to Motorola, Scottsdale, AZ in December 1995. The JSTARS Major Weapon System program was in development for 12 years with Motorola prior to the competitive production award. The CGS production contract will continue through Oct 30, 2009. The JSWS will be procured to fill a requirement associated with the evolving CGS baseline for a non-sheltered Work Station. The JSWS will be configured from CGS based Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) hardware and software components. A portion of the software components are proprietary to Motorola, Inc. The JSWS and CGS will have a common software baseline. Solicitation will be issued on a Sole Source basis per FAR 6.302-1(a)(1) "Only One Responsible Source". Motorola, Systems Solutions Group, 8201 E McDowell Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85252-1417, cage code 94990 is the intended source. The Government does not possess complete hardware and software information or the full system configuration tree with commercial part numbers to offer to other companies. Motorola is responsible for configuration control of the CGS below the CGS system specification and has internal control of the part identification, which changes over time. The JSWS is required to provide identical operational human interface and technical results as is provided by the CGS. The period of performance will be from October 1999 until October 2004. The contract type will be a Firm Fixed Price delivery order type (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity). The contract will contain an initial year order range of 1-17 JSWS units, for development and testing of the JSWS hardware and software in laboratory and operational environments. The contract will also include four (4) one (1) year Low Rate Initial Production options whereby the Government can purchase 1-103 JSWS units in total. The contract will include the option for the Government to lease up to six (6) units from each LRIP production option year for a total of thirty (30) JSWS units. The testing and development units, the LRIP production units and the leased JSWS units will comprise the total quantity (120 each JSWS) that may be awarded for under this contract. The contract will also contain provisions for the delivery of spares, manuals, training/logistics data, consumables, and commercial type warranty. The procurement will be evaluated and negotiated/awarded under FAR Part 12 guidance for "Acquisition of Commercial Items". Note 22 is applicable to this proposed acquisition. The Solicitation and all related documents will be posted to http://abop.monmouth.army.mil (Army Business Opportunities Page) in approximately 2 weeks. Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. Oral responses will not be via the same means. Posted 08/31/99 (W-SN374635). (0243)

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