Dept. of the Army, Directorate of Contracting, Attn: ATZS-DKO-I, P.O. Box 12748,Fort Huachuca, AZ 85670-2748

D -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR INFORMATION REGARDING MAINTENANCE/REPAIR OF CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND SUBSYSTEMS FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND (NORAD) DUE 091899 POC Betty Sebastian, Contract Specialist (520) 533-1064, Fax (520) 533-1600 The US Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, Directorate of Contracting, is seeking information from companies, educational institutions, or other Federal agencies that are currently capable of providing management, maintenance, repair and logistics support of existing, highly sophisticated and critical communications systems and subsystems for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). This work will involve two NORAD regions, the Continental United States (CONUS) and Alaska. CONUS is further divided into three Air Defense Sectors: (1) The Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS), Sector Air Operations Center (SAOC), located at Rome, NY; (2) The Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS) SAOC, located at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL; and, (3) The Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) SAOC, located at McChord Air Force Base, WA. This work will also include professional information technology services, such as system improvements, upgrades, and modifications (to include CONUS, Alaska and Hawaii), whichwill require extensive engineering knowledge and experience. Contractors are required to have five years recent experience in the requirements listed in the Statement of Work. A complete Statement of Work is available electronically from the contract specialist listed below. Those vendors who are capable of providing support should submit interest and comments by 18 September 1999 (electronic e-mail responses are preferred) to: Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: ATZS-DKO-I (Betty Sebastian or Joyce Corrington), P. O. Box 12748 (Hines Street, Building 21112), Fort Huachuca, AZ 85670-2748, EMAIL: sebastianb@huachuca-emh1.army.mil or joyce.corrington@huachuca-emh1.army.mil. This notice is for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, however, proposals for the Region/Sector Air Operations Center Communications work may be sought in the October/November 1999 time frame. In addition, a pre-solicitation conference is anticipated at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL in October 1999. Posted 09/03/99 (W-SN376488). (0246)

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