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K -- LINK 16 ICELAND CORRECTED NOTICE SOL F19628-00-B-0001 DUE 113099 POC Jewel A. Lee, Contract Specialist, 781-377-3993; Kent Kinal, Contracting Officer, 781-377-7061 WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, Jewel.Lee@Hanscom.AF.MIL. Notice of Intent to Invite Bids for Link 16 Implementation into the Iceland Air Defense System (IADS). This Notice is given under the provisions of NATO Document AC/4-D/2261 (1996 Edition) dated 12 Jan 96, entitled "Infrastructure Committee The NATO Security Investment Programme Procedures for International Competitive Bidding (1996 Edition)". The implementation of Link-16 into IADS will provide a secure, jam-resistant data link and voice capability between the IADS Control and Reporting Center (CRC) at the Keflavik Naval Air Station, and NATO Airborne / Shipborne platforms operating in the Iceland Military Air Defense Identification Zone (MADIZ). The implementation will also provide the CRC with air and weapon control, surveillance, and information management capabilities over Link-16. This coverage will be provided by installation of a Link 16 terminal at each of the four IADS Remote Radar Heads (RRHs) located in the southwest, northeast, southeast, and northwest regions of Iceland. This program comprises three main efforts: 1) acquisition of Link 16 hardware and software; 2) changes to baseline IADS hardware/software to support Link 16; and 3) providing a cryptographic remote re-keying capability for the terminals. The IADS Link 16 acquisition shall focus on the reduction of technical, schedule, cost and supportability risk through the use, to the maximum extent possible, of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Non-Developmental Items (NDI). Emphasis will also be on mitigating the impact of the harsh Icelandic environment on on-island schedules, the design of exterior installations, and logistic support. The rough cost estimate of the project is $22 Million US [NAU 6 Million (@ 1-NAU ~ 3.626-$US)]. This procurement will be financed under the NATO Infrastructure Program and will be conducted in accordance with NATO's document AC/4-D/2261, "Infrastructure Committee The NATO Security Investment Programme Procedures for International Competitive Bidding (1996 Edition)". Authorization to proceed with implementation of Link 16 into the NATO IADS was provided in NATO doc AC/4-DS(99)24, dated 07 July 1999, page 25, Section IV "Signals Section", para 1(a)(1). The contract type will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP). The contract shall require the contractor to provide the necessary personnel, material, services and facilities to design, develop, test, manufacture, inspect, integrate and support Link-16 integration into IADS. The contract shall require changes to IADS software be accomplished via Raytheon, Integrated Systems Division, International C2 Programs, Don N. Johnson, Director of Contracts, (714) 446-2702, who owns the software data rights. The contract shall require the contractor to install the Link-16 in six separate facilities in Iceland. The Contractor shall be required to meet the capabilities identified in "cahier des charges". The anticipated time to complete the contract is 3 years. The final date by which firms must have formally expressed their desire to be invited to bid is 30 Nov 99. A Request for BidderViews (RFBV) will be issued in late December 1999. The Cahier des Charges planned distribution date is April 2000. The intended closing date for bids is November 2000. Bids must be valid until October 2001 (estimated contract award date is April 2001). A minimum security clearance of NATO Secret is required on this project. The project identifier is Link-16 Iceland; F19628-00-B-0001. The envisaged method of bidding this project will be Two Step Procedure. Life cycle consideration is applicable. A general financial and technical screening questionnaire, to be filled in by firms desiring to be invited to bid, will be distributed at a later date. The above dates are estimates derived from a rough schedule, and will be adjusted as our schedule, leading to contract award, is refined. In addition, a Bidders' Conference will be scheduled after the Cahier des Charges is released. Please provide a Declaration of Eligibility by 30 Nov 99 stating those firms which have expressed an interest in this IADS Link-16 Implementation and have received your certification as to their financial, technical, and professional competence to undertake a project of the scope presented in this Notice of Intent to Invite Bids [See Annex V to AC/4(PP)-D/2261(1996 Edition)]. Any questions concerning this Notification of Intent to Invite Bids should be referred only to Mr Kent W. Kinal, Contracting Officer; email: Kent.Kinal@hanscom.af.mil; Phone: 781-377-7061; and Ms Jewel Lee, email: Jewel.Lee@hanscom.af.mil; Phone: 781-377-3993; Contracting Specialist. Their mailing address is: ESC/DIVK; 45 Arnold Street (Bldg 1600); Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2012. Questions can also be FAX'd to 781-377-9567, Attn: Mr Kent Kinal / Ms Jewel Lee. All companies desiring to participate in bidding as the prime contractor on this NATO Infrastructure Program must be certified by the US Department of Commerce (for US firms) or the appropriate government agencies of NATO nations contributing to the NATO infrastructure Program. To state an interest in bidding and, if necessary, to certify eligibility to bid, US firms should contact US Department of Commerce; Attn: Alexis Kemper; Office of Telecommunications; Hoover Bldg, Rm 4323; 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20230. See Note 26. Posted 09/24/99 (D-SN384092). (0267)

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