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66 -- TOWED ARRAY TEST SET SUBSYSTEM SOL N66604-00-Q-3598 DUE 041800 POC D. Christensen, Contracting Officer at (401) 832-1445; FAX (401) 832-4820 WEB: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. E-MAIL: Diane Christensen, Contracting Officer, christensendc@npt.nuwc.navy.mil. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport Rhode Island (NUWCDIVNPT), intends to purchase (1) Towed Array Integrated Product Team (TAIPT) Telemetry Towed Array Test Set (TATS) Subsystem from Chesapeake Sciences Corporation, 1127B Benfield Blvd., Millersville, MD 21108 on a sole source basis. The TATS Subsystem will include a) CSC #2003B03067 single function HUB VME card, b) CSC#2003B0318 Array controller VME card, c.) CSC#2003B0421 Modem/network interface/power decoupler circuits d) CSC #2003B0321 digital to analog converter VME card. e) 7 slot VME chassis, 256 RAM, dual Pentium PC, ATM PCI, CD-ROM. The TATS subsystem must be compatible with the Towed Array Telemetry characteristics established by the TAIPT as specified in NAVSEA document IRS2121A0010, "Interface Requirements specification for the TAIPT Telemetry System." The TATS must support Asynchronous Transfer Mode and Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) OC-3c and STS-3c communication standards. The TATS subsystem must interface with towed arrays at both the ATM/SONET level and at the low level shift register telemetry level. The TATS Subsystem must have two channels of digital to analog converter (DAC) output that allow continuous real-time monitoring of hydrophone data acquired by the towed array using TAIPT telemetry. The TATS Subsystem must operate with any towed array built using TAIPT Telemetry, including but not limited to the TB-29A submarine Thin Line towed array, the Multi-Function Towed Array, and the Near Term Multiline Towed Array. The TATS Subsystem must include a dry end Modulator-Demodulator capability. Chesapeake Sciences Corporation is producing TATS Subsystems under a US Navy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project which satisfy all of the above requirements and is the only know source for the TATS Subsystem. Delivery shall be F.O.B. destination to NUWCDIVNPT by 01 June 2000. A formal solicitation will not be issued. Quotes from other responsible vendors will be considered if submitted. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 3812; the size standard is 500 employees. Our department no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Instead, they may be accessed at our web site http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. We also provide electronic access in our Bid Room. Estimated RFP release date: 04/06/00. Posted 04/06/00 (W-SN442105). (0097)

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