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J -- J-SERVICE LIFE EXTENSION PROJECT SOL DTCG23-00-R-LORAN-SLEP DUE 070700 POC Catherine Baskin, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 267-2014, Fax (202) 267-4475, Email cbaskin@comdt.uscg.mil -- Catherine Baskin, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 267-2014, Fax (202) 267-4475, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=DTCG23-00-R-L ORAN-SLEP&LocID=14. E-MAIL: Catherine Baskin, cbaskin@comdt.uscg.mil. The United States Coast Guard is the world_s pioneer and specialist in the Long Range Navigation (LORAN) System. The responsibility for LORAN operations was transferred from the Department of Defense to the Coast Guard in 1974. The Coast Guard operates and maintains the U.S. LORAN System to meet the needs of air, land, and marine users. The 1999 Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) announced that the government would continue to operate LORAN in the short term, while the administration evaluates the long-term need. To ensure continued operability, to gain efficiencies of operation and support, and to improve the technical capabilities of the LORAN system, the Coast Guard is considering the initiative of the Service Life Extension Project (SLEP) for seventeen (17) AN/FPN-64(V) and AN/FPN-64A (V) LORAN-C Transmitters, manufactured by Megapulse, Inc., N. Billerica, MA. If initiated, the SLEP may require certain technical improvements and/or upgrades to be accomplished on subject transmitters in which specifications, schematics or drawings are unavailable due to limited rights of technical data. The purpose of this market survey announcement is to solicit interest from industry to provide the following services: (1) To improve design for the RF Switch Cabinet to increase reliability and decrease switch operation time, (2) Improve design to the Transmitter Operational Controllers (TOPCO) to facilitate servicing and remote monitoring, (3) Improve design of components necessary to increase the transmitter_s output power, (4) Improve design for Tailbiters to facilitate serving, (5) Improve design of components necessary to allow transmitted pulse rates in excess of 400 pulses per second, (6) Improve design of components necessary to support Supernumerary Interpulse Modulation (SMI), and (7) Replacement components necessary to support Intrapulse Frequency Modulation (IFM). Under this request for information, all responsible sources are encouraged to submit a capability statement that sufficiently demonstrates qualifications, capabilities, facilities, and previous experience relevant to fulfilling the above requirement, in total, or in part. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal. There will not be a contract award(s) as a result of this request for information. Responses to this announcement should be submitted, in writing, not later than 07JUL00 to the attention of Mrs. Catherine Baskin at the address stated above. Posted 06/15/00 (D-SN465123). (0167)

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