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16 -- TAMMAC ADVANCED MEMORY UNITS POC Contact: Susan Shean, Phone: (301) 757-5932 The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) proposes to procure approximately 42 Tactical Aircraft Moving Map Capability (TAMMAC) Advanced Memory Units (AMU) with Mounting Plates and approximately 126 PCMCIA Mission cards, 84 PCMCIA Maintenance cards and 18 PCMCIA Map cards. The acquisition will include engineering investigations, evaluations and studies involving the TAMMAC system. The contract will be awarded on a sole source negotiated basis to Smiths Industries (SI), Information Management Systems of Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991 and will consist of a base year and two option years. The options will include approximately 84 AMU systems with Mounting Plates and approximately 252 PCMCIA Mission cards, 168 PCMCIA Maintenance cards and 54 PCMCIA Map cards. The contract is anticipated to be awarded by March 2001. SI is the sole designer, developer and supplier of the AMU, its Mounting Plate and the PCMCIA cards and is the only company with the necessary technical data. SI is the only source able to satisfy thegovernment's requirements for TAMMAC AMU production installations in F/A-18, H-1, and CH-60 aircraft. Delivery is required to be FOB destination to the aircraft manufacturer and is to commence in March 2002. The PCMCIA Mission/Maintenance/Map cards will be sent to the squadron receiving the aircraft. The production of the supplies listed requires a substantial initial investment or an extended period of preparation for manufacture. See Note 22. Posted 06/26/00 (W-SN468565). (0178)

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