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D -- NATO: PROCUREMENT OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF SFOR AND KFOR SOL CO-9173-OPL DUE 081800 POC Alexis Kemper (202-482-1512) The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A)invites bids for the procurement of Satellite Communication Services in support of SFOR and KFOR. The commercial SATCOM and associated leased services required to support SFOR are: (a) A VSAT hub located at Casteau, Belgium (SHAPE) and terminated on the NATO owned and operated IDNX/PROMINA Node 2 within SCC; (b) A VSAT hub located at Butmir Camp, Sarajevo and terminated on the NATO owned IDNX/PROMINA Node 9 within Building 103; (c) A VSAT node located at each of the following and terminated as indicated: (1) MND North, Tuzla on the NATO owned IDNX/PROMINA Mode 40. (2)MND South East, Mostar on the NATO owned IDNX/PROMINA Node 38. (3) MND South West, Banja Luka on the NATO owned IDNX/PROMINA Node 39. (4) Camp Commanche, near Tuzla on the NATO owned IDNX/PROMINA Node 30. (d) These VSAT hubs and nodes are to be interconnected by SATCOM links as follows: (1) An E1 equivalent 2 Mbps link between the hub at Casteau and the hub at Butmir Camp. (2) A 512 Kbps full duplex link between the hub at Butmir and each of the nodes at the three MNDs and Camp Commanche. The commercial SATCOM and associated leased services required to support KFOR are: (a) A VSAT hub located at Casteau, Belgium and terminated on the NATO owned and operated IDNX/PROMINA Node 2 within the SCC, this could be the same hub as that provided to support SFOR and detailed above. (b) A VSAT hub, a 200 extension PABX and a Bandwidth Manager located at KFOR Rear, Skopje. (c) A VSAT node, a PABX and a Bandwidth Manager 800 located at each of the following: (1) KFOR Main, Pristina (512 subscribers). (2) MNB North, Mitrovica (30 subscribers). (3) MNB East, Urosevac (30 subscribers). (4) MNB South, Prizren (30 subscribers). (5) MNB West, Pec (30 subscribers). (6) COMMZ West, Durres (96 subscribers). (d) These VSAT hubs and nodes are to be interconnected by SATCOM links as follows: (1) An E1 equilavent 2 Mbps link between the node at Pristina and each of the hubs at Casteau an Skopje. (2) A 256 Kbps full duples kink between the hub at Casteau and each of the nodes at the four MNBs and COMMZ(W). (3) A 512 Kbps full duplex link between the hub at Skopje and each of the nodes at the four MNBs and COMMZ(W). KFOR Digital Line Of Site Requirement. (1) A 30 extension PABX and a Bandwidth Manager located at each of the following and connected to the NATO owned Digital-Line-of-Sight (DLOS)installation at that site: (a) MNB Center, Pristina; (b) Greek Forces Support Unit (GFSU), Polje(nr Pristina); (c)Combined Press Information Center (CPIC), Pristina (d) APOD, Pristina Airport. Operate and maintain the NATO owned DLOS network, including the network management system, comprising the following links: (a) KFOR Main to KFOR Rear via the Repeater Site at Mt. Ramno; (b) KFOR Main to MNB Center; (c) KFOR Main t GFSU; (d) KFOR Main t CPIC; (e) KFOR Mainto APOD via the Repeater Site at Mt. Goles; (f) COMMZ(W) to Durres PTT Building via the Repeater Site at the Ambassador's Residency. Prospective bidders should must have appropriate storage and handling clearances in order to handle and store material at the NATO SECRET level. All US applicants must be certified by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Telecommunication Technologies. Submit all request to be nominated to Alexis Kemper (fax: 202-482-5834) by COB 18 August 2000. Posted 08/08/00 (W-SN483734). (0221)

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