58 -- TACTICAL SWITCHING REQUIREMENTS EQUIPMENT/SPARES

Notice Date

August 31, 2000

Contracting Office

U.S. Army CECOM, CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008

ZIP Code

07703-5008

Solicitation Number

DAAB07-00-R-F698

Point of Contact

Philip Mari 732-532-6553

E-Mail Address

Program Manager PM-WIN-T (Philip.Mari@c3smail.monmouth.army.mil)

Description

This is a Market Survey attempting to identify any vendors who are capable of providing the various types of existing switching equipment with associated peripherals and ancillary items that are delineated below. The U.S. Army, Office of the Project Manager, Warfighter Information Networks -- Terrestrial (PM WIN-T), is seeking sources from which existing tactical communications switching equipment that has been certified interoperable for joint-services operation can be purchased and provided to various government Defense Agencies and Services. The current contract for such equipment is with General Dynamics -- Communication Systems (GD -- CS) (formerly General Telephone Electronics Corporation -- Government Systems Division) located in Taunton, Massachusetts. It is contract number DAAB07-97-D-F758 and it expires on March 27, 2002. To PM WIN-T's knowledge, the only tactical communications switching equipment that currently meets the government's requirements is that equipment which is manufactured by GD-CS. Specifically, this Market Survey addresses the following tactical communications equipment and associated items: Compact Digital Switch (CDS), GD part number (P/N) 02-2758810-1; five variations of the Switch Multiplexer Unit (SMU), GD P/Ns 03-2755652-1, 03-2758529-1, 03-2758533-1, 03-2758537-1, and 03-2759270-1; the Army family of Line Termination Units (LTUs), CV-4180(V)1/T through (V)4/T and CV-4180A(V)1/T through 4180A(V)3/T, GD PNs SM-D-823020-1 through -5, SM-E-819294-1 and -2; the Transmission Interface Module (TIM), MD-1270(P)/T, P/Ns 01-1402476-11 through -17, -19 and -20; and the Tactical Interface Adapter (TIA), P/Ns 02-2776329-1 and -2. This also includes any and all associated peripherals, cables and variable circuit card sets, which are associated with the above designated equipment. The switching equipment must be able to load and run the Common Baseline Circuit Switch (CBCS) Circuit Switch On-Line Operational Program (CSOLOP) software, which is under the configuration management control of the CECOM Software Engineering Center (SEC). Additionally, any proposed alternative to the above equipment must be form, fit and function exactly the same as the aforementioned equipment. The equipment designated above provides existing, forward-looking, tactical switching systems, which have already been certified for Joint Services interoperability by the Executive Agent (EA) for Theatre Joint Tactical Networks (TJTN). Any replacement systems must also be certified for Joint Services interoperability.As the Government does not own the full technical documentation and data rights to the aforementioned equipment, potential qualified vendors must obtain/possess the technical documentation and data rights to the GD-CS equipment, and all the necessary associated items to include Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) in order to meet the various terminal interface requirements of all potential customers. All potential qualified vendors must also possess and demonstrate an intimate knowledge of the systems with which the aforementioned equipment will interface, i.e. the Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) and AN/TTC-39 families of circuit switch and message switching assemblages. Vendors must possess and demonstrate the capability to provide technical engineering support services in order to assist potential customers in integrating the proposed equipment into any mission specific system, equipment and/or assemblages. This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit the government to pay for proposal preparation costs. Interested parties should be alert for subsequent announcements that may be published in the Commerce Business Daily. Responses to this announcement should contain a Title Page, Synopsis, System(s) Description, and Supporting Data. The title page should contain the system(s), date, and the name and telephone number of the author and/or other points of contact. The synopsis should provide evidence of vendor experience and briefly summarize the capabilities of the vendor to support the equipment cited above. The synopsis should also reflect the vendor's previously demonstrated performance in managing and supporting similar equipment/systems comparable in size and complexity. It should also provide approximate cost and lead times for the purchasing of proposed equipment. The supporting data should augment the description(s) with any test data or other information, which would help fortify the assertions provided in the description(s). Vendors capable of furnishing the equipment that will satisfy the above specified requirements must so indicate by responding in writing to Project Manager, WIN-T, ATTN: SFAE-C3S-WIN-AMD-SE, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000. Further information can be obtained by contacting Mr. Philip Mari at (732) 532-6553 or by E-mail response at Phillip.Mari@c3smail.monmouth.army.mil. The deadline for response to this notice is 15 days from the date this notification is published.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000905/58SOL014.HTM (W-244 SN492214)