Electronic Systems Center, Communications and Airspace Management Systems, Contracting Office (TGK), 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2120

58 -- THEATER DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS INTRABASE RADIO POC Joan Wandrei, Point of Contact, 617-377-7965; Dale M. Pease, Contracting Officer, 617-377-6395. The Communications and Airspace Management Systems Directorate of the Air Force Material Command (AFMC), Electronics System Center (ESC) seeks to procure up to 500 each basic Theater Deployable Communications (TDC) Intrabase Radio, and optional accessories to include antenna mast and larger antenna. The TDC Intrabase Radio program will provide a short range, transportable, wideband line-of-sight communications capability in support of the TDC Program. It shall be a field tunable, full duplex microwave radio terminal suitable for tactical, quick deployment military applications characterized by ease of transport, short set-up and tear-down times, and reliable world-wide operation under adverse environmental conditions. The radio shall permit remoting of a separable radio frequency (rf) receive/transmit section for use on a mast or tower. The radio shall be fully (over-the-air and baseband) interoperable with the currently fielded Terracom TER-170 and AN/GRC-239 radios without any degradation of the fielded radios' capabilities. The radio shall also provide rapid field tuning of its operating frequencies without special tools or test equipment. Both the receive and transmit frequencies shall be independently setable. The radio shall be capable of transmitting and receiving each of the following baseband signals (any one operating at a given time): (a) A composite frequency multiplexed waveform consisting of conditioned diphase digital traffic within the range of 0.072 to 4.608 mbps and either an Analog System Orderwire (ASOW) in the 0 to 3 kHz band or a Digital System Orderwire (DSOW) operating at 16 to 32 kbps (both orderwire capabilities shall be provided), (b) Pseudo-NRZ digital traffic at 6.144 mbps, (c) Four T-1 streams operating concurrently. The Government plans to award a five-year production contract with an average annual order of 100 radios, but desires a surge capability of up to 250 radios per year. The Government requires the ability to place multiple orders within a single contract year. Delivery of initial production units is required three months after contract award. The offerors may be required to demonstrate equipment interoperability with a production representative radio within 30 days after Request For Proposal (RFP) release. The Government may perform an on-site review of the offerors' facility to evaluate production capacity and capability. The Government is seeking qualification packages from firms interested in providing the above mentioned items. Interested parties should submit qualification packages within 30 days of this announcement. To be considered qualified, potential offerors must meet the following criteria: (1) their equipment must meet the requirements summarized in this synopsis, (2) they must have technical, managerial, and financial capabilities to perform this effort, and (3) they must have the production capability to meet the Government's stated delivery requirements. Firms should indicate whether they are a large or small business (the Small Business Administration's Standard Industrial Code 3669 ''Other Communications Equipment, N.E.C.'' applies, size standard is a maximum of 750 employees), and if they qualify as a socially or economically disadvantaged business or women-owned business. This synopsis does not constitute a RFP or an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and is not intended to be construed as a commitment by ESC. Contracting Officer is Mr Dale M. Pease, 617-377-6395. Point of contact for all programmatic or technical matters is Ms Joan Wandrei, 617-377-7965. Interested businesses should send qualification packages to the buyer, Ms Cathy DeLong, 617-377-6317, ESC/TGK, 11 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2120. See Numbered Note(s): 25. (0124)

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