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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 20,1995 PSA#1392

Electronic Systems Center/AVK, Contracting Division, Command & Control Systems, 20 Schilling Circle, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2816

R -- VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEMS POC Mr. Steve Meehan, Contracting Officer, 617-377-7391. As part of our effort to maintain technical currency on the AFMC Country Store project, the Air Force is seeking information on desktop video teleconferencing (DVTC) systems to connect to systems presently installed and for new systems. All systems must be NTSC format and meet the following ITU (CCITT) standards: H.320, and T.120, and be capable of operation over switched or leased lines at 112KBps, 384KBps and above. Additionally, the products offered must be be available off-the-shelf as of 1 October 95 on the commercial market. The Air Force is also seeking information on communications products needed to connect the above systems such as inverse multiplexers, CSUs/DSUs, CODECs, multipoint bridges and controllers, and peripheral equipment such as document cameras. Installation, extended warranty, and maintenance services for the above systems and components should also be identified. Interested parties should indicate if the systems offered connect to any or all of the following vendor offerings: Compression Labs, Inc.(CLI), PictureTel,Inc., and Vtel,Inc.. Available interfaces such as V.35, 422, etc. should be identified as well as the method of implementation (standard or proprietary product). Interested parties may submit their commercial product description and technical specification brochures which provide nomenclature and commercial part numbers for the complete range of systems to include a standard parts list plus system components and options which can be ordered separately. Product descriptions and technical specifications must provide information to include: monitor sizes, connectivity requirements and options, encasement and mobility options, environmental and power requirements (minimum and maximum), and acceptable range of operation. Submittals should also show any other requirements for operating the equipment not readily apparent from the product description and specification (e.g. special circuitry, special handling, or other components needed such as computer platforms and capacity requirements). Submittals must include information which supports any claim of full interoperability using both H.320 and T.120 standards and be multi-vendor compatible. Interested parties must indicate whether they are a large, small, small-disadvantaged, or women-owned concern and specify a point of contact with telephone number, FAX number, and Internet address (if any). Additionally, sources shall indicate if they are US or foreign-owned/controlled. If any of your products and/or services are currently available on an existing Government contract, please provide a point of contact to include name, address, phone number (voice, fax) and e-mail address (if any). If your company has an Internet ''home page'' address, please submit. This request for information is not a commitment or an obligation on the part of the Government to purchase any system or product referenced herein. Responses are due NLT 30 days from the publication date of this Sources Sought. Commercial brochures and technical information may be submitted in hardcopy or via electronic media listing the nomenclature and commercial part numbers (as normally ordered) only in Excel format on 3.5'' diskettes by mail to the following address: Electronic Systems Center ESC/AVM Attn: DVTC 20 Schilling Circle Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2816 a listing the nomenclature and commercial part numbers (as normally ordered) only in Excel format on 3.5'' diskettes by mail to the following address: Electronic Systems Center ESC/AVM, Attn: DVTC, 20 Schilling Circle, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2816 (0199)

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