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58 -- CARIBBEAN BASIN RADAR NETWORK (CBRN) RADAR SITE MAINTENANCE TRAINING SOL F19628-96-M-0154 POC Themoula T. Poirier, Contracting Officer, 617-377-9457. The Government intends to award a sole source purchase order to Northrop Grumman to provide maintenance training for Joint Air Operations Center (JAOC) Upgrade equipment to be installed at various CBRN radar sites. The Government does not own reprocurement data for this JAOC Upgrade equipment as the equipment is a Northrop Grumman Corporation proprietary product. Training should occur within 10 days after installation and test of the JAOC Upgrade equipment at the last radar site on or about the third quarter of CY 1996. The Contractor shall conduct the training in Government-provided facilities at the CBRN Monte Cano radar site in Venezuela. Training will be to a cadre of not more than 14 Government and Contractor personnel. The content of the training course shall be sufficient to qualify the cadre of individuals to perform on-site maintenance in an unassisted manner using the Contractor's recommended manuals. The training shall include both classroom and hands-on system training for maintenance of the CBRN radar site SROC Upgrade equipment and include the radio control equipment, site secure communications equipment, TADIL control equipment, TADIL A DTS, and other new interface equipment installed at the site. Elaborate training materials prepared specifically for training purposes are not desired, however, maintenance manuals to be provided at the site's technical library or their equivalent are required. It is considered that only Northrop Grumman has the requisite management, technical expertise, CBRN experience and knowledge of the site equipment design to accomplish this effort within the current schedule and budget constraints. The Government anticipates award of the purchase order on or about 20 August 1996. Notwithstanding the above, all responsible sources may submit a proposal in accordance with the criteria previously synopsized in the sources sought synopsis publicized in the CBD on 18 June 1996, RSA-1618 page 22. Any such proposal will be considered by the agency. (0192)

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