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58 -- MODEMS SOL 31127-005-COHEN DUE 091697 POC Point of Contact -- Contracting Officer/Brent Peavler -- Fax: 202-260-0855 E-MAIL: U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC, 62729330@eln.attmail.com. The USIA's International Bureau of Broadcasting (IBB), has a requirement to expand its IBB Atlantic Ocean Region Satellite transmission facility for radio and television programming in Washington, DC. To accomplish this, IBB requires the following components which must be compatible with existing equipment: one Radyne M:N Redundancy Control System and Chassis; ten Radyne Basic IDR/IBS Modem Module, BPSK/QPSK, 9.6 kbps to 8.448 Mbps; and ten DMD10, RS232, RS422/449, V.35, T1(DSX1), T2(DSX2), E1(G.703), E2(G.703). IBB intends to issue a sole source (FAR Part 6) contract using Simplified Acquisition procedures (FAR Part 13) to Radyne Corporation to perform this work. This synopsis is not an IFB or RFP. See Numbered Note 22 (AC0828054-02) (0240)

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