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

58 -- GUARDRAIL/COMMON SENSOR. PRODUCT MANAGER AERIAL COMMON SENSOR IS CONDUCTING A MARKET SURVEY FOR THE CONVERSION OF 3 EACH RC-12N AIRCRAFT WITHOUT PRIME MISSION EQUIPMENT (PME) INTO 3 EACH RC-12P AIRCRAFT WITH PME. DUE 060598 POC Point of Contact -- Ellen Morris, Contract Specialist, 732-427-1331. Contracting Officer -- Kevin F. Coalkey, 732-532-5250. E-MAIL: GUARDRAIL/COMMON SENSOR., morrise@doim6.monmouth.army.mil. GUARDRAIL/COMMON SENSOR (GR/CS). Product Manager Aerial Common Sensor (PM ACS) is conducting a market survey for the conversion of 3 each RC-12N aircraft without Prime Mission Equipment (PME) into 3 each RC-12P aircraft with PME. The conversion effort includes RC-12N aircraft modification as well as production, integration and testing of AN/ARW-86 PME and integration of other subsystems. The purpose of this market survey is to identify sources with the required expertise for both the production of RC-12P Communication Intelligence (COMINT) PME and associated equipment and the required aircraft modifications to accept the PME. Respondents must have knowledge of the system designs and operation as well as the tasks required to perform the major modifications, test and installation of the PME into the RC-12P. The additional PME and aircraft modification must be identical to the current RC-12P aircraft configuration and must be fully interoperable with existing RC-12P aircraft and the TSQ-176A Integrated Processing Facility (IPF). A technical data package ( drawings, LRU specifications, full software documentation, ATPs, etc.) does not exist for the PME, the RC-12P aircraft modifications or the PME installation, engineering models are not available. Respondents must demonstrate experience with remotely controlled airborne SIGINT collection systems and their capability to develop, integrate and test collection systems into airborne platforms and perform the required aircraft modifications. Respondents must also address the ability to obtain the appropriate licensing agreement for use of any required software and/or hardware. Hardware and software must be available for integration and testing within 24 months after contract award and complete installation, test, training and documentation within 30 months after contract award. Respondents must also address how they would conduct this effort in absence of a PDP and engineering models while maintaining full interoperability with the systems cited above. Respondents must address all the tasks described above, partial responses will not be evaluated. Only U.S. firms should respond to : PM ACS, SFAE-IEW&S-SG, Building 288 (Market Survey, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000, Only written responses will be honored and respondents should not contact the agency directly via phone, fax or email. Responses must be received by no later than JUNE 5, 1998. This market survey is to identify potential sources only and does not constitute a request for proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government to purchase this equipment. (0140)

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