NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH MOTOROLA The General Services Administration intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Motorola to upgrade the U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) District Seventeen (D17) VHF-FM communications systems in the Southeast Alaska (SEAK) with Digital Encryption Standard (DES). The required encryption system is both DES and DES-XL format. This format is necessary for secure communications with existing USCG and other federal agency secure radios. The Communications Center provides critical lifesaving 24 hour a day communications for southeast Alaska. The existing communication console for southeast Alaska is a Motorola Gold Elite system. Only engineers or technicians certified by Motorola to work on a Gold Elite system may work on, or interface equipment to the Gold Elite console under the Statement of Work (SOW). This effort entails a total integrated solution, which includes procurement, installation, and training of all equipment necessary for a fully operational DES system. The proposed action is for supplies/services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. The Government believes that only one responsible source can provide the supplies/services that will satisfy the agency requirements. The contractor is the manufacturer of the items and is fully certified for the Gold Elite system as required in the SOW. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes but responses received on or before June 26, 1998 will be evaluated. A determination by the Contracting Officer not to compete this proposed action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Information should be submitted to GSA/FTS, attn: Paul Martin, Contracting Officer, at (510) 637-3884 via email at paul.martin@gsa.gov. E-MAIL: paul.martin@gsa.gov, paul.martin@gsa.gov.

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