United States Special Operations Command, Directorate of Procurement (SOAC-KB), 2418 Florida Keys Ave., MacDill AFB, FL 33621-5316

58 -- WIDE FIELD OF VIEW IMAGE INTENSIFIER DEVICE FOR GOGGLE APPLICATIONS POC Ms. Valerie M. Romanchek, Contract Specialist, (813)840-5461 WEB: http://www.socom.mil, http://www.socom.mil. E-MAIL: U.S. Special Operations Command, romancv@socom.mil. The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) intends to issue a Request for Proposal on a limited competition basis to two companies, ITT Industries, ITT Night Vision, Roanoke, VA and Litton, Special Infrared Products, Tempe, AZ in response to the need for one (1) wide field-of-view (FOV) image intensifier (I2) device for goggle applications. These two companies are the only known sources with the ability to respond to the goal of this technology effort to exploit innovative technological solutions to demonstrate the desired capability. The program objective is to design, fabricate and demonstrate a wide FOV (approximately 80 degrees) I2 device meeting GEN III, OMNI III performance. The overall objective is a unity power device with minimum distortion. The device shall include an eyepiece with 25-millimeter eye-relief (minimum) and a 12-millimeter exit pupil (minimum). Additionally, emphasis should be placed on minimizing the overall size and weight of the device, while maximizing the FOV. A goal of this effort is a device utilizing only one image intensifier tube, i.e., PVS-7. The intended purpose of the single tube is to reduce the cost of the device. Due to the potential variations in designs to meet this challenging effort a dual award may be utilized. See numbered Notes 22 and 26. Interested firms have 15 days from publication in the Commerce Business Daily to submit their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources may submit their qualifications/ capabilities which shall be considered by the agency. Note 22 is used since the agency is limiting competition to two offerors. Posted 07/17/98 (W-SN225189). (0198)

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