US ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND ACQUISITION CTR, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE BRANCH, STEAA-CD-W (BLDG 126W), WSMR NEW MEXICO 88002-5201

58 -- DIGITAL END DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS COUNTS SOL DAAD07-98-R-0154 DUE 102698 POC Contract Specialist Margaret Carrillo (505) 678-5455 (Site Code DAAD07) The White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), NM intends to negotiate a sole source procurement with Communications Technology, Inc., Solutions Division, Guilford Road, Suite 100, Columbia, MD 21046, for Digital End Devices (DED) and associated components counts. These items are in support of the National Range Control Center, Building 335 and range users at WSMR. The United States Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) Contract DAAB07-95-D-L508 is currently being utilized by the WSMR Test Support Network (TSN) Project. This STRICOM contract is providing a totally digital fiber optic transport and switching network comprised of commercial, off-the-shelf Lucent Technologies telecommunications station equipment and CSTI, customer premise, digital end devices controlled by a state-of-the-art network management system (NMS) developed by Magardi Inc. The CSTI digital end device, model "CS-2900 DBX-TR" utilizes three proprietary designs: configuration controlling software written specifically to the Magardi Inc. NMS; CSTI developed "out-of-band" signaling modes for unit-to-unit signaling and an ADC Telecommunications fiber loop converter module for interface to fiber optic cable. The TSN project will be providing WSMR communication stations and instrumentaion Vans 800 CSTI DEDs by the year 2002. Expansion of the existing WSMR and TSN fiber optic transport systems in support of the National Range Control Center, require the use of CSTI manufactured products to insure compatibility with the existing National Range Support Directorate and TSN fiber optic network. The delivery schedule is 120 days after contract award, or exercise of option. This action will be a firm fixed-price requirements contract for a base year and four one-year options to extend. Authority cited: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements under the authority of FAR of FAR 6.302-1. Note 22 applies; however, all offers received within 15 days after date of publication of original synopsis will be considered. Please call (505) 678-5455 or fax information to (505)678-5107, ATTN: Margaret Carrillo. Posted 09/10/98 (I-SN248107). (0253)

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