Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, 4301 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92110-3127

D -- INMARSAT B LEASED CHANNEL SATELLITE SERVICES SOL N00039-99-R-3201 DUE 102398 POC Kim Tu (619) 524-7182 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, tuk@spawar.navy.mil. The U.S. Department of Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWARSYSCOM) is seeking interested sources that can provide 64 Kbps leased high speed data (HSD) satellite channels for INMARSAT Standard B terminals with associated terrestrial connectivity to Navy Points of Presence. The service shall be global, for ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship communications, and shall be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service, Leased Channel Mode (LCM), will be used for voice, video and data communications. The capability to provide emergency dial-up is also essential. Approximately 25-40 64 Kbps leased channels per month will be required to support U.S. Navy ships. The contractor shall also be required to provide terrestrial connectivity from the contractor's Land Earth Station(s) (LESs) to selected Government Points of Presence. The contractor's LESs shall be INMARSAT-type approved LESs. Space/terrestrial connectivity will be required for up to five years (one base year plus four one-year options). Request interested sources to reply via email/fax/mail and provide the name(s) and telephone number(s) of the point(s) of contact no later than 23 October 1998. SPAWAR 02-32 intends to release a draft Request for Proposal (RFP), and one-on-one meetings may be scheduled with qualified potential sources. Interested source shall advise whether or not they are a small business in accordance with Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 4899. The small business size standard for SIC Code 4899 is a business, including its affiliates, averaging no more than $11 million dollars in annual receipts. Annual receipts of a concern which has been in business for 3 or more complete fiscal years means the annual average gross revenue of the concern taken for the last 3 fiscal years. Annual receipts of a concern that has been in business for less than 3 complete fiscal years means its total receipts for the period it has been in business, divided by the number of weeks including fractions of a week that it has been in business, and multiplied by 52. Please refer to FAR Part 19 for additional detailed information on Small Business Size Standards. This sources sought announcement is not a formal solicitation. The Government shall not award any contract on the basis of this announcement, nor will the Government pay for the responses received. Please respond to SPAWARSYSCOM, Attn: Ms. Pamela Kibler, Code 02-32A, OT#4 Room 1038, 4301 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92110-3127. She may be reached at (619) 524-7192, FAX (619) 524-7178 or at the following email address: kiblerp@spawar.navy.mil. The alternate point of contact is Ms. Kim Tu. She may be reached at (619) 524-7182, FAX (619) 524-7178. Her email address is tuk@spawar.navy.mil. Posted 10/08/98 (W-SN260784). (0281)

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