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60 -- FIBER OPTICS MATERIALS, COMPONENTS, ASSEMBLIES, AND ACCESSORIES SOL F19628-99-Q-0008 DUE 082799 POC Cathy Mirra, Contract Specialist, (781) 377-6317; Dale M. = Pease, Contracting Officer, (781) 377-6395 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, Cathy.Mirra@hanscom.af.mil. Modification of Notification of Contract Action (NOCA). This CBD announcement constitutes a modification to Solicitation No. F19628-99-Q-0008 advertised in the Commerce Business Daily on 25 Jun = 99. The Theater Deployable Communications, Integrated Communications Access Packages (TDC/ICAP) is a system designed to provide a local and metropolitan area switched communications fabric for internet protocol, voice, and video data for a deployable, ground-based tactical communications infrastructure. The package is comprised of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) circuit switches, hubs, routers, multiplexers, and encryption devices. This modification corrects and clarifies all of = the part number designations previously synopsized on 25 Jun 99, as well as corrects the quantity of one of the items. The items and quantities are = to be acquired and priced under one order (Part Numbers (PN) are OCC designation and identify raw material from which desired cable = lengths and assemblies are made): Fiber Optic CableB-Series Military Tactical, 6-Fiber, 62.5/125=B5m, (PN=3D RK990715-01), 1500-foot reels without connectors, Qty 17 (previous quantity 15); Fiber Optic Cable, B-Series Military Tactical, 2-Fiber, 62.5/125=B5m, (PN=3DRK990715-02), 40-foot = lengths, (patch cords) with metallic ST connectors with zirconia ceramic = fasteners, Qty 62; Fiber Optic Cable, B-Series Military Tactical, 2-Fiber, 62.5/125=B5m, (PN=3DRK990715-02), 20-foot lengths, (patch cords) with = metallic ST connectors with zirconia ceramic fasteners, Qty 42. ESC proposes to award an order during September 1999 to Anicom Corp., to acquire the = parts and equipment required in support of a previously competitively awarded TDC/ICAP contract. Three (3)(previous quantity 1 reel)1500 foot reels = of 6-fiber, fiber optic cable (PN=3DRK990715-01), and twenty (20) patch cords (PN=3DRK990715-02) each = forty feet long, will be delivered to Robins AFB, GA. The remainder of the = items will be divided evenly between the following seven units: Shaw AFB, = SC; Dyess AFB, TX; Elmendorf AFB, AK; Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ; Tinker AFB, = OK; RAF Lakenheath Brandon, Suffolk, England; and Cannon AFB, NM. Specific shipping instructions will be provided in the awarded purchase order. = The locations for delivery have not changed from the previous synopsis = except that the items for delivery to Alaska and England will be delivered to ESC/DIGD, Hanscom AFB, MA. FOB point is destination. Delivery is = required by 30 Sep 1999. The proposed contract action is for parts and equipment for TDC/ICAP and the specified AEF units for which the Government = intends to solicit and negotiate with one source under authority of FAR = 6.302-1. Other interested firms should submit statement of qualifications, along with supporting documentation to ESC/DIGK, Bldg. 1612, 5 Eglin Street, = Hanscom AFB, 01731-2100, Attn: Ms. Cathy Mirra or by fax to (781) 377-5650. Responses must be received no later than close of business on 27 Aug = 99. Responses must include the company name; address; DUNS number, CAGE = code; Tax Identification Number, size of business (i.e., large business, = small business, very small business, small disadvantaged business, HUBZone = small business, 8 (a) concern, or women-owned small business); whether U.S. = or foreign owned entity, and a point of contact in their response. The Government anticipates award of the order on or about 7 Sep 1999. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, = but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When = requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Colonel Steven Sheldon, Director, Commander's Staff, ESC/CX, at (781) 377-5106. This notice does not constitute a Request = for Quotation, it does not restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach, nor should it be construed as a commitment by the Government. Commerce Business Daily Note 22 applies. Call Cathy = Mirra at (781) 377-6317 or Dale M. Pease at (781) 377-6395 with questions regarding this notice. Posted 08/18/99 (D-SN369443). (0230)

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