Department of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, 55 CONS, 101 Washington Sq Bldg 40, Offutt AFB, NE, 68113-2107

59 -- WEATHER REPORTING/OBSERVATION SERVICES SOL Reference-Number-F25600-99-I-0010 DUE 082999 POC Janice Knowles, Contract Specialist, Phone 402-294-4097, Fax 402-232-6571, Email janice.knowles@offutt.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&;ProjID=Reference-Num ber-F25600-99-I-0010&LocID=601. E-MAIL: Janice Knowles, janice.knowles@offutt.af.mil. This is a sources sought synopsis only and no solicitation will be issued based on responses to this synopsis. Responses will be evaluated to determine applicability of a sole source acquisition. Potential contractors must be able to provide circuitry to the Tinker Technical Control Main Frame Computer located at Tinker AFB OK. The Air Force will provide an extension of the circuit into the Tinker Automated Digital Weather Switch (ADWS) computer. The circuit will allow all pilot reports (PIREPS), aircraft reports (AIREPS), and coded aircraft reports (CODAR) data processed to the Air Weather Service. The contractor will be required to provide all labor, tools, parts, materials, transportation, and facilities to include telecommunication and communication lines, modems, and any required software needed to deliver PIREPS, AIREPS, and CODAR to Tinker AFB OK ADWS UNISYS 1100/74 computer. The contractor will be required to provide the circuitry, including lines and modems, necessary to deliver these weather observations to the Tinker ADWS UNISYS 1100/74 computer. The weather data comes in 300 baud, asynchronous, ASCII, 7 bits, one stop bit, even parity, point to point circuit. All responses to this notice must include complete firm name, address, business size (whether small, large, disadvantaged, woman owned, U.S. or foreign owned/controlled (must state which country)). To determine if you will qualify as a small business for this requirement, the SIC code will be 7375, $18 million. There is only one known source capable of meeting the Government's requirement. This service is currently being procured on a sole source basis through Aeronautical Radio Inc (ARINC). Offerors responding to this notice must provide sufficient technical data to determine if they can be approved as an additional source. Technical data to include a list of the last three organizations for which services have been provided along with name and number of point of contact, a list of the equipment available that you would be using to gatherthis data. If this service requires agreements with other organizations to allow the gathering of this data, provide copies of any existing agreements or the names and phone numbers of the organizations with which you have agreements, and any additional data you believe would assist us in making our decisions. All data received as a result of this notice will be at no cost to the Posted 08/19/99 (D-SN369900). (0231)

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