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D -- C3I ENGINEERING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM (CEES) SOL TFL00-4083 POC Curtis Glover, Sr., Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 501-1853, Fax (202) 501-4681, Email curtis.glover@gsa.gov -- Curtis Glover, Sr., Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 501-1853, Fax (202) 501-4681, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=TFL00-4083&Lo cID=384. E-MAIL: Curtis Glover, Sr., curtis.glover@gsa.gov. General Information Document Type: Presolicitation Notice Solicitation Number: RE: TFL00-0010 Posted Date: December 15, 1999 Response Date: Classification Code: D -- Information technology services Contracting Office Address General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), IT Acquisition Services Center (TFL), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 2024, Washington, DC 20405 Description This serves as a "Notice of Intent" to award for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Software Engineering Directorate a sole source contract to Redondo Systems, Inc. for software, and training for one C3I Engineering and Evaluation System (CEES) on the Microsoft NT platform. Ten Microsoft NT CEES licenses to operate the software on independent platforms will also be procured. This sole source procurement is under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, due to the duplication of costs caused by the proprietary software codes that is not expected to be recovered by competition due to the unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirement. The services and products to be provided are software and hardware upgrades, maintenance and engineering support for CEES. The CEES must be maintained in a way that will produce near 0% downtime. Currently, the system operates on a DOS platform. Contractor will be required to migrate the system from the Microsoft DOS operating system to the Microsoft Windows NT platform. Source codes to the current software are proprietary and not available for review. Under the NT CEES task, the contractor shall deliver the NT CEES version, ten licenses, training and one-year warranty. Additional CEES licenses for external users (up to 15), Tactical Digital Information Link (TADIL) A, B and J, FAAD Data Link (FDL), Tactical information Broadcast Service (TIBS), Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture (HLA), and Tactical Data Systems Interface Unit (TDSIU) software upgrades(up to 40 for each upgrade) may also be required of the contractor. The period of performance is for one base year, with four, one-year option periods [FAR 52.232-19, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year, applicable]. All interested parties should request additional information, communicate concerns, or direct any questions concerning this acquisition to: Curtis E. Glover, Sr., 202-501-1853, email: curtis.glover@gsa.gov. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals, nor a solicitation for offers. RE: Note 22 Point of Contact Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 501-1853, Fax (202) 501-4681 Email: curtis.glover@gsa.gov Posted 12/15/99 (D-SN408761). (0349)

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