66 -- INSTRUMENTS & LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

Notice Date

January 8, 2001

Contracting Office

Commander, U. S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Buiding 5303, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

ZIP Code

35898-5280

Response Due

January 26, 2001

Point of Contact

Tony Anakor, Contract Specialist, (256)842-7379; Ellis Bedwell, Contracting Officer, (256) 876-4152

E-Mail Address

ellis.bedwell@redstone.army.mil (tony.anakor@redstone.army.mil)

Description

The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Product Manager for Test Equipment Modernization Program (PM, TEMOD) is responsible for the acquisition of state-of-the-art, commercial/non-developmental general-purpose test equipment. The equipment is used to standardize Army inventory and replace existing obsolete test equipment. A Draft Performance Specification has been developed for a Portable Radar Test Set (PRTS), Identification Friend or Foe. The PRTS shall test both transponders and interrogators. It shall primarily provide a GO/NO-GO test for Modes 1, 2, 3/A, C, 4, latest version for military Mode S, and shall be software/hardware upgradeable to Mode 5. It shall also provide for both radiated and direct connect diagnostics of transponders, interrogators, cabling, and their respective antenna systems. It shall not employ embedded COMSEC. It shall be primarily battery powered (additional sources of operating power are acceptable). Maximum consideration shall be given to the following characteristics: ease of user operation, weight, battery life, operating environment (i.e. rain, temperature, etc.), degree of internal BIT, soldier's operational burden (to include MOPP IV operation), MTBF, and MTTR. The PRTS shall be built such that precedence is given to the DOD International AIMS Program Office requirements. Input by contractors shall be accepted and considered for inclusion into a Final Performance Specification. No decision has been made at this time as to the type of procurement; i.e., full and open competition versus small business set-aside. Expect bid samples (3 each) to be requested in the August-September, 2001 timeframe with award expected in the March-April 2002 timeframe. Interested contractors may request the Draft Performance Specification by contacting Tony Anakor, at telephone (256) 842-7379 or fax (256) 955-6449, or e-mail tony.anakor@redstone.army.mil. Request for Draft Performance Specification shall be made no later than COB (1630 CST) 26 January 2001. The Government's responses shall be in MS WORD format and shall be sent by e-mail transmission.****

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010110/66SOL006.HTM (W-008 SN50A3V1)