A -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR HARDWARE IN THE LOOP SERVICES

Notice Date

January 26, 2001

Contracting Office

CECOM Acquisition Center Southwest Operations Office, Attn: AMSEL-AC-CC-E-CB, Building 61801, Room 3210, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-6000

ZIP Code

85613-6000

Solicitation Number

DAAB32-01-R-0002

Point of Contact

Ronnie Lopez (Contracting Officer ( 520) 533-2254; Cynthia Hall (Contract Specialist) 533-0363

Description

DESC: The Communications-Electronic Command Acquisition Center Southwest Operations Office, Fort Huachuca, AZ, intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to the University of Arizona (UA) for Hardware in the Loop Services. The period of performance is anticipated to be nine months. The estimated value is less than $500,000. Cost No Fee contract is contemplated. The UA will provide the following services: 1. Develop and document a prototype model using OPNET for testing specific vendor communication hardware items. 2. Develop a translator module for the prototype model developed in number 1 above, that translate OPNET events into packet transfers to a communications hardware device. 3. Develop the OPNET code for capturing the performance measures of the communications hardware device. 4. Develop the code for interfacing an OPNET process model to the hardware. 5. Develop the methods for the OPNET process model that allows a virtual private network to be tested using the OPNET models. 6. Utilize the Remote Terminal Emulation (RTE) to provide traffic data to the OPNET model that drives the communications hardware device. This notice of intent is neither a request for proposal nor a solicitation for offers. No additional specifications will be furnished. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responses must be addressed to Ms. Cynthia Hall (Contract Spec.) or Mr. Ronnie Lopez (Contracting Officer), CECOM Acquisition Center Southwest Operations Office, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-CC-S-RT-D, Building 61801, Room 3413, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-6000, (520)-533-0363 (Contract Spec.) or (520) 533-2254 (Contracting Officer). EMAILADD: cynthia.hall@hqisec.army.mil EMAILADD: LopezR@hqisec.army.mil

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010129/ASOL005.HTM (W-025 SN50B8J6)