S -- SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

Notice Date

August 27, 2001

Contracting Office

SPAWARSYSCEN-Charleston, PO Box 190022, N. Charleston, SC 29419-9022

ZIP Code

29419-9022

Solicitation Number

N65236-01-R-0062

Response Due

September 4, 2001

Point of Contact

Chris Brutsch, Code 1115CB, (843) 218-5965,Contract Specialist, Robert J. Meddick, Code 1115, (843) 218-5954, Contracting Officer

E-Mail Address

SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston (brutschc@spawar.navy.mil)

Description

NOTICE OF INTENT OT AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR LEASE OF A SATELLITE EARTH TERMINAL. SSC Charleston intends to award a Sole Source, Firm Fixed Price contract, utilizing Commercial Acquisition Procedures to SPACELINK INTERNATIONAL, LLC., 45975 NOKES BLVD, SUITE 145, DULLES, VA 20166. This Contract is to provide high data rate satellite communications via an earth station terminal located at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB) located in Ryad, Saudi Arabia for communications to the Defense Integrated Services Network (DISN) in CONUS. The procurement includes incidental engineering services to support design and testing of the satellite terminal link during performance of the contract. Terminal service requires 24x7 Operation and Maintenance support at PSAB including provisioning and Management of 2x6.312 Mbps duplex satellite circuits at Contractor provided PSAB facility in Saudi Arabia for USCENTAF. The requirement is for KU Band two-way, full duplex data transmission and reception earth terminal services. The Government shall have exclusive use of the PSAB terminal. The contractor shall provide Ku-band E-2 terminal with antenna size of 3.6-4.6M. 1:n redundant modem configuration of type SLM 7650 or fully interoperable equivalent with 8 Mpbs data rate support is required. Current Host Nation Approval (HNA) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and ability to provide services by 01 October 2001 is required. SPACELINK is the only known source that can provide the required services within the time constraints to meet mission requirements. This requirement is considered to be Sole Source to SPACELINK INTERNATIONAL LLC. Any interested parties currently possessing HNA from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia interested in this requirement should forward a copy of the HNA along with company information to Mr. Chris Brutsch at (843) 218-5965 for consideration prior to COB 04 September 2001. Parties interested in subcontracting opportunities are directed to contact SPACELINK INTERNATIONAL LLC. See Note #22.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010829/SSOL002.HTM (W-239 SN50W0E1)