R--Engineering Technical Services

THE UNITED STATES ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND-WARREN (TACOM-WARREN) WILL BE ISSUING A SOLE SOURCE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO ALTARUM TO PERFORM STUDIES TO ANALYZE PERFORMANCE OF THE SYNTHETIC APERTURE CONCEPT IN REGARDS TO THE ANGULAR SENSITIVITY BETWEEN TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER. THE IMBEDDED COHERENCE OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS FOR VOICE, VIDEO AND DATA WILL ALSO BE ANALYZED. THE CONTRACTOR WILL EVALUATE THE CHANNEL CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT DUE TO COHERENT SYNTHETIC APERTURE PROCESSING. THE CONTRACTOR WILL EXAMINE ASPECTS OF ANTENNA DESIGN REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE CONCEPT AND, IF SUCCESSFUL THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS MAY BE AWARDED: OPTION 1 - PROOF OF CONCEPT PLAN WHICH PROVIDES AN EXECUTION PLAN FOR AN ON-BOARD PROOF OF CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION, OPTION 2 - FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE RECEIVER STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS, OPTION 3 - BREADBOARD FIELD DEMONSTRATION PLAN WHICH REQUIRES A PLAN FOR THE BREADBOARD FIELD DEMONSTRATION AND OPTION 4 - BREADBOARD FIELD DEM! ONSTRATION WHICH BUILDS AND DEMONSTRATES A BREADBOARD SYSTEM AND DEMONSTRATES IN A FIELDED ENVIRONMENT. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE ACQUIRED AS COST REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACT WITH ALTARUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FOR THE BASE EFFORT SHALL BE TWELVE (12) MONTHS FROM DATE OF AWARD AND IF THE OPTIONS ARE EXERCISED, IT SHALL INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL TWELVE (12) MONTHS FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR (24) MONTHS. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE SOLICITED BY A FORMAL SOLICATION. WHILE THIS RFP IS BEING ISSUED ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, ANY INTERESTED PARTIES MAY REQUEST A COPY OF THE LETTER RFP BY SENDING AN E-MAIL REQUEST TO contact@example.gov. ALL SOLICITATIONS ISSUED ON OR AFTER 1 APR 1999 REQUIRE OFFERORS TO SUBMIT OFFERS PAPERLESS: ONLY ELECTRONIC FORMAT WILL BE ACCEPTED. CONTRACTORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR RESPONSE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ELECTRONIC MEDIUMS: VIA 100 MEGABYTE ZIP*-DISK, E-MAIL, 3 INCH DISK, OR 650 MEGABYTE CD ROM. OFFERS/BIDS ARE TO BE EMA! ILED TO contact@example.gov. DO NOT EMAIL OFFERS TO THE BUYER. THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE EMAIL SUBMISSIONS MUST READ "OFFER-DAAE07-02-R-L015" CLOSES 2002JUL24. MAXIMUM SIZE OF E-MAILED OFFERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 3.5 MEGABYTES. COMPRESSED FILES MUST BE SELF-EXTRACTING AND HAVE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS TO OPEN. HARD COPY RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS AGENCY HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CAGE, COMPANY NAME, DUNS NUMBER AND THE EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE THE NOTICE SENT. ALL OFFERORS MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACT REGISTRY PRIOR TO RECEIVING ANY AWARD. SEE THE WEBSITE: HTTP://CCR.EDI.DISA.MIL/CCRAGENT/PLSQL/CCR FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER. THE ESTIMATED RELEASE DATE OF RFP DAAE07-02-R-L015 IS 2002JUN24. NUMBERED NOTE 22 APPLIES.