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58 -- EGYPTIAN HF SCRAMBLER PROGRAM POC Christine Baron, Contracting Officer, 617-271-7903. Robert Phenecie, Contract Specialist, 617-271-2055. Presolicitation Notice - Egyptian HF Scrambler Program. In accordance with a country to country agreement between the governments of the United States and Egypt. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case EF-D-DAF, the Directorage of International Programs of the Air Force Material Command's (AFMC's) Electronic System Center (ESC) plans to acquire HF Security Equipment Model DSP9000 HS. According to FMS Case EG-D-DAF, '' the equipment supplied shall be Fully Inter-operable with existing HD Scrambler Equipment currently in use within the Egyptian Signal Corps; the existing equipment is manufactured by Technical Communications Corporation (TCC), Concord, MA. ESC plans to issue a solicitation by January 96 for up to 25 handsets. However, any responsible source which believes it can meet the Government's requirements must submit a qualification package not to exceed 15 pages, describing how they can provide equipment that is fully inter-operable with the existing HF Scrambler Equipment within the time specified above. If no additional responsible sources are identified as a result of this announcement, the Government intends to negotiate a contract with TCC under the authority of 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), only one responsible source. Any information submitted in response to this notice will be fully considered and will be evaluated without prejudice. No telelphone inquiries or responses will be accepted. Interest parties shall submit their requests and information to ESC/IAK, ATTN: Christine E. Baron, 50 Griffiss Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1618 within 15 days of this notification. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not consittute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of the acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program Director, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreemtns and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the mbudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call Col Messamore at (617)377-5106. (0307)

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