TACOMS POST 2000 To develop draft NATO Standards (STANAGs) for Military Tactical Communication Systems for the Land Combat Zone Post 2000 (TACOMS Post 2000), twelve NATO nations: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Under the MOU an International Project Office (IPO) responsible for managing the project has been established in Fort D'lssy, Issy Les Moulineaux, France. The recommended architecture for TACOMS Post 2000 is based on the following subsystems: the Local Area Subsystem for information distribution at headquarters, the Wide Area Subsystem forming the area communications backbone, and the Mobile Subsystem for the interconnection of distributed users. These subsystems are controlled by the System Management and Control Subsystem which is responsible for the network management, security and distribution of crypto material. A single contract for the development and validationof the draft STANAGs will be awarded to an international consortium of contractors (Contract Team, CT). France, as the host nation for the project, will carry out the procurement process under French laws, regulations and procedures. The duration of the contract will not be longer than four years. In order to bid for the single contract, each potential CT must have the following qualifications: Each potential CI must consist of at lead one contractor from each country of the participating nations. At least one contractor in the team must have demonstrated experience in systems engineering and integration of a major tactical communications system. Each contractor in the team must have demonstrated experience in tactical communications, and for research and development of advanced technologies that can be applied to tactical communications. Each contractor in the CT must have the appropriate security clearance, at least NATO Secret, or could attain this level before the contract is signed. The purpose of this announcement is to invite potential contractors for the contract to an information exchange meeting on the 15th Dec 98 in Paris. Only those companies who are capable and willing to bid on the single contract will be invited to the information exchange meeting. Companies selected as a result of this call for interest and subsequent meeting will receive in 1999 the Request for Proposal (RFP). Responses to this announcement must be received no later than 1st Dec 98. Additional information can be requested by e-mall from either TACOMSIPO@worldnet.fr or ACOMS@worldnet.fr or by fax (33 141 46 33 44). Response date: 12/1/98. Responses must be sent to the address above and be marked "BMDGA November 1998 -- DO NOT OPEN". E-MAIL: Click here to e-mail the POC, TACOMSIPO@worldnet.fr. Posted 10/20/98 (D-SN263705).

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