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W -- LEASE WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE AYEAR TWO-THOUSAND COMPLIANT RADAR DATA PROCESSOR, ANCILLARY HARDWARE, INCLUDING INSTALLATION, TESTING AND MAINTENANCE SOL DTRS57-99-R-00022 DUE 060599 POC Point of Contact -- Jackson G. Rector, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-2190 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, rector@volpe.dot.gov. Under the authority of FAR 6.302, the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center intends to negotiate on a noncompetitive basis with Raytheon Electronic Systems (RES), Marlboro, MA for the following. A lease with option to purchase a Year Two-Thousand (Y2K) compliant Radar Data Processor (RDP), ancillary hardware, and integration to include installation, testing, documentation, and maintenance for the low-cost Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-X) radar at the General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), Milwaukee, WI. The lease period is for a base period of one (1) year with two (2) one-year options. The ASDE-X is an airport-based, radar sensor system for the detection and tracking of taxiing, landing, takeoff, and stationary aircraft, as well as airport ground vehicles (tru cks and carts). The RDP will process the analog radar outputs from the MKE-base Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) radar (Raytheon Marine Corporation M3625/18CPX-12). The RDP software must be capable of performing automatic clutter suppression, creating and displaying operator-selected airport configuration maps, and tracking aircraft and ground vehicles. Integration of the RDP with the ASDE-X radar will be the responsibility of the contractor. A single award will result from this solicitation. Interested sources under SIC 7373 must respond in writing to this synopsis with a qualification package no later than fifteen days from its publication. Telephone inquiries will not be honored. This notice is for information purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Ente rprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSBDU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. Posted 05/21/99 (D-SN334132). (0141)

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