99 -- Sky Tracker Airtime

This announcement is for informational purposes only. The Government intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Motorola for renewal of Iridium data and voice airtime and licenses for the Sky Tracker system in Colombia for one year with four option years. The Sky Tracker system was procured from Motorola in 2003 to provide the communication medium for sending voice and data from aircraft. The Government requires additional Iridium data and voice airtime in order for the Sky Tracker system to work. This service is provided by Motorola and the data airtime service is licensed by Iridium to those data service providers which make their "own boxes" to transmit data through the system. Motorola is the only known source for this requirement due to its proprietary nature. Any interested parties in this requirement must provide information to support it ability to meet the above. This information must be received by 4 pm ET, February 1, 2006 to the attention of Mary Pat Hayes-Crow at [email protected].