D --SOURCES SOUGHT FOR AIR, MARINE, AND GROUND-BASED COMMUNICATIONS, NAVIGATION, and SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

NA This serves as a sources sought notice to locate qualified small business concerns for services related to air, marine, and ground-based communications, navigation, and surveillance systems and technologies for the Department of Transportation and other Federal Agencies. This is not a solicitation, and proposals should not be submitted at this time. Any interested small business source that can provide these requirements is invited to submit a written qualification statement as it relates to relevant past performance (previous or current experience for the past five (5 years) similar to the requirement. All questions shall be submitted in writing prior to the due date to the below address or by email to: [email protected]. The package shall include the following: (1) Name and address of Applicant (Corporate/Principal Office); (2) Name, telephone and fax number of point of contact; (3) Date firm started; (4) NAICS Code (5) Type of business (i.e.: small business, small disadvantaged 8(a) certified, woman-owned small business, hub-zoned small business, small disadvantaged business (not 8(a) certified); (6) Contractor's capabilities to meet the following as related to the scope of: Ability to provide services for radiofrequency engineering support; aircraft surveillance using radar, multilateration and Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) techniques; airport operations support; wake turbulence surveillance; wake turbulence sensor development and analysis; weather (wind, visibility, temperature, pressure, etc.) sensor development; National Airspace (NAS) engin eering integration and installation; and telecommunication software support for air traffic management. Capabilities will be judged by previous and current experience. All capability information shall include: Contract number; customer (DOD agency, other Government agency, private industry); Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) name, telephone and fax numbers; contract value and type of contract; period of performance; and description of product/services. Information provided should be detailed in the area(s) above so the Government can make a determination of ability of the company to provide the described services. All of the information sought should be conveyed in no more than 10 pages. Each response must reference the sources sought title. The North American Industry Class ification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 541690 and the small business size standard is $6.0 million. Interested sources are requested to submit a package by January 7, 2003, no later than 3:00 p.m. local time to the following address: Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, DTS-852, 55 Broadway Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. - All data received in response to this announcement marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be protected from release outside the Government in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act provisions. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. This is NOT a request for proposal(RFP), invitation for bid (IFB), or an announcement of a solicitation, and no solicitation package exis ts at this time. The sources sought announcement is requested for informational purposes only. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the sender. For future information about the Volpe Center refer to the Volpe Center website at http://www.volpe.dot.gov.