The General Services Administration intends to negotiate a sole source award for Code 2732 of SPAWAR System Center San Diego to Eclipse Electronic Systems, Incorporated. The contractor shall provide the following: R3000 VMEbus Tuners (quantity = 2). SSD-SD Code 2732 has been tasked to build receiver systems for the Distant Sentinel Program. The Distant Sentinel is a satellite receiver that is being developed. It is current in the research and development phase, but will soon be moved to the production phase. Under this program SSC-SD has previously purchased 6 single-board VERSA module Eurocard (VME) dual-channel receiver. Each receiver must have an input range between 100 to 500 MHz, high tuning resolution and an IF bandwidth of 10 MHz. SPAWAR?s belief that only Eclipse Electronic Systems, Inc. can fulfill the requirements of this task order are based upon the following: These are custom boards that are manufactured by Eclipse. They are proprietary. Eclipse has manufactured the other boards that are in the system. The boards, which are the ?heart? of the system, must be an exact duplicate or the system will be inoperable. The SIC Code is 3571 and the NAICS Code is 334111. All interested parties must submit a capability statement that sufficiently describes their qualifications and previous experience relevant to fulfilling the above requirement. Capability statements shall include evidence that the firm has previous experience in providing this requirement. Please provide the statements via e-mail only to [email protected] by August 8, 2002; 4:30 p.m. Local Pacific Time. This notice is not a solicitation nor is it a formal Request for Proposal. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In the absence of responses from firms that believe they have the capability to provide these services, GSA intends to negotiate with Eclipse Electronic Systems, Inc., P.O. Box 1008, Richardson, TX 75083.

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