Compact Solid State Antenna

The purpose of this modification to the original Presoliciation Noticeposted on 6 May 2008 for the competitive procurement of the Compact Solid StateAntenna (CSSA) is to revise the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) anticipatedRequest for Proposal (RFP) release date to 17 October 2008. For conveniencepurposes, the entire Presolicitation Notice is provided below, with slightrevisions.

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to issue a competitivesolicitation to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) base-year, plus base-year optionand 2 option years, contract for the production of the Compact Solid StateAntenna (CSSA). A maximum of 39 CSSAs will be procured under this contract. TheCSSA is a small, light weight antenna that supports mobile applications of theCooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system, including the Marine CorpsComposite Track Network (CTN) and the U.S. Army Joint Land Attach Cruise MissileDefense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS). The Marine Corps CTN system is aground-based sensor netting solution that fuses sensor measurement data (targetvelocity and position) from local and remote radars in the CooperativeEngagement Capability (CEC) network. The USA JLENS CEC system performs the samefunctions from an aerostat platform. Both systems are fully interoperable withUSN CEC platforms. The solicitation is expected to be relea! sed within 15 days. If you are interested in this planned procurement, it isadvised that you monitor the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website athttp://www.fedbizopps.gov. Any updates and/or changes for this plannedprocurement, the posting of the RFP, and any future Amendments to the RFP, willappear at this FBO website. This announcement is being posted to both theFederal Business Opportunities (FBO) site located at http://www.fedbizopps.govand the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line (NECO) site located athttps://www.neco.navy.mil. While it is understood that FBO is the single pointof entry for posting of announcements and solicitations to the internet, NECO isthe alternative in case the FBO is unavailable. Please feel free to use eithersite to access information posted by the Naval Sea Systems Command. Questionsconcerning this announcement shall be directed to Mr. Jeffrey Juger at telephonenumber (202) 781-2879 or by e-mail at jeffrey.juger@navy.mil (e-mai! l is preferred).