58 -- Land Mobile Radio (LMR) subscriber units and repeaters

The U. S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) proposes to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), with Motorola Inc., 7031 Columbia Gateway Drive, 3rd Floor, Columbia , MD 21046 for the purchase of Project 25, TIA-102 compliant, digital Land Mobile Radio (LMR) subscriber units and repeaters. This is one of several procurements intended to assemble an inventory of currently available, terrestrial-based, Project 25 compatible radios for the purpose of common air interface interoperability testing. (At this time airborne radios are not desired.) The subscriber units and repeaters must at the minimum support Project 25 Conventional Voice operation as defined in TIA-102. The following optional TIA-102 compliant features will be purchased for each radio provided they are currently available: Project 25 Trunking operation (which supports the 9600 bps control channel), DES encryption, AES encryption, and Over the Air Rekeying (OTAR). Radio models in each of the following bands are required: VHF, UHF, and 800 MHz. The VHF, UHF, and 800 MHz radios must at the minimum support operation in the 162-174 MHz, 406-420, and 806-870 MHz frequency bands, respectively. At this time 700 MHz band operation is not required. ***This procurement is being conducted per FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items (NTE $100,000). This synopsis is issued for information purposes. Questions should be submitted in writing to the contracting officer either by fax or email. Terms and Conditions and agency level protest procedures can be found on web site http://www.acqnet.gov/far/current/html/Subpart_33_1.html#1046527 / Hard copy in full text is available from office address and phone number listed in notice. FAR Clauses in full text are at http://www.acqnet.gov/far/. The anticipated award date is January 18, 2005.