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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: CLIN 0001, TACLANE E100 KG-175, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS, 77A STREET, NEEDHAM, MA. THE VALUE OF THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER $100,000. THE TACLANE E100 KG-175 IS A TYPE 1, IN-LINE INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ENCRYPTOR. ENCRYPTOR REQUIREMENTS ARE: ENCRYPT AND DECRYPT INFORMATION CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET CODEWORD AND BELOW FOR COMMUNICATION OVER BOTH IP MODE AND ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (ATM) NETWORKS, MINIMUM ENCRYPTION RATES OF 7+MB/S WHEN IN IP MODE AND 45 MB/S (DS-3) IN ATM MODE, INTERNAL POWER SUPPLY, MINIMUM DATA RATES ARE 100 Mbps (HALF DUPLEX), 80 Mbps (FULL DUPLEX), IP NETWORK INTERFACE 10/100 BASE T RJ-45 MM FIBER MT-RJ, MINIMUM PROTOCOLS TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP WHT RARP, ARP, DHCP, RECIPe AND SNMP. ENCRYPTOR MUST BE APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA). This Notice of Intent is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EOIs), proposals or quotations. No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of EOIs, proposals or quotations received in response to this notice. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide the services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. The Government will be the sole determiner regarding an offeror’s ability to meet all requirements. The government will consider all EOIs received prior to 10 days after date of publication of this synopsis before 1200 PST on that date. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. EOIs sent via the U.S. Postal Service should be mailed to I&L CONTRACTS, PO BOX 99133, MCAS YUMA, AZ 85369-9133. EOIs sent via Federal Express or hand carried must be delivered to I&L CONTRACTS, BLDG 328, 2ND FLOOR, MCAS YUMA, AZ during weekdays, excluding federal holidays, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EOIs may be submitted via facsimile to Attn: RETA HICKS at 928-269-2287. The facsimile transmission must clearly identify this notice and the name of the contracting officer on the first page. Submitters bear the burden of ensuring that the EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on time and should allow a reasonable time for facsimile transmissions to be completed. All pages of the transmission must reach the office before the deadline specified and pages of a facsimile transmission that arrive in the office after the specified deadline will not be considered. The submitter bears the risk of non-receipt of facsimile transmissions and should confi! rm by telephone that any facsimile was received. This purchase will be under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other Than Full and Open Competition as authorized under FAR 6.302-1. The anticipated award date is 15 AUGUST 2005. Point of contact for this purchase is RETA HICKS 928-269-2634.