Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, FL is seeking potential vendors capable of providing laboratory for training students on the Global Maritime and Safety System (GMDSS) for the Egyptian Naval College to provide student instruction and testing on the rules of preventing collision at sea. The GMDSS lab system should be capable of simulating the following communication equipment: NAVTEX Terminal; TELEX Terminal; Standard-A/B Satellite Terminals; Standard-C Satellite Terminal with Enhanced Group Calling (EGC); VHF radio; VHF Digital Selective Calling (DSC); MF/HF Single Side Band (SSB) radio telephone and Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP); MF/HF DSC; 406 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) deployment; and 9 GHz Search and Rescue Radar Transponder (SART) deployment. Included will be a debriefing room with PC-based software to simulate Radar /ARPA for teaching the students and testing them for the Rules of Preventing Collision at the Sea, a Large Screen Display and an Instructor Station that records/plays back all scenarios and communications. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Information should be sent via e-mail to Terri L. Ferguson, Contract Specialist, NAWCTSD, Code 25335, telephone (407) 381-8943, email: [email protected]. Submittals are due no later than 4:00 PM, May 30, 2008. Any questions or information can be submitted to aforementioned Terri L. Ferguson.

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