14:38 GMT, December 2, 2008 The Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, SSM today announced a Request for Proposal (RFP) related to Turkish Low Altitude Air Defence Missile System (T-LALADMIS) Program under the Law 3238.

The Scope of the Program/System:

T-LALADMIS RFP is issued in order to receive proposals for direct procurement of 18 (eighteen) self-propelled (wheeled or tracked) armoured low altitude air defence missile systems including support equipments, training equipments, spare parts, training, other relevant services and documents and to receive optional proposals for direct procurement, co-production and co-development of additional 27 (twenty seven) low altitude air defence missile systems.

Conditions and Required Documents for Receipt of RFP:
The electronic copy of RFP can be received by the authorized personnel of foreign air defence missile and/or ground system manufacturers or SADAD (Turkish Defence Industry Manufacturers Association) members which are capable to develop and manufacture subsystem(s) to be used in air defence missile systems.

In order to receive RFP, the below procedure shall be followed:
• First, the personnel duly authorized by the company/organization, shall submit to SSM his/her/their original authorization letter which is notary attested and the Product Catalogue of the company.
• For foreign companies/organizations from signatory countries of Hague Convention, the authorization letter shall be authenticated via Apostille.
• The authorized personnel of a foreign company/organization shall also submit his/her/their NATO Clearance or personnel clearance obtained from the related country’s authority.
• The authorized personnel of a domestic company/organization shall submit his/her/their NATO Clearance or “?ah?s Güvenlik Belgesi” obtained from Ministry of National Defense (MND).
• Facility Security Clearance Certificate of a foreign company/organization obtained from the related country’s authority and/or NATO Facility Security Clearance Certificate shall be submitted.
• Facility Security Clearance Certificate of a domestic company/organization obtained from MND and/or NATO Facility Security Clearance Certificate shall be submitted.
• For SASAD members, a document, which is not older than one month, showing that the company is a member of SASAD is required.
• Foreign companies/organizations shall also submit the list of their shareholders,
• The above mentioned documents will be evaluated by SSM within two working days and the company/organization will be informed about whether it could receive RFP.
• After SSM's approval, the price of RFP shall be paid to the bank and the bank receipt shall be submitted to SSM by the authorized personnel to get the electronic copy of RFP. SASAD members can receive RFP free of charge.
• The sale price of RFP is EURO 10.000 (tenthousand). This amount shall be paid to EURO account number 952 732 001 of Defence Industry Support Fund (SSDF) in Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Ankara Branch (T.C. Merkez Bankas? Ankara ?ubesi, Ulus/ANKARA). The original bank receipt shall include the statement of “Alçak ?rtifa Hava Savunma Füze Sistemi ?halesi Teklife Ça?r? Dosyas? Bedeli”.

Delivery Schedule and Place for RFP:
RFP can be obtained from Rockets-Missiles and Ammunition Department of SSM (6th floor, Room: 609) until December 22th 2008, 17:00 hours, local time.

Submittal of Proposals:

Only the companies/organizations which have manufactured an air defense missile system, and received RFP from SSM have the right to submit a proposal.

Proposals shall be submitted to SSM no later than February 16th, 2009, 17:00 hours, local time.

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Meanwhile the following companies received a RfP for the Medium Altitude Air Defence Missile System Project.

Turkish companies:

AKSA MAK?NE SANAY? A.?., ASELSAN A.?., C2TECH B?L???M TEKNOLOJ?LER? SAN.VE T?C.A.?., FNSS SAVUNMA S?STEMLER? A.?., HAVELSAN A.?., HAVELSAN TEKNOLOJ? RADAR SAN VE T?C.A.?., MERCEDES BENZ TÜRK A.?., METEKSAN SAVUNMA SANAY?? A.?., M?KES M?KRODALGA ELEKTR?K S?STEMLER A.?., M?LSOFT A.?., OTOKAR A.?., ROKETSAN A.?., SAVRON?K ELEKTRON?K SAN.VE T?C.A.?., SDT UZAY VE SAVUNMA TEKNOLOJ?LER? A.?., SELEX KOMÜN?KASYON A.?., TÜB?TAK MAM, TÜB?TAK SAGE, VESTEL SAVUNMA SANAY? A.?., and YALTES ELEKTRON?K VE B?LG? S?STEMLER? ÜRET?M VE T?C.A.?.

Foreign companies:
CPMIEC (China), IAI (Israel), KONGSBERG (Norway), RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD. (Israel), RAYTHEON COMPANY (U.S.A.), ROSOBORONEXPORT (Russia), SAAB BOFORS DYNAMICS (Sweden), TECHNOSOYUZPROJEKT (Belarus), and THALES AIR DEFENCE LIMITED (UK),