Procurement Division IV, Code C654, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, CA 93555-6001

H -- QUALIFICATION TESTING AND SUPPORT FOR LIGHTWEEIGHT ENVIROMENTALLY SEALED PARACHUTE ASSEMBLY (LESPA) SOL N68936-95-R-0276 DUE 062695 POC John Hopkins, Contract Specialist, Code C654, (619) 939-4239 or Ann D. Niessen, Contracting Officer, Code C654, (619) 939-4234. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, CA intends to award to Simula Inc on an other than full and open competition basis, a hybrid type contract that is a combination of a Firm Fixed Price and a Fixed Price Requirements contract, to establish the requirements and parameters to qualify the Navy Lightweight Environmentally-Sealed Parachute Assembly (LESPA). The Requirements portion is only applicable to the task for additional product testing of the LESPA system. Simula Inc. currently retains proprietary rights to the environmental sealing techniques/method utilized to seal the LESPA System as a result of a SBIR effort and in accordance with Public Law 102-564. This effort will include activities required to conduct/support a full compliment of coordinated Qualification and reliability/environmental test efforts. The end product of this effort will be a fully qualified version of the already developed LESPA configuration. Although the baseline configuration for this effort is already developed, the contractor shall work with the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS) technical community to optimize LESPA deployment schemes and methodology and recommend potential design improvements/modifications developed as a result of the recently completed Risk Reduction effort. Options for the support of product improvement scenarios, alternate environmental-sealing techniques/materials, additional testing sequences and delivery of Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) units are included. Full-Rate production of the qualified end-product will be addressed as a separate effort. Delivery of the Basic Contract Requirement will be 270 days after receipt of award, FOB destination, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA. Requests for this solicitation may be made to John Hopkins at the address cited above or by telex (619) 939-4252. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0110)

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