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58 -- SIXTH SUPPLEMENTARY SPECIAL NOTICE TO VENDORS CONCERNING THE NAVY'S PLAN TO CONTRACT FOR FUTURE BASE TELECOMMUNICATION SUPPORT SOL N68939-95-R-0011 POC Contact Mr. Louis A. Masciocchi 202/433-3865, DSN 288-3865/Contract Specialist, Ms Esther Scarborough 202/433-4949, DSN 288-4949/Contracting Officer Dear NAVTIP Partners: To complete the NAVTIP effort in the most timely manner, the Navy will manage the contracting effort using an Integrated Product Team (IPT). An Executive IPT will be Co-Chaired by the Program Office, SPAWARSYSCOM PMW 172, and a member from the office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Acquisition, DASD (C3I),which has contract oversight approval authority. The Contracting Agency will remain NISMC 02. The Executive IPT will publish a revised major events timeline by early September 1995. The Executive IPT has selected an appropriate acquisition strategy and has formed several functional teams to finalize the technical and contractual details to execute that strategy. The NAVTIP acquisition strategy will provide three regional integration indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts, each with two qualified vendors who will compete for individual delivery orders as they are placed against the contract. Full details of the acquisition strategy will be released with the updated draft RFP. SPAWARSYSCOM and NISMC intend to follow an aggressively streamlined contracting strategy. Additionally, it will be managed in an all electronic environment. Currently, SPAWARSYSCOM and NISMC are preparing an updated draft RFP to reflect the new acquisition strategy and include more detailed information on the Navy's functional requirements. The Navy desires to solicit maximum industry input prior to the final RFP. Vendor comments and suggestions are always welcome and vendor presentations can be arranged through the Contracting Officer. NAVTIP is the Department of the Navy's (DON's) approach to creating a comprehensive, competitive contract for base information transfer infrastructure requirements. It will provide a programmatic approach to modernizing naval bases using common architecture. The target architecture for the infrastructure is based on the Navy's Base Communications Specification (SCAN 3), copies of which can be obtained from the Program Manager's office in either electronic or paper form. Functional and resource sponsors are Chief of Naval Operations, Director, Space and Electronic Warfare (CNO N6), for equipment and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics) (CNO N4), for services. The General Services Administration will issue the delegation of procurement authority. E M SCARBOROUGH Contracting Officer (0216)

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