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L -- CETS SOL N00140-97-Q-0313 POC Gerald Furey, Contract Negotiator, (215)697-9621. FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia intends to acquire contractor engineering technical services and maintenance services for the Naval Aviation Engineering Technical Services Unit. This effort is for 709 man months for the period 1 Oct 97 through 30 Sep 98, with two option years each for 624 man months, beginning 1 Oct 98 and 1 Oct 99 respectively. The total effort under this procurement is 1, 957 man months. This effort represents the minimum needs of the Government for this period. The services to be provided are to inform, instruct, and train Government personnel in the installation, operation and maintenance, of F18 and AV8 aircraft and associated equipment manufactured by the OEM, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace. These services will be provided via a new contract or a provisional extension to the existing contract. The eventual contract action is for services that the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with McDonnell Douglas Aerospace under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. McDonnell Douglas Aerospace is the OEM and only known source with the required technical and engineering expertise to perform these required services. Interested parties who contend that they are technically qualified should submit, within 45 days from publication of this announcement, specific factual data, including but not limited to technical resumes, management experience, and other pertinent information as desired to be used as an evaluation basis to determine competence to successfully perform the required services. All technical proposals received within this time frame will be considered by the Government. The Government reserves the right not to open this requirement for competition based upon technical notices received in response to this announcement. Technical responses received as a result of this announcement will normally be considered solely for the purpose of whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received. All responses should be addressed to Gerald Furey at telephone (215)697-9621, facsimile (215)697-9569. SYS 052. (0353)

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