US Army, CECOM Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

58 -- ENGINEERING SUPPORT & TECHNICAL ANALYSIS POC Point of Contact, Bobbi Brown, Contract Specialist, AMSEL-AC-CC-C-CR, 908-532-5348. Contracting Officer, 908-532-4347. E-MAIL: ENGINEERING SUPPORT & TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, bovay@doim6.monmouth.army.mil. MARKET SURVEY FOR TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT The U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command is seeking qualified and interested sources to provide independent technical analysis and engineering support to Product Manager, FIREFINDER in the area of FIREFINDER weapon location radars. This includes performing studies and providing independent analysis and evaluation for the AN/TPQ-36(V)8 and AN/TPQ-37 P3I programs. The offeror should be able to demonstrate their capability to generate required weapon detection/track/location Algorithms, assess the contractor's software design and provide independent analysis of predicted performance of contractor software design, as well as identifying any problem areas. Technical support includes independent analysis of predicted performance of candidate radar system architecture and impact of their designs, technical cost/benefit tradeoffs including concept models and pilot tests, draft/develop proof of concept models and simulations as required to support the analysis and analysis of radar development programs to include developing technology tradeoff tools. Must show proof of specialized experience with Radar Environmental Simulators(RES) to be able to collect performance data, compile results and compare performance with system specification and analyze live fire test results. The offeror must also develop RES acceptance criteria for FIREFINDER programs, and be able to write acceptance test plans and procedures for software systems. In addition, qualified sources must also possess the following capabilities: maintenance and engineering support for two Radar Environmental Simulators. The government possesses only minimal documentation, drawing sketches and software code without description. One RES is located at a government site at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the second RES is located at a contractor's plant in Long Island, NY as government furnished equipment. The offeror must also show proof of engineering modeling experience for evaluation of operational scenarios in site selection of FIREFINDER radars. Three such systems exist for evaluation of the radar sites and the offeror must be capable of providing maintenance support to the FIREFINDER Position Analysis System (FFPAS). The government possesses only minimal software documentation for the FFPAS. One system is located OCONUS and the other two systems are located at Ft. Sill, OK. Qualified and interested sources should be a small business with proven experience in the analysis, specification and design of weapon location radar data processing software. Interested parties should contact Product Manager, FIREFINDER, ATTN: SFAE-IEW-FF, Mrs. Carolyn Weickert, Building 9001, Ft. Monmouth, NJ 07703 not later than 24 January 1997 with their qualifications. (0010)

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