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F -- DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES SOL N47408-97-R-1839 DUE 070297 POC Contract Specialist, BRENDA M. GEIST, 805-982-9152 The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC) has a requirement for a project of collecting and analyzing operating and maintenance characteristics of Air Force and Navy light-duty electric vehicles (EVs) and heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in a fleet environment at seven demonstration sites. Data required to be collected includes vehicle operating characteristics and costs, electrical energy management, vehicle and charger reliability, and maintenance characteristics and costs. Manual and automated data acquisition methods will be employed to collect data on a maximum of 35 EVs/HEVs. Participating military installations will include McClellan AFB, Norfolk Naval Base, PWC Washington, NAS North Island, NCBC Port Hueneme and two other Air Force facilities to be determined where HEVs will be deployed. This project entails gathering data on the operation and maintenance of EV/HEVs, organizing, reducing, and retaining the data, generating data reports, analyzing data reports and issuingfindings, conclusions and recommendations in annual reports. The project shall last for a minimum of two years with options for two additional years. It is anticipated that a firm fixed price contract will be awarded for all items EXCEPT the interfaces for the hybrid vehicles which are still in development. This portion of the contract will be on a cost- plus-fixed fee basis. For questions concerning this synopsis, please contact Ms. Brenda Geist, (805) 982-9152 or submit a facsimile to (805) 982-3015. Anticipate issuing the solicitation on or about 17 Jun 97. (0155)

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