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

45 -- HEATER, ARMY SPACE (ASH), ELECTRIC POWERED, MULTIFUEL SOL DAAB07-97-R-E022 DUE 082997 POC Point of Contact -- Mona L. Thomas, Contract Specialist, 908-532-4435, Contracting Officer -- Stephen Lascelles, 908-532-4433. E-MAIL: Heater, Army Space (ASH), Electric Powered, Multifuel, thomasm@doim6.monmouth.army.mil. CECOM expects to award a firm fixed price production contract based on best value practices for 356 each Heater, Army space (ASH), Electric powered, Multifuel, NSN: 4520-01-439-1682. This quantity includes 6 first article units. The acquisition will include a 100% option which may be exercised in part and from time to time with prices to be based on range quantities. The first delivery will be 480 DAC. This acquisition will be on a full and open competition basis. This item was acquired as a prototype under contract DAAK01-92-D-0079 which was awarded to Engineered Support Systems Incorp. for a unit price of $4,904 each. A draft copy of the specification, statement of work and CDRLS, sections L and M of the solicitation and an executive summary will be placed on the CECOM Business Opportunities Website on 15 July 1997 and the completed solicitation is expected to be issued on or about 29 July 1997. Any questions/comments concerning this draft information should be forwarded as soon as possible to the contracting officer or contracting specialist listed above. The website address is: http://cecom6.monmouth.army.mil./ (please note the period following "mil" in the website address). Access to solicitation/presolicitation information may be achieved by double clicking on the link "CECOM Business Opportunities", then, "Login Systems". As is explained on the website, it is not currently necessary to register in order to access the information on the website. This will be necessary in the future when the software is in place to enable electronic submittal of proposals. Should you so choose, you may register now for future business opportunities with CECOM. In the screen entitled "View Solicitations as Sorted By" click on the choice of "Number". You will be in a screen entitled "Solicitations by Number". For general information concerning solicitation DAAB07-97-R-E022, click one time on the solicitation number. An executive summary document will be at the bottom of the screen. It can be downloaded to your personal computer for viewing. This document was created using Microsoft Word 6.0. Draft copies of the specification, SOW and sections L and M of the solicitation, also created using Microsoft Word 6.0, will be available for downloading by going to the screen entitled "Solicitations by Number" and clicking on the blue arrow next to solicitation number DAAB07-97-R-E022 then finding the documents at the bottom of the screen and downloading them. PLEASE NOTE: YOU CAN ONLY GAIN ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION BY USING NETSCAPE's BROWSERS. SHOULD YOU NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE NETSCAPE BROWSER, NETSCAPE IS OFFERING A FREE, 90 DAY LICENSE FOR ITS BROWSER ON THE NETSCPAPE HOMEPAGE. (0195)

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