Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 210000D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100

16 -- COMMAND DESTRUCT RECEIVER SOL N68936-97-R-0237 DUE 092997 POC Paul Reagon, Contract Specialist, (619) 939-0895 The evaluation criteria has been changed from "Lowest Techncially Acceptable" to "Best Value". Solicitation will be released before 29 August 1997. Firms that previously responded need not respond to this announcement. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, CA proposes to acquire by full and open competition 115 Each Command Destruct Receivers. The requirement will also include Range Safety Qualification Tests and First Article Tests. The receiver is a fix-tuned miniature (approximately 3 inches X 2 inches X 1 inch) airborne receiver which operates on aircraft or missile 28 volt nominal power, and receives a signal sent from the ground which initiates a pyrotechnic sequence. The requirement is based on performance specifications. Award criteria is based on lowest technically acceptable offeror. The last procurement was 1990; no information is available from that procurement. NORFORN approval has been requested but has not been approved as of the date of publication of this announcement. Offerors requesting copies of the solicitation should indicated their size in the request. Small Business Standard Industry Code (SIC) for this requirement is 3663, size standard 750 employees. (0227)

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