U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

70 -- DENEB ROBOTICS SOFTWARE DUE 041398 POC Carol Monsour (810) 574-7095 The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (USATACOM-WRN) intends to negotiate with Deneb Robotics, Inc., on a sole source basis for on site maintenance of the software program developed by Deneb Robotics. TACOM is issuing a combined Synopsis/Solicitation pursuant to FAR Subpart 12.6, this announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals will be accepted, however a written solicitation will not be issued. The Deneb Robotics software is as follows IGRIP Software running on 4d / Onyx, quantity of one [1]; IGRIP Software running on 4d / Onyx, quantity one [1]; QUEST Software running on 4d / Onyx, quantity of one [1]; VNC Software running on 4d / Onyx, quantity of one [1]. The type of service is for a one year maintenance order with Deneb Robotics offering telephone support, updates to the program and field service engineering. FOB Destination will apply. Provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The following factors shall be usedto evaluate offers: i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement and ii) price. Offerors Representation and Certification -- Commercial Items at FAR 52.212-3 are required to be submitted with the offer. This commercial services solicitation is prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; it is issued as a request for proposal (RFP); proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 90-45. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-5 (c) Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference. USATACOM reserves the right to make multiple awards as a result of this solicitation. Your proposal must be received by the Contracting Office no later than 3:00 p.m., local prevailing time, on April 13, 1998. Proposals which are being sent via regular mail (or hand-delivered) should be addressed as follows: USATACOM-WRN, Acquisition Center, AMSTA-AQ-LRA, Attn: Carol Monsour, Warren, MI 48397-5000. Requests for information concerning this solicitation should be made to Carol Monsour, 810-574-7095. Any response to this synopsis should be sent to the attention of Carol Monsour, at the following address: USATACOM, Acquisition Center, AMSTA-AQ-LRA, Warren, MI 48397-5000. (0093)

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