Department of the Navy, NAWCAD Contracts Competency Division, Villa Road, Bldg. 8110, St. Inigoes, Maryland 20684-0010

59 -- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS SOL N00421-98-R-1178 DUE 060198 POC Janis Brizzi (301) 862-8899 WEB: Click here to go to the NAVAIR Home Page, WWW.NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL. E-MAIL: Click here to reach the POC, BRIZZI_JANIS%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), St. Inigoes, MD intends to acquire various waterproof cable assemblies and their accessories which are used in various United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) projects, including the Drop-In Communications Packages (DICP) of the Tactical Radio System (TRS) and MK V Special Operations craft (SOC) Communications Electronic (C-E) System. The Government's requirement is very specific for the waterproof cable assemblies due to the existing quantities of systems already in the field. Commercial items are being procured under this action, and the solicitation will be prepared in accordance with the format prescribed in FAR Subpart 12.3. This solicitation, RFP number N00421-98-R-1178, is a 100% small business set-aside procurement. The period of performance of the resultant contract will span five (5) year (one (1) base year and four (4) one year ordering periods). An indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) type contract is anticipated.This RFP is for the procurement of a maximum 1110 cable assemblies (8 various types) and 365 dummy plugs over the duration of the contract as described in the Statement of Work (SOW) and the drawings. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3679. It is anticipated that all hardware shall be firm-fixed price (FFP). This procurement shall be F.O.B. destination, Inspection and acceptance shall be made at destination and delivered to Receiving Officer, NAWCAD Patuxent River, Villa Road., Building #8115, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010, M/F: Brian Davis. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (OCT 1997) will not be cited and does not apply to this action. Evaluation of submitted offers will be accomplished as follows: Award shall be made to that responsible offeror submitting a technically acceptable proposal which offers the lowest evaluated price. Price will be the deciding factor among technically acceptable proposals. WARRANTY -- the contractor shall extend to the Government full coverage of any standard commercial warranty normally offered in a similar commercial sale. Acceptance of the warranty does not waive the Government's right with regard to the other terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of a conflict, the terms and conditions of the contract shall take precedence over the warranty. This is a DO rated contract. The RFP will be published via the Internet in Microsoft Word 6.0 format and will reside on the NAVAIR Home Page for downloading, located on the World Wide Web (WWW). The WWW server may be accessed using browsers such as NETSCAPE and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The WWW address, or URL, for the NAVAIR Home Page is http://www.navair.navy.mil. The RFP to include the SOW and the drawings will be located under the Business Opportunity heading. The drawings are done in Autocad and will be viewable in Word. OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE HOME PAGE FOR ANY RFP AMENDMENTS TO THE RFP. WRITTEN REQUESTS for the RFP, SOW and drawings may be sent to: Department of the Navy, Contracts Group, ATTN: Ms. Janis Brizzi, Code 2.5.4.1.2.3, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Building #8110, Villa Road, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010 or via e-mail (brizzi_janis%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL). TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR RFP WILL NEITHER BE ACCEPTED NOR RETURNED. ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO USE THE INTERNET TO ACCESS ALL DOCUMENTS. The Point of Contact is Ms. Janis Brizzi, Code 2.5.4.1.2.3, (301) 862-8899 and the Contracting Officer is Mr. Larry Mattingly, Code 2.5.4.1.3.1, (301) 862-8119. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the Agency. See Numbered Note 22. (0097)

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