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A -- SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, UPDATE, AND MAINTENANCE OF TACTICAL AND GROUND THREAT SYSTEMS SIMULATIONS. SOL N00421-97-R-1493 DUE 071698 POC John F. Antol, Contract Specialist, Code 2.5.4.2.2.6, (301)342-1825 ext.187 Fax (301)342-1864. Nancy F. Kuzmick, Contracting Officer, (301)342-1825 ext.150. E-MAIL: Antol_John%pax9b@mr.nawcad.navy.mil, Antol_John%pax9b@mr.nawcad.navy.mil. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has a requirement for the development, update, and maintenance of tactical weapons and ground threat systems simulations. This work is focused on training air combat crews. Weapons deployed by the trainees, and weapons deployed against the trainees are supported by this set of simulations. Simulation of ground-based threat weapons along with their associated radar and infrared guidance systems are to be included in this contract. The software generated will be used on various operational and developmental Navy, Marine, Air Force, Army and Foreign Military training systems. The contractor shall develop real-time and faster-than-real-time digital simulations of air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface weapon systems. This activity is coordinated by NAWCAD at Patuxent River, MD. The work to be performed shall consist of the delivery, update, documentation, maintenance, and support of new and existing simulation software; providing enhancements to existing simulations and software configuration management related tasks, and performing Software Development Management functions. The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns. The Standard Industry Code (SIC) is 7371. This requirement is a follow-on effort to N62269-94-C-1301, with FAAC, Inc. being the incumbent contractor. Award of a cost plus fixed fee level of effort type contract is anticipated. The base period shall be for one year with four one year options. The Government shall request separate technical and cost proposals in order to evaluate the greatest value proposal. As part of the evaluation an on-site Software Production Capability Assessment shall be performed for each offeror. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Solicitation requests may be E-mailed to: Antol_John%pax9b@mr.nawcad.navy.mil or faxed to John Antol at (301)342-1864. No telephone requests will be accepted or returned. All prospective offerors are strongly encouraged to use the Internet to respond/communicate. All internet responses must provide the return Internet address, mailing address, and company telephone number in the body of the Internet response. Internet responses without a return address, mailing address, and company telephone number will not be recognized. Send written requests to: Contracts, Attention John Antol Code 2.5.4.2.2.6 Bldg.588 Suite 2, NAWCAD, 47253 Whalen Road Unit 588, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1463. The solicitation will be made available over the Internet in Microsoft Word 7.0 format using a Hewlett Packard Laserjet 4 printer driver. The solicitation will reside on the NAVAIR Home Page on the World Wide Web (WWW) URL which may be accessed by several commercial Web browsers such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, or Mosaic. Offerors who have requested a copy of the solicitation will be notified via E-mail when the solicitation will be released. After notification of the release, go to the following Internet Website: "http://www.navair.navy.mil/air20/air214/solicndx.htm" Within the "Solicitations Index" locate the solicitation number and "click" on the number. Next, scroll down until you locate the applicable file and "click" to download the file into your computer. All amendments will be posted at the same Internet Website. See Note 1. (0152)

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