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

R -- TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS (C-E) PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND SUBSYSTEMS. SOL N00421-98-R-1105 POC J. Larry Mattingly, Contract Specialist, (301) 862-8119 ; Lois M. Cooksey, Contracting Officer, (301) 862-8690 WEB: NAVAIR Home Page, http://www.navair.navy.mil. E-MAIL: MATTINGLY_LARRY%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL, MATTINGLY_LARRY%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. R- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Code 4.5.8.4.2, St. Inigoes, MD has identified a requirement for technical and engineering services to support the rapid design, development, customization, manufacturing, fabrication, integration, test and evaluation, installation, certification, maintenance and upgrade, logistic, and life cycle support of new and/or existing Communications-Electronics (C-E) Platforms, Systems, and Subsystems. These C-E Platforms will include shipboard, shorebased (fixed, transportable, and ground mobile), airborne, and handheld platforms. Required effort will range from providing turnkey systems fully integrated with all equipment, to development of specific empty platforms or containers to be integrated by the Government. The contract type is anticipated to be Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Term, with an estimated total level of effort of 1,230,157 man-hours over a period of five years. The period of performance consists of a base period beginning 9 March 1999 and ending 30 September 1999, with five option periods which if exercised by the Government will extend the period of performance of the contract through 08 March 2004. This action is a follow-on to contract N00140-94-C-CC62, and the incumbent contractor is Tracor Applied Sciences, Inc. This procurement action will be processed under full and open competition. Basis for award of the resultant contract will be the best value to the Government as established by the tradeoff process evaluation approach, cost and non-cost factors considered. All potential offerors must either have or be able to obtain a TOP SECRET facility clearance. It is the Government's intention to release the final solicitation, including any subsequent amendments via the Internet. The anticipated release date of the final solicitation is no later than 3 August 1998. The solicitation will reside on the NAVAIR Home Page located on the World Wide Web (WWW). The WWW server may be accessed using client browsers such as NETCSCAPE, and INTERNET EXPLORER. The WWW address, or URL for the NAVAIR Home Page is as follows: http://www.navair.navy.mil . To access the solicitation, select "Business Opportunities" under General Information, and then "NAVAIR Washington, D.C. contracts". In addition to making the solicitation available for downloading via the Internet site, this office will also E-mail a notification of release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments to all prospective offerors that submit a request to register for this information via E-mail. E-mail requests should be sent to the following address: "MATTINGLY_LARRY%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL", and should contain the following information for the purposes of compiling a complete and accurate Bidders Mailing List; 1. Company Name 2. Company Address 3. E-Mail Address 4. Point of contact, telephone number, and fax number In the interest of acquisition streamlining, prospective offerors are strongly encouraged to use the Internet for the purpose of submitting requests with respect to this solicitation. Telephone requests for the solicitation will neither be accepted nor returned. A paper copy of the resultant solicitation will be provided only on an exception basis at the discretion of this office. Written requests for the a paper copy of the solicitation, if necessary, may be sent to the following mailing address: J. Larry Mattingly, Contracts Department (Code 2.5.4.1.3.1), Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Villa Road, Unit 11, Bldg. 8110, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010. This procurement action will be synopsized on the NAVAIR Home Page as well. In addition to a description of this requirement, prospective offerors will also find a "Draft Solicitation" consisting of Sections A through G of the uniform contract format, as well as some of the exhibits/attachments to be incorporated in Section J. This presolicitation technique is being employed to obtain industry feedback regarding this particular acquisition. A cut-off date has been established for the receipt of industry comments so that the Government will have time to evaluate, provide responses, and perhaps incorporate recommendations into the final version of the solicitation prior to its release. The draft solicitation may be accessed on the NAVAIR Home Page in accordance with the directions as provided in the text above. (0170)

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