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A -- ESTABLISH A SOFTWARE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE SOL N66001-99-X-6006 DUE 051899 POC Contract Specialist, Ms. Maureen Battern, Code D212, (619)553-4489. Contracting Officer, Ms. L. Joye Socha, (619)553-7515. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SPAWARSYSCENSD) Manufacturing Technology Office, is seeking sources to submit a white paper to establish a Software Center of Excellence. The Software Center will address issue related to low-cost software design and development, software engineering, and software management for Fleet systems. Areas of interest include reusable software, distributed collaborative planning, modeling and simulation, virtual reality, compatibility of software development tools, cost management and estimating, portability, and compatibility between legacy (stove-piped) systems software and newer integrated software. Interested parties should submit a written description of their company including expertise relating to the above areas. Respondents should explain what they could offer to a Software Center of Excellence, plus identify any major issues that they fee the Software Center should address. Prior consortium memberships or affiliations with universities should belisted, along with particular experience in Navy or other DoD software projects. Since Navy Centers of Excellence are consortiums subsidized by both Navy and Non-Navy funds, respondents should identify other funding sources such as State or Local levels. Submissions should not be more than two pages and should be on company letterhead. Additional information o the Navy ManTech Program and on existing Centers of Excellence can be obtained at the navy website http://mantech.bmpcoe.org. This announcement will remain open for 60 calendar days. Technical Point of Contact: T. Joseph Sampite, Phone (619) 553-3265, Fax (619) 553-5933, E-mail: sampite@spawar.navy.mil. Contractual Point of Contact: M. Battern, Phone (619)553-4489, Fax (619)553-4540, E-mail: battern@spawar.navy.mil. No formal documentation issued. Posted 03/05/99 (W-SN305699). (0064)

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