Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, 6703 W. Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

16 -- MILITARY TRAINING TANDEM VECTOR SYSTEMS (MTTVS) AND EIGHTEEN MILITARY TANDEM VECTOR SYSTEMS (MTVS) SOL N61331-99-R-0018 DUE 041299 POC Buyer -- Wanda Cutchin, (850) 234-4173; Contracting Officer -- Carol Dreger, (850) 234-4863 WEB: www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Cutchin_Wanda@ncsc.navy.mil, Cutchin_Wanda@ncsc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida intends to issue a sole-source contract to the Relative Workshop for the acquisition of sixteen (16) Military Training Tandem Vector Systems (MTTVS) and eighteen (18) Military Tandem Vector Systems (MTVS). These items are being procured under direction of the Marine Corp Systems Command (MARCORPSYSCOM). Both systems provide the marine parachutist with a single action release system that will allow use for static line operations. The materials form a highly specialized delivery system which has undergone extensive testing and qualification under the MARCORPSYSCOM Diving Authority. Each system has been tested to perform to rigid requirements for range, depth, impact, etc. Only those vendors whose articles have been successfully tested are qualified to provide equipment to the Marine Corp. The objective of this process is to verify that the system provides acceptable levels of safety and mission critical support throughout the system specific operating range. The pre-certification process was used to provide maximum reasonable assurance that the mission can be completed and an accident will not occur. The items being provided are unique and non-standard. Only the Relative Workshop has been approved to provide the MTVS and MTTVS systems to the Marine Corp. Any interested parties other than Relative Workshop, Deland, FL must contact Mr. Ken Powell at the Coastal Systems Station, 850-234-4198 for certification requirements. Note 23 applies. Posted 03/11/99 (W-SN307658). (0070)

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