U.S. Army Soldier Systems Command, Acquisition Directorate, Attn: AMSSC-AD, Natick, MA 01760-5011

R -- SOLE SOURCE: APPLICATION AND INTEGRATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER SOL W13118-9034-3502 DUE 051299 POC jbaldwin@natick-notes02.army.mil or mwinn@natick-notes02.army.mil SOLE SOURCE: The U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command has a requirement, and intends to award a sole source contract, for research, analysis and technical support for various specific soldier technologies necessary for the creation of a fieldable, deployable data transmission and communications system that is capable of meeting the goals and mission needs of the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), Force Protection, and other users. In addition, the Government requires design and implementation support for a test facility that will be used to enable evaluation of the aforereferenced soldier technologies. Both of these requirements are in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM) cooperative program for the development of lightweight advanced electronic components for soldier systems. SBCCOM intends to award this sole source contract to Unconventional Concepts, Incorporated, a small business located in Mary Esther, Florida. Of particular interest are this company's unique knowledge, experience, and expertise in international technologies related to land mines, explosives and unexploded ordinance. The period of performance is twelve (12) months, the effort is estimated to total approximately twenty-five (25) to fifty (50) percent of one man-year, and the support shall include: technical review of advanced war-fighter technologies and their operational environments, identification and assistance in technology transfer opportunities, evaluation/comparison of military-unique technologies to commercial technologies, process engineering support in prototyping methodology and operations improvement, technical liaison support, and other related areas of support. No solicitation for the effort exists. Responses to this notice received no later than 12 May 1999 will be considered. The points of contact for this procurement are Jeffrey Baldwin and Michael Winn, at "jbaldwin@natick-notes02.army.mil" and "mwinn@natick-notes02.army.mil", respectively, or facsimile (508) 233 5286. See Note 22. Posted 03/28/99 (W-SN313576). (0087)

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