Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

H -- WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS SUPPORT SOL N00178-99-R-1017 POC P. D. Brown, Contract Specialist, Code SD117, (540)653-7478 WEB: NSWCDD Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division Web, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist for N00178-99-R-1017, brownpd@nswc.navy.mil. Weapons and Munitions Support The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division has a requirement for technical, systems engineering, test and analysis, and logistic support for weapons and munitions support to include guns, munitions, and missiles, primarily PHALANX, Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV), Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS), and STANDARD Missile programs. Technical support will require extensive knowledge/experience in Navy/Joint systems and programs in the areas of engineering, warfare and systems analysis, specific weapons systems, performance assessments, program management, program documentation, and program defense and justification. Systems engineering support will require the providing of detailed gun and weapon engineering studies and the development of plans and related documentation for Navy and/or Joint programs/systems. These studies and plans may include, but not be limited to weapons and system requirements, threats, system architectures, systems engineering, system/component selection/tradeoffs, potential new systems and technologies, test and evaluation, program management/acquisition, system interface/interoperability, and tradeoffs in performance, costs, operation and design. Test and analysis support will be for Navy and/or Joint weapons systems development, gun and munitions systems development, and advanced technology development. These systems may include, but not be limited to NSFS, PHALANX CIWS, advanced close-in weapon systems, STANDARD Missile, and joint programs support such as AAAV. Logistic support for weapons systems including preparation of program documentation and training support for FMS customers. Due to the need to provide systems engineering and technical direction, prepare specifications or work statements, and obtain access to proprietary information, the solicitation will require an organizational conflict of interest notification. Approximately 117,000 hours of support will be required in each of the five performance years from Program Management (2K), Senior Engineer, Engineer(42K), Senior Engineering Technician(18K), Engineering Technician(15K), Technical Writer/Editor(10K), and Engineering Assistant (7.5K), and Word Processor (7.5K) categories (Total 117K hours). A SECRET facility clearance will be required. Travel required during contract performance may include Wallops Island, VA; Bath, ME; Pascagoula, MS; Norfolk, VA; Alamorgordo, NM; Sicorro, NM; Tucson, AZ; Louisville, KY; Picatinny Arsenal, NJ; Aberdeen, MD; Pt. Hueneme, CA; Burlington, VT; San Diego, CA; Minneapolis, MN; UK; Israel, Greece, Canada, Japan, Portugal, and Italy. Specific Government requirements will be specified in task orders to be issued under the anticipated indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contract that will contain a cost-plus-fixed-fee (term and completion) pricing arrangement. The resultant contract will be awarded on a best value basis, which will include oral presentations. This is a 100% small-business set-aside. The SIC code for this requirement is 8711, the size standard for which is $20M. Requests for information available under the Freedom of Information Act should be directed to FOIA Information Officer, Attn: CD2209, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448, phone (540) 653-7578, fax (540) 653-7088. This is a follow-on requirement to NSWCDD contract N60921-94-D-A117 with Defense Technologies, Inc. (DTI). Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to SD11 Branch using Internet address sd11@nswc.navy.mil, via facsimile at (540) 653-7088 or via telephone at (540) 653-7478. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered. See numbered Note 1. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division has implemented Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition area, therefore synopsis and resulting solicitations with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. Hard copies WILL NOT be provided.Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web Site to ensure they have downloaded all amendments. DOD will no longer award contracts to Contractors not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) data base. Registration may be done by assessing the CCR Web site at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec. Registration may be done via dial up modem at (614)692-6788 (User ID:ccrpub; Password: pub2ccri). Any certified value added network (VAN) can be used for registration. A paper registration form may be obtained from the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1(800)334-3414. Posted 04/26/99 (W-SN324229). (0116)

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