Contracts Group, Bldg 588, Mail Stop 32, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304

A -- ENGINEERING SERVICES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, CODE, INTEGRATE AND TEST SOFTWARE. POC Veronica Brimmer, Contract Specialist, email: brimmervs@navair.navy.mil ; Veronica Singmore, Contracting Officer, email: singmorevm@navair.navy.mil E-MAIL: Veronica Brimmer, Contract Specialist, brimmervs@navair.navy.mil. This is a Notice of Intent from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Patuxent River, Maryland to contract on an other than full and open competition basis with Lockheed Martin Undersea Systems, 9500 Godwin Drive, Manassas,VA 20110-4157 for software engineering services and system support necessary to modify, enhance, and improve the Tactical Mission Software (TMS) and Airborne Operational Program (AOP) software for the P-3C Aircraft. The proposed contract will design, develop, integrate, and test for correct implementation of all the necessary software to support and provide enhancements to Air ASW Systems(including the Extended Echo Ranging (EER) family) and other associated software capability into P-3C Aircraft that are equipped with Under Sea Warfare (USW)avionics equipment. It is anticipated that a total of approximately 45,000 man-hours of effort will be required over a period of five years (inclusive of options). This contract will be negotiated on a sole source basis with LMUSS who is the only source qualified to provide the required services as only they possess the necessary in-progress engineering databases and first-hand knowledge of the AN/USQ-78A(V) software and documentation. This is not a solicitation. No RFP will issued on the basis of this Notice of Intent. See Note 22. Posted 12/03/99 (W-SN405445). (0337)

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