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L -- CRUISE MISSILE TECHNICAL INTEGRATION ANALYSIS SOL N00019-00-R-0212 DUE 020400 POC Contact, Damon K. McGill, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 757-5939/Contracting Officer, Anthony J. DeVico (301) 757-5945 The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is planning to issue a sole source cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) contract for technical, engineering and analytical support for the Tomahawk All-Up-Round Cruise Missile program. This requirement is a follow-on to NAVAIR Contract N00019-96-C-0039 with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) that expires 31 DEC, 2000. The proposed contract will be for a base year with four option years. The estimated cost for each year in base year dollars is approximately $5,200,000. NAVAIR awarded the existing contract (N00019-96-C-0039) on 20 December 1995 after a full-and-open competition. This competition rendered only two offerors of which SAIC was clearly technically superior. SAIC has 23 years of continuous Tomahawk engineering and management support as well as unique Tactical Tomahawk and Post Production technical knowledge gathered over the last four years. Additionally, since SAIC is the only contractor providing technical and programmatic support to all three segments of the Tomahawk Program, they are capable of providing valuable interface and technical interchange between all aspects of the missile design, weapon control and mission planning systems. Since only one other contractor submitted a proposal in the previous competition, and that proposal, while technically adequate, was not technically competitive with SAIC, the Government does not believe a credible competitor exists for the follow-on contract. The Government is therefore planning to make the follow-on contract a sole source procurement, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, because the Government believes that only one responsible source exists to provide this support. The work covered by the follow-on contract is described as follows. Provide technical investigations and integration analysis for the Tomahawk and Tactical Tomahawk All Up Round (AUR) in the areas of unique mechanical; electrical; software design and integration; aerospace; nuclear and conventional safety; production and post production engineering and analysis; reliability and service life analysis; system requirements and integration analysis; and program management and analysis. Specific areas included in this effort will be the air vehicle, associated guidance systems, propulsion systems, and operational flight software. These tasks apply to currently fielded Block II and Block III missiles, EMD and production of the Tactical Tomahawk, and development and production of future missile designs and subsystems. Potential offerors would have to provide personnel with detailed technical knowledge and experience on all aspects of the Tomahawk and Tactical Tomahawk AUR design, Tomahawk Weapon System interface design and program history in order to not cause an adverse delay in supporting the fielded Tomahawk and the development and fielding of Tactical Tomahawk. Accordingly, should a company believe that it would submit a competitive proposal for the effort described herein, then that company must: a. Submit a letter of interest that shows how itmeets the SOW qualifications cited above; b. Provide a list of contracts and points of contact for the same or similar work going back three years to support its assertion; and, c. Provide an explanation of how the company would assume the duties from the current incumbent with minimal adverse impact on this very dynamic and important weapon system. Based on this letter submission, companies will be notified of any requests for further information and/or the results of their request (See Also Numbered Note 25). Companies must submit this letter not later than 45 calendar days from the release date of this announcement. See Numbered Note(s) 22 and 25. The mark Tomahawk(R) represents a registered trademark and is the property of the United States Government. All subsequent uses of the mark Tomahawk contained herein should also be so construed. Posted 12/21/99 (W-SN410410). (0355)

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