R -- DEVELOPMENT OF SENSOR COST, LOGISTICS AND AVAILABILITY = MODELING TOOLS

Notice Date

June 11, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), = Contracting Office (fp), c/o USCG Research and Development Center, 1082 = Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT, 06340-6096

ZIP Code

06340-6096

Solicitation Number

DTCG32-01-R-R00004

Response Due

July 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Joyce Overton, Contracting Officer, Phone 860-441-2886, Fax = 860-441-2888, Email joverton@rdc.uscg.mil

Description

The United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center, = intends to negotiate a sole source contract with TFD Solutions, 102 = Small Drive, Elizabeth City, NC 27906-1925, for analytical support. TFD = Solutions is the only known company that meets all minimum requirements = and can provide the required expertise to build, run and provide = on-going maintenance of VMetric models to analyze the MAREFLIR = electronic integrated logistics support plan. These logistics models = will provide ?what-if? analyses for sparing and logistics decisions = using the VMetric optimization capability to provide decision support = for logistics managers and apply this technology to early logistics = planning for the first time. Services are to be performed at the = contractor?s place of business. The North American Industry = Classification System *NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541614 and = the small business size standard is $5.0 million. The period of = performance will be for 15 months from the date of award. Interested = parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to = this requirement no later than 15 days from the publishing date of = this announcement to the above address. The determination by the = Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon response to = this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. = Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose = of determining whether to conduct future competitive procurement. No = solicitation document exists and requests for such document will be = considered non-responsive. Telephone requests will not be honored. This = notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned and = Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation = (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), = has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged = business enterprises to acquire short term working capital assistance = for transportation related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT = Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rate to provide = accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. = For further information and applicable forms concerning STLP, call the = OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, = concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed = above. See Notes 1 and 22.=20 CITE: (W-047 SN50D965) =20

Web Link

Visit this URL for the latest information about this (http://www.eps.gov/spg/DOT/USCG/USCGRDC/DTCG32-01-R-R00004/listing.= html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010613/RSOL009.HTM (D-162 SN50O518)