MODIFICATION
70 -- Presolicitation Synopsis for Common Hardware/Software Systems (CHS-3)
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- US Army Aviation and Missile Command DAAH01, ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- DAAH01-02-R-0225
- Response Due
- 3/20/2003
- Archive Date
- 5/19/2003
- Point of Contact
- Roderick Matthews, 256-842-7693
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Aviation and Missile Command DAAH01
(rod.matthews@redstone.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Bldg 5303, Redstone, Arsenal, AL 35898-5280 SUBJECT: Common Hardware/Software-3 (CHS-3) The United States Army, through the Tactical Operations Centers/Air and Missile Defense Command and Control Systems Project Office, Huntsville, Alabama, has a requirement for a full and open competitive solicitation for offers for the Common Hardware/Softw are-3 procurement, which will be issued by the U.S. Army AMCOM, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The CHS-3 procurement is planned to be a competitively awarded, Best Value Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price 10 ye ar contract. The CHS-3 procurement will also include a Time and Materials (T&M) portion for Technical Assistance and Support Services (TASS). All items on the CHS-3 contract may be purchased by other Army, DoD, and Federal Agencies. OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT PERFORMANCE ON THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT WILL REQUIRE ACCESS TO DEFENSE INFORMATION/EQUIPMENT THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FOR RELEASE TO NON-U.S. COMPANIES. THEREFORE, PARTICIPATION AT THE PRIME CONTRACTOR LEVEL IS RESTRICTED TO U.S. COMPANIES AND REQUESTS FROM FOREIGN INDUSTRY WILL NOT BE HONORED. CHS-3 is planned to be an interoperable family of modular building blocks of Non-Developmental Item (NDI) computer hardware, software, and peripheral products based on an open systems architecture. Hardware will be procured in three versions (V1 commercia l, V2 ruggedized, and V3 near Mil Specs). The contract will require at least a 5 year warranty from date of delivery. First Article testing and qualification testing are required for certain equipment prior to delivery and acceptance by the Government. It is the goal of the CHS-3 Program to preserve the investment in software already developed and deployed by the ABCS system developers. Mission software interoperability has always been a concern to the Army as hardware design and capabilities have evolv ed. The SOW defines hardware requirements intended to maximize the portability of the existing CHS-2 mission software to CHS-3 products with minimum or no breakage. The contractor will be required to provide world wide technical assistance and support ser vices, technical assistance to address CHS-3 integration problems, equipment installation, CHS-3 software development, software and hardware maintenance, material fielding support, and test support. Contractor support in CONUS and OCONUS locations in supp ort of national policy will also be required. The contractor will also be required to establish four Forward Repair Centers and three satellite repair centers in various CONUS and OCONUS locations. Points of contact for this requirement are Contract specialists, Dorphelia Wherry at 256-876-2838, dorphelia.wherry@redstone.army.mil and Ted Arterberry at 256-842-7685, ted.arterberry@redstone.army.mil and Contracting Officer, Roderick Matthews at 256-84 2-7693, Rod.matthews@redstone.army.mil . NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (28-FEB-2003). IT ACTUALLY FIRST APPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 03-MAR-2003. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Aviation and Missile Command DAAH01 ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Record
- SN00268675-W 20030305/030303214038 (fbodaily.com)
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