US Army CECOM, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C4IEW), Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

25 -- DRIVER' VISION ENHANCER AN/VAS-5 POC Contact Fern McAvay 908-532-5204 Contract Specialist; Alex Matejka 908-532-5204 Contracting Officer. DRIVER'S VISION ENHANCER AN/VAS-5. A Presolicitation Notice for a Firm Fixed Price Production Contract for the production, testing and delivery of 169 AN/VAS-5 Driver's Vision Enhancer (DVE) units plus spares. The DVE is a thermal imaging system that converts infra-red energy into electrical signals which are then processed and displayed to drivers of Combat and Tactical Wheeled Vehicles. The AN/VAS-5 replaces the AN/VVS-2 Driver's Night Viewer. This contractual effort will require delivery of 169 DVE systems plus spares for the US Army Operation Desert Storm (ODS) Bradley Fighting Vehicle System (BFVS). There will be an additional 164 units for the ODS BFVS, 34 units for the XM58 Smoke Vehicles, spares, and 26 units plus spares for the Armored Gun System (AGS). Contract award is expected by 31 August 1995. Delivery of first units is required by 1 August 1996 to meet critical fielding requirements. Deliverable hardware must pass a two week field trial as part of IPT. This is not a request for proposals. The RFP release date is scheduled to be 1 May 1995. Prospective offerors will be allowed 30 days to respond. Because of the schedule requirements, the proposal period cannot be extended. A bid sample demonstrating the performance of the integrated system will be required with the proposal. Test data will be required verifying hardware maturity. Hardware will be returned to offerors after contract award. A level 3 Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry (one-on-one sessions) will be held on approximately 15 March 1995 for clarification of government requirements. Request for a ''one-on-one'' session must be in writing and received by 8 March 95. A draft solicitation package will be available from Commander, CECOM, ATTN: AMSEL-ACCC-A-CE, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000 after 1 March 1995. Draft solicitation documents will be issued on the CECOM Electronic Bulletin Board. Solicitation number DAAB07-95-R-J991 has been assigned this acquisition. (0045)

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