Department of the Navy, Carderock Division Headquarters, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bethesda, MD 20084-5000

A -- ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH REFERENCE TO HULL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL (HM&E) TECHOLOGY SOL N00167-95-R-0152 POC Roger N. Branstiter (301)227-2310. The purpose of the proposed acquisition is for the provision of specialized engineering and technical services to support hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) technology research and development with the objective of naval vehicle signature reduction. In addition to conventional surface ships and submarines, the support need includes autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), and involves the hydromechanical interfaces with deploying platforms. The proposed Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, Completion type contract will have a period of performance of five years and have an estimated effort of 5,300 hours per year. The proposed contractor is Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Department of Ocean Engineering, Boca Raton, FL. Carderock Division, Naval Surfare Warfare Center, recently entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with FAU to support a Center of Technical Excellence (COTE) to be located at FAU. The proposed contract is part of the implementation of the MOU. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about 30 September 1995, with receipt of proposals due 30 days thereafter. See Note 22. (0237)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0007 19950828\A-0007.SOL)