Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, NSWC, 6703 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

A -- NATO INFLUENCE MINESWEEPING SYSTEM (NIMS) SOL N61331-96-R-0003 DUE 112895 POC John Miller, Contract Specialist, (904)235-5399 Carol A. Dreger, Contracting Officer, (904)234-4863. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, intends to award a contract for technical support to perform a Feasibility Study (FS) related to a remotely controlled NATO Influence Minesweeping System (NIMS). The nations involved in the FS will be Canada, France, Norway, and the United States. Any effort related to development or acquisition beyond the FS would be the subject of new solicitations, and is not a part of this FS program. The objectives of the FS phase are: (1) Develop a technology database related to the influence sweeping of sea mines using electromagnetic, acoustic, and hydrodynamic minesweeping systems in combinations of electromagnetic, electromagnetic/acoustic, and electromagnetic/acoustic/hydrodynamic. (2) Study/analyze, program and justify alternative sweep subsystems and total systems concepts. (3) Complete tradeoff studies of development and production costs and risk versus system performance requirements. (4) Estimate the cost of developing and producing proposed system concepts. The level of proposed effort is slightly less than $2,000,000. The prime contractor shall have its main offices in the United States. The nations of Canada, France, and Norway shall have subcontractors that can be either commercial firms or government laboratories or both. National expertise must be considered in the formulation of the consortium. The work and cost-sharing among the prime and the total for each of the other nations' subcontractors shall be equal to the maximum extent possible consistent with high technical merit, reasonable cost, and the need to achieve timely, economical, and efficient execution of the FS. The prime contractor shall be responsible for coordination of all contractual efforts in the FS program. The desired date for the commencement of the FS is late 1995. The estimated time required to complete the FS will be a maximum 18 months. Formal requests for the solicitation should be addressed to Mr. John Miller, Code SC12, Coastal Systems Station, 6703 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001. Some aspecs of the work will be classified CONFIDENTIAL. Contractors shall furnish CAGE codes (for verifying facility clearance and safeguarding capability) and US Qualified Contractor certification number. (0264)

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