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

58 -- FAMILY OF LOUDSPEAKERS SOL DAAB07-96-R-D752 POC Contract Specialist, Kristina Jensen, (908) 532-1530, AMSEL-ACCA-D-AY, Contracting Officer, Andrew A. Dellomo. FAMILY OF LOUDSPEAKERS (FOL) - Solicitation No. DAAB07-96-R-D752 (Previous draft solicitation documents under DAAB07-95-R-D012). The CECOM EBB will be utilized to post draft solicitation documentation and to provide a weekly/program summary. An ID and passwood allowing access to the EBB may be obtained by forwarding your company name, address, representative and telephone number to: US Army (Command Electronic Bulletin Board), Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5023. The EBB fax number is (908) 532-6020. Companies with current access to the EBB need not re-apply. Bulletin Boards questions should be directed to Mr. Thomas Newman, telephone (908) 532-2282. DESCRIPTION: The Family of Loudspeakers (FOL) will consist of common modules and mounting kits which will be assembled to form three configurations: the Manpack Configuration, the Vehicle/Watercraft Mounted Configuration and the Aircraft Mounted Configuration. Each configuration is required to accept input for dissemination from the following sources: Reorder/Reproducer (supplied with the system), Commercial Microphone/Headset (supplied with the system), Standard Military Microphone/Headset, and Standard Commercial Sources (i.e. Compact Disc Player and Digital Audio Tape Player). The contractor will be responsible for providing all equipment required for each configuration with the exception of the mounting hardware for the vehicle, watercraft and aircraft. The mounting hardware will be developed by the government. The Acquisition strategy is to award a two phase firm fixed price contract for the development and production of an adapted Non-developmental Item FOL. Phase I of the contract will be the development of prototypes for test and evaluation. Phase II will consist of a series of options to be awarded for the production of the FOL system. The options under phase II of the contract will be awarded after a Milestone III decision which is planned for 4Q FY 96. Pre-producion Qualification and First Article Testing will be conducted by the government's Test and Evaluation Command (TECOM). The current requirement is to produre 292 Manpack Configurations, 246 Vehicle/Watercraft Configurations and 30 Aircraft Mounted Configurations. The approximate quantities to be procured by fiscal year are FY96-Test Article, Manpack 8, Veh/Wat 12, Aircraft 4, FY97-Production Opt 1, Manpack 75-175, Veh/Wat 50-125, Aircraft 5-20, FY98-Productio Opt 2, Manpack 75-175, Veh/Wat 50-125, Aircraft 5-20, FY99-Production Opt 3, Manpack 1-75, Veh/Wat 1-50, Aircraft 1-10, FY00-Production Opt 4, Manpack 1-75, Veh/Wat 1-50, Aircraft 1-10. Questions regarding the FOL program may be addressed to one of the POCs listed below. Any offeror which has a system which meets or closely meets the FOL requirement is welcome to discuss or demonstrate their system. POCs for the FOL program are Mr. Jerry Mohr at (908) 427-2391 or Mr. Bill Krajenski at (908) 542-0014. THE U.S. ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND (CECOM) HAS ESTABLISHED AN ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD (EBB) TO PROVIDE ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTAL OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFPs) AND INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFBs) FROM GOVERNMENT TO INDUSTRY. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES WISHING TO DO BUSINESS WITH CECOM ARE INVITED TO ACCESS, OPERATE, SEND AND RECEIVE DATA FROM THE CECOM EBB SYSTEM. TO BECOME A USER OF THE EBB, YOU WILL NEED AN IDENTIFICATION CODE AND PASSWORD IN ADDITION TO A COMPUTER TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH THE NECESSARY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO INTERFACE WITH THE EBB SYSTEM. A USER'S IDENTIFICATION CODE AND PASSWORD WILL BE ISSUED UPON REQUEST ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING THE EBB USER'S MANUAL. ALL REQUESTS MUST INCLUDE (1) COMPANY NAME, (2) POINT(s) OF CONTACT NAME(s) AND TITLE(s), (3) RETURN ADDRESS(es) AND (4) TELEPHONE NUMBER(s). PLEASE SEND YOUR REQUEST IN WRITING TO EBB SYSTEM OPERATOR, U.S. ARMY CECOM, AMSEL-AC-SB-AA, ATTN: EBB, FT. MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY 07703-5000. FAX#: (908)-532-6020, COMMERCIAL#: (908)-532-3820. CONTRACTORS MAY REQUEST APERTURE CARDS AND NOTICE OF REVISION(s) VIA EBB, E-MAIL, OR BY WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 11 ABOVE. BIDS SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN HARD COPY AT THE TIME AND PLACE SPECIFIED IN THE SOLICITATION. NO BID RESPONSES SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CONTRACING OFFICE. (0296)

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