Commander, U. S. Army Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

A -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ON COMPETITIVE ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING AND DEVELOPMENT (EMD) OF ADVANCED MISSILE SYSTEM- AVY (AMS-H) POC Felicia Jones, Contract Specialist, AMSMI-AC-CBT, 205-842-7140 James D. Parker, Contracting Officer, AMSMI-AC-CBT, 205-876-4201 Synopsis No 0597-95. Request for Information (RFI) on Competitive Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) of the former Advanced Missile System-Heavy (AMS-H), recently renamed the Follow-on to TOW (FOTT) Missile System. Participation is restricted to potential Prime Contractors, but is not limited to prior AMS-H/FOTT RFI participants. The Government plans to make available Government ranges for a specified period of time prior to FOTT EMD to support contractor efforts to demonstrate how they have mitigated risks associated with their specific FOTT technical approach. The Government will consider recommendations, if any, concerning the formation of Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) for Pre-EMD activities. This contact will be in the form of information briefings only and must be scheduled and conducted by Prime contractors prior to 28 November 1995. Briefings should provide the Government details on the projected surface danger zones, nature and type of demonstrations, detailed schedule of demonstration events, platform integration expectations and projected instrumentation data collection requirements. Prime Contractors who currently have or will have tests, hardware, prototypes, simulations, analyses, as it pertains to their efforts to mitigate risk going in to EMD should submit their request to MICOM, Commander, ATTN: AMSMI-AC-CBT, Felicia Jones, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280. Information received during briefings and contractor demonstrations may be used by the government in preparation of the subsequent FOTT RFP, if any. Prime Contractors, visits and or briefings will take place at Redstone Arsenal only. Requests must include the type of information planned for presentation to Project Manager, Close Combat Anti-Armor Weapon Systems Project Office, the purpose, time and length of visit, all attendees, and any other pertinent information. Upon receipt of your request, Redstone Arsenal will respond to you directly. THIS ACTION IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not obligate the U.S. Government in any way. Response to this announcement is on a voluntary basis and failure to respond will not impact any future acquisitions. Based on the information received from Industry, the Government will plan accordingly. However, failure to respond may preclude the government from allowing participation from that particular contractor's hardware demonstration. Programs currently being supported by other government technical demonstrations will not be included for the same technical demonstrations for FOTT. The U.S. Government is not liable for any cost associated with preparation of any responses to this announcement. Because the RFI AMS-H contains secret data, all security measures will be in force full and in effect at all times. (0324)

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