Army Research Laboratory, Procurement Branch, ATTN: AMSRL-OP-PR-WS, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5501

A -- AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS Sol. DAAL01-96-R-2012. Contact Contracting Officer, Barbara L. Minto, 505/678-0767. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate, Electronic Warfare Division is seeking sources with interest and expertise required to provide engineering and technical analysis, including operation and maintenance of systems and equipment required for the survivability/lethality analysis and field evaluation of weapon systems. A significant portion of the effort will be test planning and evaluation along with the operation of several types of electronic countermeasures (ECM) equipment, target simulation equipment, and receiver equipment at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico and other sites within the United States and its territories. This effort also includes checkout, calibration, alignment, maintenance, repair, and modification of the systems and equipment and the installation and operation of this equipment at ground sites and on manned aircraft, unmanned airbreathing targets, and missile borne targets. Ancillary requirements include measurements of antenna patterns, rf environments, equipment operating characteristics and the design, development, and fabrication of mechanical and electronic devices along with the engineering and analysis required for full test support. The contractor shall supply services, materials, and facilities as needed. The ECM equipment and related systems currently on-hand will be Government furnished along with facilities at WSMR. The contractor shall be required to maintain an off-site facility within a 100 mile radius of the Headquarter's Area, WSMR, for the term of the contract. The effort is to be performed on-site at WSMR, the contractor's facility, and at various sites within the United States and its territories. The proposed contract is expected to the cost reimbursement, no fee for a period of five years. Interested firms must submit, in accordance with Numbered Note 25, the particulars of their experience, capabilities and background pertinent to this program. The closing date for submission of particulars is 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Firms responding to this should indicate whether or not they are an educational institution. Also, see definition of HBCU/MI in DFARS Part 226. After statements of capability have been screened, the solicitation will be issued to those prospective sources, who in the sole judgment of the acquisition branch, have the potential to successfully fulfill the requirements of the planned contract. Respondents to this notice will not be notified of the results of the evaluation of information submitted. Since no other information is available for release regarding this procurement at this time, telephone requests will not be honored. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this synopsis. No solicitation documents are available at this time. The U.S. Army reserves the right to consider a HBCU/MI set-aside. See Numbers Note 25. (046)

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