Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment, New London Commercial Acquisition Department, Code 59, Building 39, New London, CT 06320-5594

58 -- COUNTERMEASURES SYSTEM, TORPEDO AN/SLR-24 TOWED ARRAY SUBSYSTEM SOL N66604-96-R-0535 DUE 061096 POC Contact Henry Nardone, (860) 440-4617 or E. Cannata, Contracting Officer at (860) 440-6516 The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment, New London, intends to issue a solicitation for the production and engineering services of the AN/SLR-24 Towed Array Sensor (TAS) and Array Power Supply (APS). NUWC issued a draft solicitation for this requirement on 04 March 1996 asking for questions or comments by 22 March 1996. NUWC has completed its analysis of the questions and comments and is preparing the solicitation for the AN/SLR-24 Towed Array Subsystem. Under this procurement the contractor shall be required to design, fabricate, manufacture, produce, test, and deliver the AN/SLR-24 TAS and APS to meet the requirements of the Critical Item Product Function Specification (CIPFS). The contractor shall be required to design and fabricate the TAS and APS making maximum use of non-developmental items (NDI) and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies and materials rather than new development items. The basic contract will be for a maximum of eight (8) AN/SLR-24 Towed Array Subsystems and engineering services. The contract will also include three (3) options consisting of a maximum of twelve (12) subsystems under each option. Those interested should request solicitation N66604-96- R-0535. All requests must be made in writing specifying the solicitation number. The CIPFS is classified. Therefore, any company requesting the solicitation must have a SECRET facility clearance and SECRET safeguarding capabilities. In order to assist the process each company requesting this solicitation shall identify their CAGE CODE in their request. Any company not providing the above information will not be issued the solicitation. THOSE COMPANIES WHO REQUESTED THE DRAFT SOLICITATION MUST ALSO SUBMIT, IN WRITING, A REQUEST FOR SOLICITATION N66604-96- R-0535 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FULL SOLICITATION PACKAGE AND FINAL VERSION OF THE CIPFS. Telephone requests will not be honored. Fax requests may be made to the attention of H. Nardone at (860) 440- 6584. (0110)

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