US Army CECOM, CECOM Acquisition Center, AMSEL-AC-CC-A-CE Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

58 -- OMNIBUS PROCUREMENT OF DRIVER'S VISION ENHANCER (DVE) AND THERMAL WEAPON SIGHTS (TWS) ADVANCED PLANNING BRIEFING TO INDUSTRY SOL DAAB07-96-R-J679 DUE 011096 POC Michael Tully, 908-532-5204, Michael Gallagher, 908-532-5455, Contract Specialist; Alex J. Matejka, 908-532-5207, Contracting Officer; Paul Laster 703-704-3492, Technical Project Leader. U.S. Army Project Manager for Night Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (PM/NV/RSTA) will hold an Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry (APBI) 23 May 1996 at the CECOM Bldg. 6th Floor Auditorium at 13:30 to outline the program plan for a Thermal Omnibus procurement of the Driver's Vision Enhancer (DVE) and Thermal Weapon Sights (TWS). The briefing will take place at Ft. Monmouth, NJ. Details of the Omnibus DVE/TWS Procurement APBI will be posted on the U.S. Army CECOM Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB). DVE is a thermal imaging device designed to provide GO vs NO GO mobility for combat and tactical vehicles in day, night and degraded battlefield conditions. TWS is a family of weapon mounted thermal sights used to engage targets through adverse weather and battlefield obscurants during daylight and total darkness. It is the intent of Project Manager NV/RSTA to combine production procurement of these two systems as a Thermal Omnibus contract with anticipated award in 2nd quarter, FY 97. It is estimated that the final RFP will be issued in December 1996. The RFP will include a request of hardware bid samples. This Omnibus procurement will seek to leverage economies of scale and common processes through the use of performance specifications and acquisition reform (i.e. Horizontal Technology Integration (HTI) and Horizontal Contracting Integration (HCI)). Suppliers interested in the Omnibus DVE/TWS procurement are encouraged to monitor the U.S. Army CECOM EBB for further program information. Interested participants are to submit name of attendees, organization and addres and if U.S. citizen to the Contracting Officer in writing by 17 May 1996. FAX copies are acceptable, 908-532-6019. (0129)

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