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

A -- FOLLOW-ON-TO-TOW (FOTT) SOL DAAH01-96-R-0064 DUE 081596 POC Felicia Jones, Contract Specialist, AMSMI-AC-CBT, 205-842-7140, James D. Parker, Contracting Officer, AMSMI-AC-CBT, 205-876-4201, (PCB)0209-96. Draft Request For Proposal (DRFP) for Engineering, Manufacturing & Development of the Follow-On-To-TOW (FOTT) Missile System. The FOTT Missile is the next generation missile system for current existing U.S. Army and Marine Corps TOW ground platforms. The FOTT Missile System will be organic to and will provide improved, long-range, lethal, anti-tank capability for organizations currently equipped with tube launched optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) weapon systems, except COBRA. The FOTT Program will consist of a 66 month engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) phase, various applique kits, emulators, a form of production for the developed system, test program sets development & production, contractor support, and production of missile sets. A competitive selection will be made based on formal source selection criteria and procedures. The DRFP is limited to U.S. owned firms who possess a SECRET clearance; however foreign industry may participate at the sub-assembly and component level only in relation to the FOTT prime contractor. Subcontracting opportunities must be arranged between primes and potential subcontractors. Foreign industry and/or non U.S. citizens desiring a copy of the unclassified portion of the DRFP must submit an official request through their respective embassy, Washington D.C. to HQDA, ATTN: DAMI-FSL. Requests received in any other manner will not be honored. Contractors are to provide their cage code and classified mailing address with each request. A FOTT reading room will be established for the DRFP and will be located in the Redstone Scientific Information Center (RSIC), Building 4484, Redstone Arsenal, AL. The FOTT reading room and DRFP contains both classified and unclassified data and data whose export is restricted by the ARMS export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C. Sec 2751 et seq) or the Export Administration Act (Title 50, U.S.C. App 2401-2401). Additional information relative to the FOTT reading room usage will be included in the DRFP. Foreign access to the FOTT reading room will only be authorized after an official request for visit authorization has been approved. Visit requests are submitted through respective embassies to HQDA, ATTN: DAMI-CII. The sole purpose of this notice is to announce the release of a DRFP for industry for comments and is not for a formal solicitation. (0129)

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