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

A -- SMART WEAPONS MASTER PLANNING ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DAAH01-96-R-0213 POC (PCF) Steven Perry, Contract Specialist, AMSMI-AC-CFHA, (205) 842- 7409, Barbara K. Jones, Contracting Officer, AMSMI-AC-CFHA, (205) 842- 0521, Synopsis Number: 0305-96. A -- The U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM) anticipates a requirement for the following Smart Weapons Master Planning Engineering and Technical Support Services: Smart Weapons Master Planning Services; technology experiments and assessments; independent technical/programmatic assessments; plans, procedures and programs; data bases; educational products and services; and operations security to support the Army Materiel Command (AMC) Smart Weapons Management Office (SWMO) and smart weapons community for 60 months. This effort was previously synopsized as draft RFP DAAH01-96-R-0114. This synopsis is for the final solicitation. This anticipated cost-plus-fixed-fee (level-of-effort) contract is a direct follow-on to the current SWMO contract, DAAH01-94-C-0089. This follow-on action will be 100% Small Business Set-Aside under SIC Code 8731 and will consist of a 12-month basic effort and four consecutive 12-month base options, each consisting of approximately 6,000 composite manhours. The basic effort and each base option will be augmented by surge options of approximately 74,000 manhours each. Therefore, the total anticipated level-of-effort, including options, is 400,000 composite manhours. A reading room for this requirement has been established. Access to the Reading Room may be coordinated with Ms. Gwen Wallace, AMSMI-RD-CS-R, Redstone Scientific Information Center (RSIC), building 4484, off Martin Road, North Entrance, phone 205/842-8446. Visit requests from domestic services providers without foreign control should be faxed to 205/876-6000, (ATTN: Ms. Wallace). Information needed for the visit request should include: visitors name, citizenship information, social security number, name of company, address of company, and facility cage code. Reading room hours shall be from 0830-1130 a.m. and 1230-1530 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Appointments shall not exceed three hours and will be limited to no more than four people. Available documents will include, but will not be limited to, the draft solicitation; the final solicitation; DD Form 254, and DD Forms 1423; the current SWMO contract with all modifications; and approximately 76 unclassified documents. Other documents will be added as deemed appropriate. There will be no classified documents in the reading room. U.S. citizens representing wholly owned U.S. companies or U.S. entities may review unclassified information with reproduction allowed. RSIC provides equipment and monitors on site reproduction. Representatives of foreign owned companies/entities and non-U.S. citizens must get specific approval through intelligence and security channels. Anticipated issuance date of the final RFP is August 23, 1996. A pre-proposal conference is anticipated for September 4, 1996 from 0900 to 1200 hours at the Rocket Auditorium, Building 7120, Redstone Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL. Attendees are to arrive by 0800 for visitor processing and badging. A security clearance will not be required. All firms/personnel planning to attend shall register prior to be conference by forwarding the company name, address, telephone number, attendee(s) name and social security number(s) to Army Materiel Command, Smart Weapons Management Office, U.S. Army Missile Command, ATTN: AMSMI-SW (Ms. Charlotte Treadway), Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5222. A maximum of four attendees per offeror will be allowed. Ms. Treadway can answer any questions specific to the pre-proposal conference. Ms. Treadway's telephone number is (205) 876-5360 and her fax number is (205) 876-9864. Maps of Redstone Arsenal and Huntsville, AL will be provided with the Final RFP. It is requested that questions and comments regarding the RFP be faxed to (205) 842-0741 or emailed to sperry@redstone.army.mil. by 1400 Central Standard Time August 30, 1996. Any questions received prior to the pre-proposal conference will be answered time permitting. Hardcopies of transmissions with questions or comments should be forwarded to the U.S. Army Missile Command, ATTN: AMSMI-AC-CFHA/DAAH01-96-R-0213, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280 to ensure receipt in case of equipment malfunction. Do not send questions or comments that have previously been submitted. The solicitation, when issued, may be viewed on the MICOM Electronic Bulletin Board System (BBS). To log in to the BBS, modem settings should be as follows: 9600 to 300 baud, 8 bit, 1 stop bit, no parity, and terminal emulation to VT100. The BBS number is 205/955-8175 or 205/955-8176. Once you are connected, hit return and a service prompt will appear. At this prompt type PROC and hit return. At the log in prompt type bbs and at the password prompt type user. After logging in to the BBS, you will be required to enter your first and last name, company name, and generate a password for your company. You are reminded that the BBS is intended for informational purposes only. The Procurement Bulletin Board Web address is http://www.redstone.army.mil/procbbs. Hard copies of the final solicitation will be provided upon written or email request only. No telephone requests will be honored, however, requests may be submitted via facsimile to (205) 842-0741 or email via sperry@redstone.army.mil. Previous requests for Draft RFP DAAH01-96-R-0114 will be honored and there is no need to resubmit another request for the final solicitation. (0218)

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