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A -- ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPEMENT SUPPORT FOR TEST AND EVALUATION COMMUNITY NETWORK (TECNET) SOL N00421-96-R-5029 DUE 101596 POC Shawn Campbell, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1844 X201. The Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Patuxent River, Maryland has a requirement for research and development services for network enhancements in the areas of Internet and Intranet based electronic mail, electronic bulletin boards, file repositories, facsimile repositories, remote search capabilities, and multi-level secure trusted environments in support of the Test and Evaluation Community Network (TECNET). TECNET is a series of UNIX based host computer systems supported by dial-up, NIPRNET and Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) access. TECNET is fundamentally an electronic mail and bulletin board host computer complex located at the NAWCAD. This family of computer serves over 9,000 users within the DoD Test and Evaluation and other DoD communities world wide.. Specific Range Commander's Council, Test and Evaluation Reliance Investment Board (TERIB), Defense Test and Evaluation Professional Institute (DTEPI) and other Test and Evaluation community applications shall be supported and developed using a combination of the C language and Data Base Management System languages. Advanced research areas include: Intranet instantiation, applications integration, graphics interchange, video and voice, collaborative group-ware applications, ATM/SONET, ISDN, X.400, X.500, distributed data bases, expert systems interfaces and state of the art trusted systems. The successful offeror will be granted communications access for direct, secure access to the TECNET host computers located at the Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland. This effort is a ''follow-on'' to contract N00421-96-C-5049 with Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. It is anticipated that a cost plus fixed fee contract will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. The contract requires SECRET clearances for all personnel associated with the effort. Key personnel to include Program Manager/Principal Investigator, Project Engineer/Researcher, Systems Analyst, and Program Analyst. Staff personnel to include Clerical, Administrative Assistant, Configuration Management Specialist, and Librarian/Technical writer. The level of effort is estimated to be approximately 9,600 manhours per year. Contract period of performance to begin 1 April 1997 through 31 March 1998. Three additional option year periods are anticipated through 31 March 2001 and may be exercised at the Government's discretion. All request for copies of the solicitation are preferred to be submitted in writing to the attention of Shawn Campbell, 2.6.2.1SC. FAX # (301) 342-1864. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the Government. (0221)

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