US Army, CECOM Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

61 -- CHARGERS/MAINTAINER SOL DAAB07-97-R-G012 DUE 111596 POC Cay Connolly, Contract Specialist, AMSEL-AC-CC-D-CU, 908-532-1981; Robert Reagan, Contracting Officer. The USACECOM proposes to procure: 1) 100 maintainer/chargers - automatic, fieldable, vehicle mountable battery maintainer/chargers for lead acid type military vehicle batteries. The maintainer/chargers are to be float type chargers with temperature compensated charging; 2) 50 charger/maintainer - automatic, multi-battery, bench type chargers/maintainer for lead acid type military vehicle batteries. The charger/maintainers are to be capable of delivering temperature compensated charging with continuous charging currents up to 40A for two or more batteries; 3) 50 charger/maintainer - Portable, fieldable, automatic, programmable multi-battery vehicle charger/maintainer for charging and maintaining military C4I sized batteries. Each charger/maintainer is to include all hardware necessary to provide connections between the charger and the batteries and for connecting to AC and DC line power; 4) 50 - charger/maintainer - Automatic, programmable, multi-battery, bench type charger/maintainer for charging and maintaining military C4I type batteries. The charger/maintainer is to be capable of fast charging a minimum of four, preferably more, batteries simultaneously and must be capable of charging a wide range of battery chemistries including nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, sealed lead acid and lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Delivery will be to USACECOM - Myer Center, AMSEL-RD-AS-BE, Ft. Monmouth, NJ. This effort is a firm fixed price, competitive proposal with 200% option. This solicitation will be released to industry only via CECOM Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB) on or about 28 Oct 96. The U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) has established an Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB) to provide electronic transmittal of Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Invitations for Bids (IFBs) from Government to Industry. All interested parties wishing to do business with CECOM are invited to access, operate, send and receive data from the CECOM EBB system. To become a user of the EBB, you will need an identification code and password in addition to a computer terminal equipped with the necessary hardware and software to interface with the EBB system. A user's identification code and password will be issued upon request along with instructions for downloading the EBB User's Manual. All requests must include (1) company name, (2) point(s) of contact name(s) and title(s), (3) return address(es) and (4) telephone number(s). Please send your request in writing to ebb system operator, U.S. Army CECOM, AMSEL-AC-SB-AA, Attn: EBB, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5000. Fax #: (908)-532-6020, Commercial #: (908)-532-3820. Contractors may request aperture cards and notice of revision(s) via EBB, e-mail, or by written request to the Contracting Officer at the address set forth in paragraph 11 above. Bids shall be submitted in hard copy at the time and place specified in the solicitation. No bid responses shall be submitted to the Contracting Office. (0283)

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