U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

D -- SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE/DEVELOPMENT POC POC: Sharon Woods (810) 574-5915 The United States Tank-Automotive and armaments command (TACOM) is seeking to locate sources interested in perf orming software maintenance/development in support of C ombat vehicle system/subsystem software. sources must B E capable of supporting distributed processing systems with bused architectures and embedded real-time applica tions in a collaborative effort (an example system cont ains over 20 processors and over 500,000 lines of ADA/A ssembly code). activities will include requirement anal ysis, software design, coding, multilevel testing, and software quality assurance. mature processes and infras tructure are desired. affiliation with software enginee ring technology, organization/consortium is encouraged. Proprietary software management and development systems are discouraged in favor of commercially available tool S. electronic data delivery means are required to and F ROM the contractor. this request is made with the under standing that these requirements are subject to change at any time, are in no way binding to the government, a ND are not be considered final requirements. these are furnished for informational purposes only with the unde rstanding that the government is under no obligation of any kind to proceed with an acquisition in any way rela Ted to the data set forth in this article. the governme Nt is not requesting any potential suppliers of the sub ject items to incur any expense of any kind in connecti on with their review of this item, nor will any written response requested herein constitute services of any OT her basis upon which to seek payment, reimbursement, or consideration from the government. this market survey I S not intended as a solicitation of a proposal and any submission of an unsolicited proposal based on this enc losure will not be given consideration. companies that wish to obtain a questionnaire regarding their organiza tion's capabilities may request one in writing on compa NY letterhead from US Army peo ground combat and suppor T system, SFAE-ASM-AB-CC, Attn: MS. Sharon Woods, Bldg 229, Warren, MI 48397-5000. telephone request will not be honored. deadline to request a questionnaire is dece mber 10, 1996. see NOTE: N/A. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered.(0306)

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