FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA 19111-5084

L -- CONTRACT ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SERVICES (CETS) SOL N00140-97-Q-0319 POC Mary Lou Dickens, Contract Negotiator, (215)697-9627. The Fleet and Industrial Center Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, intends to acquire through other than full and open competition, on a SOLE SOURCE BASIS with Nothrop Grumman Corporation, Contractor Engineering Technical Services (CETS). This is a requirement for CETS to provide various Fleet and shore activities with 48 man months of effort for the purpose of informing, instructing and training Navy personnel in the installation, operation and maintenance of AN/AQS-14, AN/ALQ-141 Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) weapons system, the Post Mission Analysis Station and associated support equipment for the MH-53 aircraft. The proposed effort will commence on 1 May 1997 through 30 April 1998 with an option for the period 1 May 1998 through 30 April 1999. This effort will be covered by a new contract and/or modification of the existing contract. This procurement covers the Government's minimum needs for the relevant period. The place of performance is various Fleet and Shore Activities and are specified in the solicitation. The eventual contract action is for services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with Northrop Grumman Corporation of Annapolis, MD pursuant to the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Northrop Grumman Corporation is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and the only known source for these services. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties who contend that they are technically qualified should submit, within 45 days from publication of this announcement, specific factual data, including but not limited to technical resumes, corporate management experience and other pertinent information as so desired, to be used as an evaluation basis to determine competence to successfully perform the required services. All technical proposals received within this time frame will be considered by the Government. The Government reserves the right not to open this reqauirement for competition based upon technical notices received in response to this announcement. Technical responses received as a result of this announcement will normally be considered solely for the purpose of whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received. All responses should be addressed to Mary Lou Dickens, Code 0213D at (215) 697-9627 or facsimile by (215) 697-9569. (0309)

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