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A -- WARFARE SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT/INTEROPERABILITY SUPPORT SOL N66001-96-R-5063 POC POC Mr. William Ashley, Code D211, Contract Specialist, (619)553-4456. Contracting Officer, Ms. Melissa Cleland. The action code for the pre-solicitation notice for N66001-96-R-5063 dated 07/29/96 is changed to R (Sources Sought). The pre-solicitation notice was modified on 08/02/96 to correct the Classification title. The Government is seeking firms interested in this procurement who are considered small businesses under Sic Code 7371 (Size Standard $18M). Small business firms are requested to answer the questions appearing below. Responses must be in writing and must be received at this Center by 23 December 1996. Facsimile responses are acceptable at (619)553-6976. The Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Division (NRaD) San Diego intends to procure services to order technical support for the USMC Tactical Warfare Simulation (MTWS) and MTWS follow-on models. The support will include systems analysis, systems design, software requirements analysis, software design, development of simulation models, testing, installation and training related to the development and maintenance of MTWS as a system capable of interoperability with tactical C4I systems, and live and constructive simulation systems. Also included is analysis, software design and development required for joint warfare modeling and simulation. The contractor will provide project management, configuration management, quality assurance activities and documentation to support the technical work required. All of the activities shall be consistent with integration into the Joint Maritime Command Information (JMCIS) architecture. A cost plus fixed fee indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract is anticipated. Contractor must have, or be able to possess, a security clearance at the SECRET level. The services will consist of a four year base period and one a year option period. The estimated level of effort (inclusive of the option) is 280,800 hours. Small business firms are requested to answer the following questions: (1) Describe your firms corporate experience in design and development of large scale (200,000+ lines of non-commented code) system development in Ada, in particular, during the past five to ten years. Provide project names and identify the project sponsor. Provide a detailed description about the work your firm actually performed under the specific projects you list. (2) Describe your firms corporate experience in the operation and development of military combat simulation for training - breadth/depth of experience across air, sea, land, and littoral domains, in particular, during the past five to ten years. Provide project names and identify the project sponsor. Provide a detailed description about the work your firm actually performed under the specific projects you list. (3) Describe corporate experience in preparation and conduct of USMC and joint(Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps) training exercises. Provide project names and identify the project sponsor. Provide a detailed description about the work your firm actually performed under the specific projects you list. (4) Describe background experience in Marine Corps organization, command and control, and tactics. (5) Provide availability of personnel for rapid project staffing (within one month) to continue to meet USMC Tactical Warfare Simulation (MTWS) critical project deadlines. (0332)

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