Deputy Chief of Staff for Contracting, US Army Space Command, Attn: MOSC-SC, 1670 N. Newport Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80916-2749

B -- SPACE TECHNOLOGIES EXPLOITATION AND PLANNING SUPPORT (STEPS) SOL DASG62-97-R-0006 DUE 052897 POC POC: Mark D. Pitra, e-mail pitram@spacecmd-emh2.army.mil, 719-554-8827, FAX 719-554-8838/Contracting Officer, Ms. Daryll Nottingham, 719-554-8820 WEB: US Army Space Command (FWD), http://www.armyspace.com. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist -- Mark D. Pitra, pitram@spacecmd-emh2.army.mil. USARSPACE intends to award a cost-plus-award-fee, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity/Task Order for engineering, technical, analytical, modeling services in support of the planning, execution, and evaluation of elements of Space Technologies Exploitation. The SIC Code is 8711 and the Small Business size standard is $20.0 million. An Industry/Pre-solicitation conference is planned prior to release of the solicitation. Multiple awards (2) with identical scopes or work are contemplated. First consideration will be given to a Small Business set-aside, with the second award to be the result of full and open competition. Contract base period will be 01 Oct 97 through 30 Sep 98 with four one-year options. Downloading from the ARSPACE internet site, http://www.armyspace.com is the primary method of disseminating the solicitation. Hard copies of the solicitation will be offered on an exception basis to those who do not have access to the internet. No telephone requests for this package will be accepted. Offerors are encouraged to immediately "register" with this office pending completion of this website. E-mail or faxed requests received directly from the requestor are acceptable. Additional information such as a bidder's list, technical library, historical information and frequently asked questions will also be available on the website shown above as they become available. As such, potential offerors are encouraged to chech the website frequently. The formal solicitation will be released on or about April 15, 1997.***** (0063)

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