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20 -- PRODUCTION OF TORPEDO COUNTERMEASURES TRANSMITTING SET (AN/SLQ-25A) SOL N00024-97-R-6101 POC LCDR Sidney Kim (Contract Specialist), NAVSEA 02611K, 703-602-7707 The Naval Sea Systems Command is pleased to announce the planned procurement of a build-to-print production contract for the AN/SLQ-25A "NIXIE" Torpedo Countermeasure Transmitting Set. A production baseline step-ladder quantity from one (1) to thirty-one (31) AN/SLQ-25A systems and support services with four (4) one year options of approximately fifty (50) systems per option is anticipated. This procurement requirement includes both the U.S. new construction and selected Foreign Military Sale (FMS) cases. FMS cases will offer variants of the AN/SLQ-25A. A draft Request for Proposal (RFP) and Technical Data Package (TDP) are scheduled for release on or about March 14, 1997 to solicit comments concerning the feasibility of selective alternatives to the build-to-print TDP drawing package, e.g., using commercial standards, performance specs and/or COTS/NDI products, if it can be demonstrated that a "better value" to the government will be achieved and results in favorable Life Cycle Cost (LCC). The draft AN/SLQ-25A RFP will be posted on the NAVSEA Contracts World Wide Web home page (http://sea02www.navsea.navy.mil) under "Acquisition Business Opportunities/Solicitation" section. The TDP will be available on CD-ROM for a cost of $1,000. As indicated in the previous paragraph, approximately two weeks of comment period will be allowed after receipt of the TDP/draft RFP. To obtain the TDP, you are requested to provide the following via overnight mail to Naval Sea Systems Command, (Attn: A. R. Ketchum, Code SEA 02612) by March 18, 1997: -- Check or money order for appropriate amount made out to "The Treasury of the United States" to cover administrative and reproduction cost of the AN/SLQ-25A TDP. This is a non-refundable charge. -- Mailing address of your security office receiving the classified AN/SLQ-25A TDP. This procurement will be a competitive Small Business Set-aside. (0064)

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