Cdr, U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command, Procurement, Attn: AMSCB-PCB, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5423

A -- M58 TRAINING PRODUCTS AND TRAINING SERVICES SUPPORT SOL DAAM01-97-R-0021 DUE 042597 POC Contract Specialist Sharon A. Zarnosky (410)671-4478 The U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command (CBDCOM) intends to negotiate with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in Falls Church, VA, on a non-competitive basis (per FAR 6.302-1) for a new cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to obtain support for the Product Manager, Smoke/Obscurants for the revision and updating of the training products and training services used by U.S. Army soldiers for operating and maintaining the Generator, Smoke, Mechanical: Mechanized Smoke Obscurant, M58. The effort will consist of revising the text and illustrations in four training books and providing training at the fielding sites. CSC is the only contractor that has the necessary experience and expertise required to revise the text and illustrations of the M58 training products without substantial duplication of cost and within the schedule constraints of the M58 schedule. See Note 22. (0100)

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