Commercial Acquisition Department, Bldg. 11, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Code 59, Simonpietri Drive, Newport, RI 02841-1708

H -- ENGINEERING ANALYSIS, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DESIGN, FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION, TEST AND EVALUATION, AND ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION PREPARATION, EVALUATION AND REVIEW IN SUPPORT OF EXISTING AND FUTURE SUBMARINE LAUNCHER SYSTEMS PROGRAMS. SOL N66604-97-R-3530 DUE 080897 POC E. Wilson, Contracting Officer, (401) 841-2442 X219, FAX (401) 841-4820 WEB: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract. E-MAIL: E. WILSON, Contracting Officer, WILSON@CODE59.NPT.NUWC.NAVY.MIL. It is anticipated to place a five (5) year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with CPFF provisions (Term and Completion). Design, development and analysis of new and existing submarine weapon loading, handling and launcher systems, engineering and design investigations of system problems; preparation of engineering manuals, logistics support analyses, maintenance plans; and operating procedures for submarine systems; fabrication, assembly, installation and test of prototype and pr oduction hardware on board submarines and land-based facilites. This solicitation icludes an estimated level of effort of 198,000 MANHOURS (39,600 HR/YEAR) including key categories of labor: SYSTEMS ENG IV 20,000 HRS (4,000/YR), MECHANICAL ENGINEER III 5,000 HRS (1,000/YR), MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN V 60,000 HRS (12,000/YR), FIELD MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN II 60,000 HRS (12,000/YR), ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEER III 8,000 HRS (1,600/YR). The highest level of security classification for this contract is secret Personnel need only possess a clearance at the level necessary to accomplish the task, but must be able to obtain a secret clearance if required. Award will be made on a best value basis utilizing the following evaluation factors: Technical capability and cost. Technical capability includes the following subfactorss: (A) Personnel, (B) Technical/Management Approach, (C) Past performance; subfactor A is higher than B which is slightly higher than C. Requests must be in writing (letter or fax). This requ irement is a follow-on to contract N66604-93-D-C320 which was awarded to Vitro Services, Inc. for 5 years/$8,553,712.00 (0122)

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