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A -- ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL, LOGISTICAL SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. SOL N47408-97-R-1845 DUE 070397 POC Contract Specialist, Lupe Romero, 805-982-5048 Solicitation N47408-97-R-1845 was synopsized on May 16, 1997 under class code A, Research and Development. It is being revised to replace the previous description with the description contained herein. The Navy intends to issue a sole source contract to the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. The contractor shall provide expert level engineering, technical and logistical services, equipment, and facilities in support of research and development projects in the area of high performance materials, the environment, buildings, and infrastructure design. The contractor must have established working relationships with the civil engineering community throughout the United States and world-wide in order to quickly identify appropriate resources with the required expert level civil engineering expertise. Required work will be related to waterfront facilities engineering and other unique Navy facilities requirements, such as submarine fendering systems, drydocks configured for naval combat ships, and remote portable waterfront facilities. The following types of work are representative of that which the contractor will be required to perform: (1) Perform research consistent with national civil engineering research priorities. (2) Coordinate and leverage research through cooperative programs with established, state-of-the art research and development organizations. (3) Verify state-of-the-art technology, advance and implement emerging technologies. (4) Integrate industry, academia, government agencies, and associations in conducting civil engineering research and development. (5) Design and implement civil engineering research and development considering global infrastructure requirements and technology approaches. (6) Identify and develop teams with civil engineering and related expertise using the best qualified organizations. (0163)

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