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

A -- NEW EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND REVISION OF TRAINING DOCUMENTS FOR THE M56 SMOKE GENERATOR SOL DAAM01-97-R-0037 DUE 071097 POC 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 training products and training services used by U.S. Army soldiers for operating and maintaining the Generator, Smoke, Mechanical: Mechanized Smoke Obsucrant, M56. The effort will consist of revising the text and illustrations in nine 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 M56 training products without substantial duplication of cost and within the schedule constraints of the M56 schedule. See Note 22. (0176)

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