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69 -- TRAINING AIDS AND DEVICES -- EA-6B WEAPONS SYSTEMS TRAINER(WST), DEVICE 2F178 SOL N61339-97-R-0028 POC Contact Tim Cichon, Contract Specialist, 407/380-4083, Shirley Eaton, Contracting Officer, 407/380-4093 The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) has a requirement for the procurement and support of an EA-6B Weapons Systems Trainer, Device 2F178. The contractor shall provide a complete training device consisting of hardware, software and interconnections. The contractor shall be responsible for design, fabrication, integration, shipping, installation and testing of the device. No Government Furnished Equipment will be provided. The training device shall be located at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, and shall be deployable and operable in standard military vans. This procurement will utilize a Statement of Objectives (SOO) vice the standard Statement of Work and Specification developed by the Government. The contractor will be responsible for generating a performance specification and necessary documentation (Contract Data Requirements Lists) to support this effort. A copy of the "DRAFT" solicitation documents such as the SOO and various RFP sections will be posted, on theNAWCTSD World Wide Web Site at http:/www.ntsc.navy.mil, during the week of June 30, 1997. When available, information concerning the location of the EA-6B documentation library will be posted. NAWCTSD will utilize its World Wide Web Site for distribution of additional drafts of the RFP, as well as, the Final RFP which is anticipated to be August 15, 1997. Contractor proposals will be due October 14, 1997. Contract award date is scheduled for March 1998. The contract will be a firm-fixed price contract with an anticipated budget of $5,600,000.00. A Pre-Solicitation Conference is planned for July 22, 1997 at NAWCTSD. Contractors are limited to no more than three attendees and must provide attendee names to the Contract Specialist no later than July 15, 1997. The Government intends to award the contract on the basis of initial offers received, without discussions, but reserves the right to conduct discussions if determined necessary. This procurement will be full and open competition. The solicitation will contain a Subcontract Plan requirement which mandates a Small Business Subcontracting goal of 20% of the total contract value. The applicable small business size standard is SIC 3699, 750 employees. Please periodically review the NAWCTSD Web Site for the latest updates to the "DRAFT" RFP, information relating to the Pre-Solicitation Conference, etc. SEE Note 26. (0178)

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