Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

A -- COMPETITIVE ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING AND DEVELOPMENT (EMD) OF FOLLOW-0N TO TOW (FOTT) MISSILE SYSTEM SOL DAAH01-98-R-0001 DUE 122297 POC Felicia Jones, Contract Specialists, AMSAM-AC-TM-T, 205-842-7140 or Terry Ganoe, Contract Specialists, AMSAM-AC-TM-T, 205-876-7138 Sandra Byars-Smith, Contracting Officer, AMSAM-AC-TM-T, 205-876-4201. Paragraph 1) This notice is to announce the release of a request for proposal for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) of the Follow-On To TOW (FOTT) missile system. The FOTT system is the next generation missile for existing U.S. Army Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided (TOW) ground platforms. The FOTT system will be organic to and provide improved, long range anti-armor capability to U.S. Infantry forces currently equipped with TOW ground platforms. The FOTT system will be comprised of the missile system that includes the encased FOTT missile, the shipping and storage container, and platform applique kits; test program sets; and emulators, that include field handling and missile emulators. The FOTT EMD program will require development effort in certain critical technologies/data that are not releasable to foreign firms. Paragraph 2) A competitive selection will be made based on formal source selection criteria and procedures. Subcontracting opportunities must be arranged between primes and potential subcontractors. A prime contractor is defined as a system capable firm who possesses a U.S. facility clearance with equivalent safeguarding capabilities, inclusive of the authority to receive critical technology and/or data required to execute the FOTT EMD program and subsequent product improvements. To participate in the FOTT program, a foreign firm may be required to team with a U.S. firm who meets these requirements. Any contractor teaming or licensee agreements between U.S. firms and foreign firms shall be IAW current U.S. export laws, security requirements, and National Disclosure Policy. Foreign disclosure guidance will be provided to the U.S. firms by the U.S. Government. Paragraph 3) The RFP may be accessed as follows: All contractors can access the AMCOM electronic bulletin board system for RFP DAAH01-98-R-0001, Sections A-M, by using the following internet address: http://www.redstone.army.mil/procbbs. The Government has set up an intranet web server for distribution of all unclassified attachments and exhibits to the FOTT RFP. The FOTT intranet RFP server is available to U.S. citizens only. Foreign nationals to include U.S. citizens working on behalf of a foreign industry are not allowed. To obtain access to this server, each company must submit a written request signed off by the Facility Security Officer to Ms. Felicia Jones, or Ms. Terry Ganoe, FAX 205-842-7146, providing the company name; cage code; facility security clearance; and the individuals's name, individual's security clearance, social security number, telephone number, and E-mail address. Requests should be expedited to avoid potential delays in obtaining access. Access is restricted to one individual from each company. The user must have an Internet Web Browser capable of 128 bit RC-4 encryption prior to requesting access. Upon approval by the Government, each approved individual will be provided with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) (an internet address) to load a site certificate to enable encryption with the FOTT RFP intranet server. After accepting the site certificate, the user will need to verify the browser's encryption capability by connecting to a link that the Government will provide. Upon verification of encryption capability, the user will call a Government provided phone number to obtain a user identification and password to allow access to the RFP on the formal release date. No classified data will be put on the RFP server. The FOTT RFP contains data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et seq.) or the Export Administration Act (Title 50, U.S.C. App 2401-2402). (U.S. contractors are also to include their classified mailing address in their required written request in order to be mailed the classified portion of these documents.) Foreign industry, non-U.S. citizens, or foreign representatives desiring a copy of the unclassified portion of the RFP must submit an official request through their respective embassy, Washington D.C., to HQDA, ATTN: DAMI-CHS. Requests received in any other manner will not be honored. Paragraph 4) Proposals are due NLT December 22, 1997 in accordance with the RFP. Paragraph 5) The Government does not intend to pay for any contractor costs associated with gaining access to FOTT intranet web server or AMCOM electronic bulletin board. (Note: Procedures for access to the FOTT reading room located at the Redstone Scientific Information Center, Building 4484, Redstone Arsenal, AL, and the FOTT electronic reading room have been covered in the August 11, 1997 and June 9, 1997 synopses. It is the contractor's responsibility to continue to monitor the reading room for any updated information. U.S. contractors who already have access to the FOTT electronic reading room must still submit a new request as described above in order to obtain access to the RFP server.) Paragraph 6) Although, there have been numerous revisions to the RFP since issuance of the final amendment to the draft RFP dated 6 Aug 97, offerors' attention is directed in particularto the following clause which has been added. L-22 Notice to Offerors Regarding Degradation of Lethality in the Alternate Guidance Mode. The government's requirement is that the Pk/s of the alternate guidance mode be met as stated in MIS-PRF-52838. However, the Government wants to ensure that this requirement is technically achievable and affordable; therefore, offerors may, in addition to or in lieu of submitting a proposal which is fully compliant to the lethality requirements of MIS-PRF-52838, elect to submit a proposal taking exception to the lethality requirement in the alternate guidance mode as defined in paragraph 2.2.1 of Attachment 01-C2-A of MIS-PRF-52838 in accordance with the following adjustment: "In the alternate mode, the probability of kill given a shot (Pk/s) is allowed to degrade by 0.1 in the last one kilometer of required range." This proposal may be submitted as a stand alone proposal or as a fully defined delta to a fully specification compliant proposal. In addition, offerors shall supply sensitivity analyses fully defining the impact of the Pk/s degradation on lethality and survivability, as well as the cost and risk savings, if any, of the degradation. All other provisions, requirements, and instructions of the RFP apply to the proposal regardless of which proposal submission approach is used. All required data must be included in order for the proposal to be considered acceptable for evaluation purposes. All proposals will be evaluated using criteria specified in Section M. The Government reserves the right to award to that offeror whose proposal is determined to be the best overall value to the Government and not necessarily the lowest cost (reference Section M). The Government reserves the right to revise the alternate guidance mode Pk/s requirement consistent with the adjustment statement above, if it is determined that it is in the Government's best interest to do so in accordance with Section M. In the event the Government chooses to award to an offeror who submits a proposal which includes a degradation of lethality in the alternate guidance mode, the awarded contract will include revisions to paragraph 2.2.1 of Attachment 01-C2-A of MIS-PRF-52838 in accordance with the adjustment statement above. End of clause. Paragraph 7) The Government plans to conduct a pre-proposal conference to answer prospective offeror's questions and requests for clarification concerning the FOTT solicitation. Questions and/or requests for clarification must be received in writing by the Government NLT 2:00 P.M. CST on 07 Nov 97 at the address specified for proposal submission in the RFP. The pre-proposal conference is scheduled for 18 November 97 at 10:00 A.M. -- 12:00, in building 5250, room M163 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Attendance is limited to two representatives from each prime contractor as defined in Paragraph 2 above. Questions and or requests for clarifications shall not contain proprietary markings or references. Prime contractors desiring access to the pre-proposal conference must submit a visit request for each representative providing the necessary information to verify the company's/individual's security clearance to Ms. Terry Ganoe/Ms. Felicia Jones at FAX (205)842-7146 and Ms. Anita Floyd at FAX (205)876-0878 by 7 Nov 97. The Government will present prepared responses to the previously submitted questions and requests for clarification at the conference and will furnish a copy of the material presented to all conferees. The use of the recording devices is prohibited. Remarks and explanations at the conference shall not qualify the terms of the solicitation; and the terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the Contracting Officer amends the solicitation in writing. Foreign firms, who meet the criteria specified in Paragraph 2 above and who desire access to the pre-proposal conference and material, will be authorized access only after an official request for visit authorization has been approved in advance. Foreign visit requests are submitted through respectiveembassies to HQDA, ATTN: DAMI-CHS. (0282)

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