Department of the Navy, NAWCAD Contracts Competency Division, Villa Road, Bldg. 8110, St. Inigoes, Maryland 20684-0010

R -- ENGINEERING AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR THE LAMPS MK III AN/SRQ-4 SOL N00421-97-R-1037 DUE 121097 POC Annette Steffen, Contract Specialist, (301) 862-8982 or William Case Jr., Contracting Officer, (301) 862-8641 E-MAIL: STEFFEN_ ANNETTE%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL, STEFFEN_ANNETTE%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. R-This requirement is for Light Airborne Multipurpose System (LAMPS) MK III AN/SRQ-4 Data Link engineering, technical and logistics services. The services include performing installation certifications of the AN/SRQ-4, providing In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) support services for installations, defining hardware requirements, operation and maintenance of a LAMPS information retrieval system, and logistics planning and monitoring. This effort will provide for systems engineering, verification testing of the shipboard installations, performing Board of Inspection Survey (INSURV), Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) audits, and all other life cycle support actions to implement and maintain the LAMPS MK III weapon system in the fleet. The contract type is anticipated to be a cost plus fixed fee with an estimated level of effort of 620,000 man-hours for a total of five years. The period of performance is for a base year commencing on 1 October 1998 plus four one-year options. This requirement is a follow-on to N00140-94-C-AB43 and the incumbent is AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation. All interested firms must have or be able to obtain a TOP SECRET facility clearance. "The Navy intends to release the solicitation, including any subsequent amendments, via the Internet. The solicitation will reside on the NAVAIR Home Page located on the World Wide Web (WWW). The WWW server may be accessed using client browsers such as NETSCAPE and INTERNET EXPLORER. the WWW address, or URL, for the NAVAIR Home page is: http://www.navair.navy.mil. To access the solicitation, select "Business opportunities" under General Information, and then NAVAIR Washington, D.C. contracts". In addition to the availability of the solicitation for downloading at this Internet site, the Navy will also E-Mail a notification of release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments to all prospective offerors who submit a request to register for this information via E-Mail. Such requests for this solicitation should be sent to STEFFEN&llmdash; ANNETTE%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. When submitting E-Mail requests, please include the following information so that we may compile a Bidders' Mailing List; 1. Company Name 2. Company address 3. E-Mail Address 4. Point of contact, phone number and fax number IN THE INTEREST OF ACQUISITION STREAMLIGNING, PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO USE THE INTERNET TO SUBMIT REQUESTS RELATIVE TO THIS SOLICITATION. TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION WILL NEITHER BE ACCEPTED NOR RETURNED. A PAPER COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE PROVIDED ONLY ON AN EXCEPTION BASIS. A written request for a paper copy, if necessary, may be sent to: Annette B. Steffen, Contracts 2.5.4.1.1F, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Bldg 8110, Villa Road, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010" (Attention NAWCAD Synopsis N00421-97-R-1037). (0288)

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