U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

A -- MILITARY WATER PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT SOL DAAE07-98-R-0002 POC Contract Specialist, Carole Knuth (810) 574-6368 or Contracting Officer, Richard Sheill (810) 574-6381 E-MAIL: U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, knuthc@cc.tacom.army.mil. MILITARY WATER PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT. The United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) will be issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of a Lightweight Water Purifier (LWP) unit. The LWP is intended to improve the responsiveness of water support to early entry, highly mobile forces throughout the spectrum of conflict in peace and war; and will provide quality water support to small units and detachments where distribution of bulk water is not feasible or practical. The LWP will provide such water support without committing larger water production assets from the logistics support structure. The LWP will produce at least 125 gallons of potable (drinking) water per hour from a fresh water source and 75 gallons per hour from a sea water source. The system includes a potable water dispensing capability and interfaces with military fixed storage holding tanks. The proposed acquisition is 100% set aside for small business concerns and will be conducted in two phases. The Government intends to award up to two (2) Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contracts under the EMD effort, Phase I. This initial phase is for the design and fabrication of up to three prototype hardware units per contract with test and evaluation. The contract will include associated work effort required to support contractor testing, government Production Qualification Testing (PQT) and Early User Testing (EUT) and validation. The prototype hardware will be fully evaluated in order to determine its suitability to perform to the specification requirements. The prototype tests results will be an integral part of the selection of the production contractor. The Phase I (EMD effort) is a competitive 100% small business set aside and the Phase II (Production Effort) is limited to those firms awarded a contract for the prototype development effort (Phase I). This restriction for the production effort is necessary to ensure that the selected production contractor is adequately evaluated on the basis of prototype testing. The Government intends to award one (l) fixed price production (requirements type) contract (Phase II) for a quantity of up to 320 LWPs. The estimated release date of RFP DAAE07-98-0002, for Phase I solicitation is 02 January 1998. Firms having an interest in this program should make a written request for the RFP package by e-mail at knuthc@cc.tacom.army.mil or by writing to U.S. Army TACOM, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-SAB (Carole Knuth), Warren, MI 48397-5000. Please include your firm's CAGE code and the RFP number on your request together with your company name, address, a point of contact, and an e-mail address or datafax number if available. The RFP will be issued to all interested parties immediately upon its availability. If you wish to datafax your request in, please do so on (810) 574-7765. Numbered notes 1, 22 and 26 apply. (0291)

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