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20 -- DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND MANUFACTURE OF SUPPLIES FOR UPGRADING AND/OR REPLACING NAVY TOWED SENSOR SYSTEMS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT USED ON SUBMARINES, SURFACE SHIPS, AND SURVEIL-LANCE SHIPS SOL N00024-97-R-6239 POC Michael Iseman/Code 02621M; Jeffre Thrasher/Code 02625; telephone (703) 602-7703 This announcement advises industry of an impending requirement for the design, development, testing, and manufacture of supplies for upgrading and/or replacing existing Navy towed systems. These towed systems interface with various shipboard sonar and combat systems on various classes of US Navy submarines, surface ships, and surveillance ships. The "towed systems" include sensor arrays, towed cables, mechanical handling equipment, signal paths, in board electronics interfacing equipment; ancillary hardware, software, and firmware; and related test equipment. NAVSEA encourages potential sources to visit its home page on the World Wide Web/Internet ("Web site") at URL: http://www.contracts.hq.navsea.navy.mil. A solicitation will be posted at the Web site on approximately 01 December 1997; to view or obtain copies of the solicitation documents, access our home page, click on the ACQUISITIONS icon, the SOLICITATIONS icon, the HTML for solicitation number N00024 97 R 6239, then the HTML of the documents you care to view or download. Draft documents are currently posted at the Web site; to view or obtain copies of the draft documents, access our home page, click on the ACQUISITIONS icon, the INFORMATION DOCUMENTS icon, the HTML for solicitation number N00024 97 R 6239, then the HTML of the documents you care to view or download. NAVSEA will consider comments and questions on draft documents as it prepares the formal solicitation for release. The Government will not respond to individual comments or questions; rather, the Government may revise requirements and its solicita-tion based upon questions and comments received. Costs incurred in reviewing, commenting, or questioning this requirement or its draft or final solicitation will not be reimbursed by the Govern-ment. From time to time, other notices may also be posted at these Web sites. These notices may advise interested parties of instructions for submitting comments and questions, obtaining docu-ments not appropriate for Web site posting, obtaining answersto questions, briefings or meetings, updates or revisions to specifications, or other information affecting this procurement. NAVSEA plans no further CBD announcements for this requirement; rather, NAVSEA encourages interested parties to periodically check the described Web sites for information relating to this requirement. The Government will consider all responsible sources responding to the formally released solicita-tion. (0316)

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