US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

R -- LIGHTWEIGHT 155MM HOWITZER PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DAAE30-98-R-0201 DUE 012398 POC Jean C. Grinter, Contracting Officer (973) 724-4166 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Jean C. Grinter, jgrinter@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive Armaments Command-Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, has a requirement for engineering services to provide program management and sophisticated technical support for the Lightweight 155MM Howitzer program. The basic contract will a three-year effort to support the program during its engineering, manufacturing and development phase, with options for two additional years to support the program during its production phase. This requirement is a set-aside for qualified 8(a) contractors and will be awarded on an 8(a) competitive, best-value basis. Tasks anticipated to be awarded under this contract include but are not limited to general program management support; graphic arts and briefing support; general engineering design and analysis; optical fire control design and analysis; drawing standards analysis and dimensioning and tolerance studies; Pro-Engineer modeling and analysis; test monitoring and test data collection; test hardware troubleshooting and maintenance; and total package fielding support. Due to the specialized nature of the technical support tasks envisioned, the following technical support areas require specific relevant field artillery experience (design and/or operational): test monitoring; test hardware troubleshooting and maintenance; general engineering design analysis; optical fire control design and analysis. This proposed acquisition will be issued on or about December 10, 1997 with submission of proposals to the Government due approximately 30 days later. Hard (paper) copies of the solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation will be available for downloading from the World Wide Web Electronic Commerce Home page available at the following address: http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm See Numbered Note 26. (0328)

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