Defense Special Weapons Agency, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310-3398

A -- ON-SITE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION SOL DSWA01-98-R-0005 POC Michelle Gerenyi, Negotiator, (703) 325-1190, Edward Archer, Contracting Officer, (703) 325-5028 17. The Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) is seeking contractors with the capability to modify laboratory prototypes into fieldable technologies and to facilitate the transfer of technology from Research and Development activities to production in the private sector. New technologies in Arms Control with the current focus on Chemical Weapons are under development in order to ensure that inspection objectives can be met and that Department of Defense equities are protected during the course of on-site inspections. Current development efforts generally result in laboratory prototypes. In order for these technologies to be adopted for use in inspections they must meet certain criteria as follows. The instruments must be hardened for environmental survivability and transportation requirements. The instruments and associated methods must meet technical specifications and logistics limitations, must integrate easily into existing procedures and with existing equipment and must meet a certain degree of manufacturability. The tasks involved include hardware development, hardware interfacing, data acquisition and control software development, method development, reducing power consumption, miniaturizing power source, hardening, operational testing, packaging, and design. The contract will not have a surety requirement. A draft RFP will be available on the DSWA Home Page on the World Wide Web at www.dswa.mil under Procurement Opportunities, Advance Notice. Prospective Offerors will have 30 days to submit comments and questions before the final RFP is issued. DSWA contemplates issuing multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Contracts for this effort. The ID/IQ contracts will be used to issue Task Orders on specific tasks in a timely manner and with accurate information. This is an Unrestricted Procurement. All requests for the RFP must be in writing. Faxed requests are acceptable and should be faxed to the attention of Michelle Gerenyi at (703) 325-9291. If the request is faxed, no hard copy is required. Information on DSWA solicitations already released can be obtained under "Procurement Opportunities" on the DSWA Home Page available on the World Wide Web at www.dswa.mil, or by calling the DSWA Hotline at (703) 325-1173. Reference Synopsis No. 97-15 (0330)

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