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

R -- ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL SERVICES TO DEVELOP/UPGRADE CEAT SYSTEMS SOL N00421-97-R-1182 POC Bill Case, Contract Specialist, (301) 862-8641 E-MAIL: Case_Bill%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL, Case_Bill%SI@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), St. Inigoes, MD has a requirement for engineering and technical support services for the development of and/or upgrading of Communications Electronics Advance Technology (CEAT) systems. The services include planning, research, design, development, installation and integration, software development, test and evaluation, operations and maintenance, documentation and hardware acquisition support, training, integrated logistical support, and facility and cable plant design/upgrade for developing new or upgrading current CEAT systems. The contract type is anticipated to be a cost plus fixed fee with an estimated level of effort of 543,000 man-hours for a total of five years, with the requirement that a minimum of 5% to the total estimated contract value be subcontracted to small, small disadvantaged and woman owned businesses. The period of performance will be for a base period of four months (commencing on 1 June 1998 and running through 30 September1998) with four one-year options, plus one eight month option (running from 1 October 2002 through 31 May 2003). It is anticipated that solicitation will be released 29 JAN 98. This requirement is not a follow-on and therefore there is no incumbent. 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 Case_Bill%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 STREAMLINING, 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: William A. Case, Jr., Contracts 2.5.4.1.1B, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Bldg. 8110, Villa Road, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010" (Attention NAWCAD Synopsis N00421-97-R-1182). (0353)

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