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70 -- CONSOLIDATED AUTOMATED SUPPORT SYSTEM (CASS) UNITS POC Contact, Mark Diehl, Phone (301) 757-6883 E-MAIL: diehldm.jfk@navair.navy.mil, diehldm.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command is seeking potential sources for the manufacture, integration and testing of Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) Units to fulfill the Navy's remaining CASS requirements. The pending "full and open" competitive solicitation will contain a base year plus three options (firm fixed price) for an estimated total quantity of 208 CASS Stations (consisting of Hybrid, Communication/Navigation/Identification (CNI) and Radio Frequency (RF) configurations). The resulting CASS Stations must strictly adhere to the CASS performance specifications and must be 100% Test Program Set (TPS) transportable with all existing TPSs. The CASS performance specification may be accessed via internet address, http://spectra.crane.navy.mil/cass/tps/index.html. The contractor will be required to "build to print" utilizing a technical data package provided by the Government. In the event that any station element (e.g. instrument, cabling etc.) cannot be procured or manufactured due to parts obsolescence, a suitable replacement (i.e. meets specification and TPS transportability requirements) shall be procured or developed by the contractor, at no increase in contract price, to sustain production requirements . Redesigned elements will, at a minimum, be provided with Government purpose data rights. A successful contractor will be required to manufacture CASS first article units and demonstrate successful integration and TPS transportability before the manufacture of additional CASS units is authorized. Contractors interested in responding to this procurement announcement should do so within thirty (30) days by submitting a short paper (not to exceed 10 one-sided pages in 10 point type or larger) demonstrating their ability to fulfill and manage the requirements outlined above. This information will be used to determine whether or not sufficient interest and capability exists to justify procurement via "full and open" competition. Papers may be in contractor format, but must at a minimum address the contractor's experience and capabilities within the following areas: large scale automated test equipment (ATE)/CASS manufacture, integration and testing; TPS development and integration; ATE/CASS program management; ATE/CASS subcontractor management; ATE/CASS production engineering support; ATE/CASS configuration management; ATE/CASS failure reporting and corrective action; ATE/CASS reliability; ATE/CASS quality assurance. The contractor shall also identify the contractor's current facilities to accommodate the subject CASS Station manufacture, integration and testing. Please facsimile questions to Mark Diehl, AIR-2.5.1.7.2, at (301)757-6902. NAVAIR Synopsis No. 50082-97. ***** (0009)

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