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

A -- TECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR OPM CRUSADER DUE 012798 POC John M. Eilenberger, Jr., Contracting Officer (973) 724-5522 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Dorothy K. Simpson, Contract Specialist, (973) 724-4260, dsimpson@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC is seeking sources with extensive field artillery systems experience and facilities to support OPM Crusader with technical and engineering support to include production engineering, test and evaluation, modeling and simulation and battle lab integration, product assurance, logistics, manprint, software engineering, engineering design, system requirements analysis, system engineering, configuration management, environmental engineering, cost estimation, risk analysis; and program support including defense acquisition management. Multiple awards will be considered. Separate award or awards may be made for program support and for technical and engineering support. The type contract or contracts contemplated are time and material. Duration of contracts will be up to five years. Any resulting contracts will require contractor to possess final Secret level individual and facility security clearances based on favorable security investigations. Those firms responding to this announcement by providing acceptable information will be used to establish a source list for a future solicitation. All interested firms, regardless of size are encouraged to respond to this announcement. Companies must indicate business size with their written response to this synopsis. Companies with experience in the areas cited above should provide a summary of their experience and capabilities within 15 days of this publication. Responses should be as short and concise as possible. This market survey is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute a request for proposals, and is not to be construed as a commitment by TACOM-ARDEC. Those firms found to have an organizational conflict of interest will not be considered for award. See number Notes 25 and 26. (0012)

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