US Army, CECOM Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

R -- ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR THE AN/VIC-3 VEHICULAR INTERCOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SOL DAAB07-98-R-D265 DUE 040698 POC Point of Contact -- Arthur Friedman, Contracting officer, 732-532-1532. Jacqueline Key, Contract Specialist, 732-427-1607. E-MAIL: Eng Svs for the AN/VIC-3, key@doim6.monmouth.army.mil. Engineering services, as required on a time and materials basis, for a period of thirty six (36) months, to provide for the continued application and use of the AN/VIC-3 Vehicular Intercommunications System (VIS) in existing and new vehicles and interfacing with new or unique subsystems as well as assisting the Government in the investigation of system extensions or modifications for alternate applications. The engineering services may consist of such tasks as providing assistance for new vehicle application in the performance of vehicle surveys; the generation of preliminary kit drawings and parts lists, the assembly and checkout of trial installation kits, oversight of trial installations for validation and verification, and planning for finalization and release of properly configured kit production kit drawings, installation manuals logistics elements necessary for complete field support; Pre-ECP development tasks and test, evaluation and demonstration of breadboard hardware; end user support consisting of evaluation of VIS functional problems failures resulting from inadvertent misapplication or misuse; and Integrated Logistics Support consisting of update to existing ILS baseline documentation and products. This is a sole source acquisition from Northrop Grumman Corporation, Rolling Meadows, IL. The Justification and Approval authority for this acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1(b)(1), Only One Responsible Source. This synopsis is published for informational purposes only. Specifications, plans, or drawings relating to the the procurement are not available. See Numbered Note(s) 22 and 26. The U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) has established a Business Opportunities Page (BOP) website to allow electronic transmittal of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Invitation for Bids (IFBs) from CECOM to Industry. All parties interested in doing business with CECOM are invited to access, operate, send and receive information from the Business Opportunity Page at (http://acbop.monmouth.army.mil). Upon accessing this webpage, click on CECOM Business Opportunities. You may access potential CECOM Business Opportunities by simply typing "guest" for the login ID and password. Registration for a user ID and password will only be necessary when you are considering the submission of proposals CECOM through the BOP. For CD-ROM drawings or other data, contact the identified Contracting Officer via their e-mail. Offers and Bids shall be submitted in hard copy at the time and place specified in the solicitation. No bids shall be submitted directly to the Contracting Officer. The CECOM Acquisition Center's EBB is closed! (0021)

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