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A -- SOLE SOURCE -- SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & FINANCIAL ANALYSIS SUPPORT TO UAV TCS PROGRAMS SOL N00178-98-R-2013 POC Rick Ballenger, Code SD129, Contract Specialist, (540) 653-7942 WEB: NSWCDD Procurement Division Homepage (Business Opportunities), http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Questions regarding the synopsis, slongbr@nswc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), intends to non-competitively procure systems engineering and financial analysis support services to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Tactical Control System (TCS) Program. The action will involve support coordinated between NSWCDD, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and the Naval Center for Cost Analysis (NCCA). This procurement will be executed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), based on an estimated value below the $100,000 SAP threshold. Specifically, the procurement provides for assistance in the development of the Life Cycle Cost (LCC) estimate for UAV TCS, as well as, providing technical support in the preparation of the solicitation package for the UAV TCS Phase II Limited Rate Initial Production (LRIP) procurement, acting as a technical advisor to the Source Selection Team in the LRIP proposal evaluation stage, and attending all site visits required to develop and support the final position for the LRIP Phase II Contract Award. This will be a sole source procurement to SUMMIT ENGINEERING GROUP, Waldorf, MD. The contract is anticipated to be a fixed-price level of effort contract, including all necessary organizational conflict of interest clauses required for an effort of this nature. The support is estimated at approximately one-half of a manyear over a nine month period of performance. Successful completion of this effort requires intimate knowledge of various UAV related systems and the relationship of UAVs within the air reconnaissance architecture. SUMMIT ENGINEERING GROUP has been identified as possessing unique experience, capabilities, and insight into a broad range of areas related to the UAV TCS program, giving them a broad perspective of the requirements, as well as, access to proprietary information necessary in estimating the LCC of TCS. The Naval Surface Warfare, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division is implementing Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition arena, therefore synopsisand resulting solicitations with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Webb at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply/. After 1 October 1997, solicitations and amendments will only be available at the above Web sites. Hard copies WILL NOT be provided. Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web site to ensure that they have downloaded all amendments. See Numbered Note: 22 (0030)

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