Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 210000D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100

R -- WSSA RDT&E SUPPORT SERVICES SOL N68936-98-R-0076 DUE 030398 POC Peggy Richter, Contract Specialist (760) 446-9427; Robyn Anders, COR, (760)446-9426 R-Weapons System Support Activity (WSSA) Research, Development,Test & Evaluation Support Services. Sources Sought N68936-98-R-0076 due 03/03/98. This will be a 100% Small Business set-aside under SIC code 8731, size standard 1500 employees. Top secret facility clearance required/no foreign. NAWCWPNS is seeking sources with capabilities in design, development, test and evaluation engineering for computer systems embedded within Naval tactical aircraft, airborne weapon systems, related support equipment and the ground-based test laboratories / simulators/ trainers incorporating simulations of such systems. Navy airborne attack weapons systems expected to require support at China Lake include the F/A-18, AV-8B and AH-1 and EP-3/S-3. WSSA support services include but are not limited to the following: RDT&E system engineering & integration of Navy airborne weapons, avionics, sensors and system hardware & software including system research & development & flight test procedures & support; development, upgrade operation & maintenance of software simulation & system test laboratories (including upgrades of related trainers/simulators); software engineering/development for aircraft computers, avionics, sensors weapons systems and mission and system support equipment (including software quality assurance, configuration management and verification and validation testing); aircraft test instrumentation and telemetry systems design development,installation, maintenance, service, setup, and operation (including related aircraft modification and ground-based telemetry systems). The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake, CA,(NAWCWPNS)intends to contract for the Weapons System Support Activity (WSSA) follow-on to contract N68936-96-D-0009. NAWCWPNS intends to issue a draft Request for Proposal on or about SEP 1998, with an intended award date 31 JAN 2000, contract start date of 1 APR 2000. Award is anticipated to be to a single awardee; multiple awards are not anticipated.The follow-on is anticipated to be a 5year IDIQ CPAF task order contract including any options. The current contract has approximately 1,900,000 manhours and the follow-on is expected to be of similar size over a 5 year period of performance, although DOD downsizing may effect the actual manhours contracted. Parties interested should express their interest in writing to the Contract Specialist at the above address. Include your business name, address, telephone number, fax number, point of contact and the reference number (N68936-98-R-0076). Also include a brief description of your company's capabilities and experience per Note 25, business size status under SIC code 8731, size standard 1500 employees. NO RFP IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME AND NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS will be accepted. See Note(s): 1, 25, 26. (0041)

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