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69 -- MILITARY OPERATIONS ON URBANIZED TERRAIN -- INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES (MOUT-IS) SOL DAAH01-98-R-0296 POC Vickie Beaver, Contract Specialist, AMSAM-AC-SS-A, 205/876-6197, Anne Baune, Contracting Officer, 205/876-4189. The Department of the Army requires the following items to support the MOUT complex at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Ft. Polk, LA. The supplies/services required include Human-like Targets (man, woman, and child), Signature Enhancements (Non-mortal, head woun, mortal wound-other than head, MILES laser shootback capability, thermal signature, two-way communication system, animation, and sliding mechansim), Spare parts, Target lifting devices (horizontal and vertical), Training on MOUT-IS, Vehicle Target (VT), System Engineering and Integration Support for the MOUT-IS ITS and VT. The basic requirement will be for the following quantities or range of quantities -- Human Targets (male 6-10 ea., female 2-4 ea., child 2-4 ea.), Signature enhancements (Non-mortal wound 6-14 ea., head-wound 6-14 ea, Mortal wound other than head 6-14 ea., MILES Laser shootback capability 6-10 ea., Thermal Signature 8-14 ea., two-way communication system 10-18 ea., animation 2-10 ea., sliding mechanism 1 ea.),Vehicle Target 1 ea., Target Lifting devices (Horizontal 5 ea., Vertical, 5 ea.), System Engineering (MOUT-IS, 1 lot, VT 1 lot), Integration Support (MOUT-IS ITS 1 lot, VT 1 lot). The solicitation will also include 4 option years for additional quantities of all basic requirements. The solicitation will be issued on or about 24 March 1998, and it is anticipated that the proposals will be due to the Government 30 days from issuance of solicitation. The Government will conduct a pre-proposal site survey at Ft. Polk, LA. The proposal effort requires a physical demonstration of essential characteristics in addition to a written proposal. Data items will be priced so that a determination can be made as whether to include various data items or not, given the awardee's approach. System acceptance testing includes testing at a contractor's "mock-up facility", i.e., SIGCOM in Canton, NC. This is a small business set-aside. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0068)

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