Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

A -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THEATER WARFARE SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT SOL N00178-98-R-3071 POC Angela S. Headley, Contract Specialist (540) 653-7765; J. E. Thomson, Contracting Officer WEB: Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, http://www/nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, bgetty@nswc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division is implementing Electronic commerce (EC) in the acquisition area, therefore synopsis and resulting solicitations with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply under Procurement Division. 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. For solicitations issued after 31 March 1998, DOD will no longer award contracts to contractors not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) data base. Registration may be done by assessing the CCR Web site at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec. Registration may be done via dial up modem at (614) 692-6788 (User ID: ccrpub; Password: pub2ccri). Any certified value added network (VAN) can be used for registration. A paper registration form may be obtained from the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1 (800) 334-3414. The Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWCDD) requires technical assistance to the Theater Warfare Systems Department, in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Warfare and Systems Analysis, Affordability and Cost Analysis, Modeling and Simulation, Computer Program Development/Modification, Data Management, Test and Evaluation, Documentation and General Support. Technical support activities shall include efforts relative to numerous Navy and/or Joint programs and/or programmatic thrusts such as: Theater Air Defense, Theater Ballistic Missile Defense, National Missile Defense, Battle Management Command, Control and Communication, Land Attack Cruise Missile, Expeditionary Warfare; Ship Combat/Warfighting systems, Software systems, New Ship Platforms (e.g., SC-21, LPD-17), Geodesy and Space systems, Data Communications, Networks and Scientific and Engineering Computer systems. This technical support will require extensive knowledge/experience of Navy/Joint systems and programs in the areas of: engineering, systems engineering, warfare and systems analysis, affordability and cost analysis, evaluations, assessments, computer programs, modeling and simulations, workstations/personal computer systems, data management and presentation. This acquisition is anticipated to be a five (5) year CPFF IDIQ contract with term and completion orders. The anticipated Level of Effort (LOE) is 1,966,721 manhours for five (5) years with approximately 302,600 manhours required for the first year. Advance procurement information providing more details on this requirement such as SOW, LOE, and number of resumes will be available on the NSWCDD Procurement Division homepage within approximately two weeks. Questions regarding this acquisition may be directed to Angela Headley, (540) 653-7765, email aheadle@nswc.navy.mil. (0148)

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